Job Details

Position Summary:
The Early Childhood Education and Development Instructor position is a full-time faculty position that includes instruction, office hours and professional contributions to the college community to create an innovative and engaging learning environment.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
Using each course outline, facilitate student learning, provide effective instruction in both on-campus and online modalities, and perform evaluations of student learning for the following courses:

Lead and/or co-lead faculty for the following courses:

Lead Co-Lead
ECD 122: Essentials of Early Care and Education – I ECD 132: Child Development Practicum I
ECD 123: Essentials of Early Care and Education – II ECD 133: Child Development Practicum II
ECD 124: CDA Assessment Preparation
ECD 180: Working with Families in a Diverse Society
ECD 200: Positive Child Guidance
ECD 205: Administration of Child Care Programs
ECD 240: Education of the Young Child with Exceptionalities

In addition to the lead/co-lead faculty role, the Early Childhood Education and Development Instructor will perform the following duties:

• Teach other courses within the Early Childhood Education and Development program.
• Be committed to face to face, blended and online teaching and learning which includes following pedagogical standards for quality course development/instruction.
• Participate actively in curriculum planning and development, assessment, syllabus writing, development of examinations, development of labs, development of open education resources “OER” (free textbooks) and selection of learning materials, program evaluation and marketing/recruitment.
• Provide leadership in identifying trends and working with other faculty to develop new curriculum to address these trends.
• Work with other faculty and administrators in the promotion and marketing of the Early Childhood Education and Development program and/or collaborative programs.
• Participate in program level learning assessment. Participation includes helping articulate learning outcomes, choosing and administering measures, collecting and submitting relevant data, evaluating student performance, and suggesting changes to improve student learning.
• Schedule, supervise, debrief, and evaluate students in internship, field experience, and similar settings as appropriate for the course or program.
• Be available to students via email, phone, or personal conferences on-campus or online.
• Meet all classes and other scheduled responsibilities such as office hours and meetings at the designated times.
• Manage relationships with key transfer institutions and recommend strategies to maintain program articulation and activities/initiatives that encourage student completion.
• Mentor part-time faculty teaching courses within the program.
• Actively support student success through advising and assisting individual students.
• Participate in department, division, and general faculty meetings, applicable college committee activities, and other forms of College service.
• Actively participate in advisory committee work to connect program and students to industry and career paths.
• Remain current in academic or program discipline, including attending professional conferences, and maintaining licensure, certification, or continuing education requirements where appropriate.
• Maintain professional relationships with agencies and other institutions committed to supporting quality early childhood education. These relationships may be maintained by committee membership, board membership, outreach, partnerships in providing training and education to area professionals, and participation in other activities and initiatives throughout the region.
• Receive training or stay current in technological or pedagogical advances that promote student learning.
• Participate in college professional development activities.
• Other duties as assigned.

Hours/Schedule:
Hours vary based on class schedules.

Professional Instructors shall be responsible for a total of 450 contact hours per academic year. Each instructor is expected to be on campus at least four (4) days per week. If more than 25% of an Instructor’s base load contact hours are taught online, the Instructor is expected to be on campus for a minimum of three (3) days per week.

All professional instructors have a year-round professional responsibility to the College. The professional instructor’s base load responsibilities shall consist of (1) teaching/teaching preparation; (2) development and review (including curriculum, teaching methods, learning technologies); (3) department and institutional work (such as student outcomes assessment, curricular improvement), (4) student recruitment and student guidance, and (5) professional development.

An example of a typical professional faculty schedule for the Fall and/or Winter semester is below.

Base Load Assignment for Full Time Professional Faculty
Professional instructors will hold a minimum of five (5) office hours per week 5
Professional instructors shall be available for five (5) hours per week for meetings 5
Professional instructors shall be accountable for fifteen (15) preparation hours per week 15
Professional instructor shall be accountable for fifteen (15) hours of classroom instruction per week 15
Professional Faculty – 40-hour work week 40

Commitment to Professional Responsibilities—Faculty must make the work at WCC the primary work in their lives. Faculty must work well and hard to meet the goals of the College. Being a professional faculty member at Washtenaw Community College is a year-round responsibility which includes curriculum development, professional improvement and development, and other professional responsibilities.

 

Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Earned master’s degree from a regionally-accredited institution in Early Childhood Education, Child Development or closely related field required.