Teaching Assistant (College) jobs in Olympia, WA

This is a full-time, 9 month, three-term temporary faculty position starting fall quarter September 2024 and running through spring quarter 2025.

The Evergreen State College seeks a full-time, visiting/adjunct faculty member for our Master in Teaching program. We seek a visiting faculty with expertise in K-12 teacher preparation and specific expertise in elementary education. We are looking for a faculty member who could teach elementary literacy, childhood development, and/or K-12 visual arts. The person selected for this position must demonstrate: a professional and critical understanding of teacher education; experience and ability to work collaboratively and across disciplines; and use of culturally responsive teaching in teacher education and K-12 educational settings. The successful applicant will teach regularly with an interdisciplinary teacher education team and work in close collaboration with MiT staff. This candidate will be proactive and skilled in building and sustaining mutually beneficial and respectful partnerships with local educators, families and communities, and K-12 district partners.

The MiT program is a full-time coordinated studies program where faculty plan and teach together. This involves extensive collaboration, working across differences, and ensuring that there is continuity in the learning experiences for teacher candidates. We endorse teacher candidates in a variety of areas at the K-12 level.

Our teaching is centered on teaching for and with joy and justice. We are interested in helping teacher candidates become successful classroom teachers by developing strong skills in critical thinking, problem solving, communication and collaborative work. We are particularly interested in approaches to teaching that emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion, providing opportunities for challenge and growth, and fostering a learning environment of belonging and connection.

Among other responsibilities, this position could be responsible for:

A complete list of faculty responsibilities can be found in the .

Academic Background

* As a condition of employment, persons hired must provide proof of identity and employment eligibility within three (3) days of beginning work.

* Prior to an official offer of employment, a Declaration Regarding Sexual Misconduct form must be submitted to the college per RCW 28B.112.080. The college will contact current and past employers to verify this information. Applicants who provide inaccurate information in their declaration will be disqualified and, if the inaccuracies are discovered after the applicant has been hired, it shall be grounds for termination.

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Evergreen is an innovative, public, liberal arts college emphasizing integrated interdisciplinary study and collaborative team-teaching throughout the undergraduate curriculum and in three graduate programs. Teaching is the central work of the faculty at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Successful teaching at Evergreen requires broad-ranging intellectual curiosity, the ability to formulate interdisciplinary questions, and the pedagogical skills to support our diverse student population.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or status as a protected veteran. For more information regarding Evergreen's non-discrimination policies or to report discrimination, please visit the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity webpage at www.evergreen.edu/equalopportunity or contact the Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Officer at (360) 867-5371, Room 3102 Library Building, 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW, Olympia, WA 98505.