ORCA English/Interdisciplinary Instructor (Tenure Track)

The Ocean Research College Academy (ORCA), an Everett Community College program that is a national leader in interdisciplinary, undergraduate research for Running Start students, seeks a full-time, tenure-track English/Interdisciplinary instructor. This position reports to the Executive Director of ORCA and will be connected to both the Academic Foundations and the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Areas of Study. This position requires a reflective practitioner with a commitment to closing equity gaps in student outcomes and to ensuring that all students are welcomed and valued on campus and in our classrooms. This faculty position will work with students over multiple quarters and in multiple courses over their two-year degree pathway with an emphasis on interdisciplinary undergraduate research at ORCA. Instruction will necessarily be innovative, collaborative, and responsive to student success and feedback. Facilitating students’ growth as writers across rhetorical modes and as critical readers of written and spoken text will be central in a range of courses, from humanities to composition to literature, with some social science as relevant and applicable. Teaching advanced composition will include integration of students' oceanographic and marine biology research. Full-time faculty at EvCC’s ORCA will also participate in our wrap-around advising process, recruitment of new students, cross-disciplinary meetings, whole-school field activities, and main campus curricular development, assessment, and initiatives that advance student learning. Examples of courses taught include: - Humanities 125 (Negotiating Nature) - English Composition I - English Composition II - American Literature III - Future social science course based on candidate’s training and experience **TITLE:** ORCA English/Interdisciplinary Faculty (Tenure Track) **SALARY:** $82,421-$86,542\* **DEPARTMENT:** English **REPORTS TO:** Executive Director, Ocean Research College Academy **POSITION NUMBER:** 00012030 ***This position is eligible for hybrid work location, per Everett Community College’s*** [***Telework Policy***](https://www.everettcc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/evcc3180-telecommuting-policy.pdf) *\*Additional compensation may be available for courses that meet high wage / high demand criteria* **(as described in the AFT Collective Bargaining Agreement):** Teaching - Foster an equitable, anti-racist, and culturally inclusive learning environment and demonstrate an awareness of the experiences and needs of the current student population. - Develop curriculum, prepare, modify and deliver teaching/learning activities designed to maximize student learning and foster inclusive excellence. - Teach courses in accordance with the course record, course syllabus, approved student learning objectives, and quarterly course schedules. Design and/or deliver course assignments, learning activities and assessments that enable students to meet the course’s stated learning outcomes. - Develop a current course syllabus using the College’s inclusive syllabus template and submit it to the Instruction Office prior to the start of the quarter. - At the course level, assess student work using appropriate methodologies that promote further learning; at the department or program level; at the program or department level, disaggregate, review and assess student learning outcomes with the goal of continuous improvement and reduction of opportunity gaps. - Complete summative evaluations of student work during the College’s scheduled finals week; submit final grades by the designated deadline. - Create and maintain department and student records in accordance with college policies and procedures. - Refer students to college services, community agencies and other professionals as appropriate. - Conduct program/transfer advising as detailed below. - Establish, post, and maintain regularly scheduled office hours for consultation with students. Program Advising - Full-time facul…