- Part-time
- Faculty
- Walden University
- Remote (US)
Bachelor of Science Early Childhood Studies (TEMPO) - Faculty
Remote
- Part-time
- Faculty
- Walden University
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Walden University is an accredited institution that has been serving the higher education needs of professionals for more than 40 years. Offered online, Walden's doctoral, master's, and bachelor's degree programs are designed to help students achieve their goals so that, as graduates, they can help advance the lives of others.
As Walden grows, we continue its tradition of quality. Walden's College of Education seeks faculty for BSECS programs, within the Competency Based Education (CBE) curriculum with part-time commitments. Share your professional experience and academic knowledge with students across the country and around the world. With a computer and a high-speed Internet connection, you can teach on your own schedule while maintaining other professional and personal commitments.
Opportunity at a Glance
Tempo Learning faculty subject matter experts (faculty SMEs) are student-facing faculty roles. Faculty SMEs are faculty members assigned to one or more competencies based on their subject matter expertise. The core responsibility of faculty SMEs is to serve as the central academic content support for Tempo Learning students. To this end, SMEs will collaborate with coaches and faculty assessors on a regular basis.
Faculty subject matter expert primary responsibilities, key metrics and suggested practices in Walden’s competency-based education:
- Work directly with students to assist with any questions or challenges they may have in acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills needed to demonstrate proficiency in each competency.
- Initiate regular and substantive academic engagement with each student as they work through each competency for which the SME has responsibility. Additionally, the faculty SME is required to document the substance of all student academic engagement in the student's record.
- Hold weekly office hours as well as conduct synchronous webinars.
- Pose and promptly respond to student questions through frequent discussion board sessions in the learning platform, as well as respond to individual student emails on academic content.
- Leverage available learning and behavioral analytics to track student engagement on a weekly basis and identify students who require more immediate intervention.
- Assure curriculum quality. Faculty SME’s play a crucial role in the development, review, and ongoing improvement of the CBE curriculum.
- Establish regular and structured contact with students; initiate contact with students, even when they do not expect it, with a message of caring and attentiveness to the individual.
- Develop sensitivity to cultural differences that influence communication and understanding.
- Exercise patience and tolerance and assume good intent on the part of learners.
- Develop a repertoire of online discussion catalysts in your subject area to stimulate and drive engagement.
- Encourage students to take risks, to explore, and to learn from their mistakes, thereby facilitating their self-empowerment.
- Create an atmosphere of mutual respect while engaging students in the learning endeavors.
- Monitor all students’ work for academic integrity.
- Regularly review competency content and recommend updates to resource links or other materials as necessary.
What to expect as a Walden faculty member:
Faculty members educate Walden University students by effectively and proficiently using online technology and resources so that knowledge, information, feedback, and critique are imparted to and shared with students in thoughtful, carefully formulated, well written, and timely communications. This is accomplished in an environment that is respectful of student, the Faculty Member, Walden University, and the discipline in which the Faculty Member is involved. Faculty Members are expected to adhere to all Walden University Faculty expectations, which are clearly set forth to the Faculty Member at the start of his/her employment with the University.
REQUIREMENTS
Course Teaching/Availability:
Faculty Members are assigned to specific competency modules—individual modules taught using the Tempo Learning platform—as faculty subject matter experts (SME). Faculty SMEs are responsible for collaborating with Academic Coach, faculty assessors and other faculty colleagues, and interacting with students within the context of specific assigned CBE module.
Discussion Boards and a variety of online, self-directed activities within the virtual classrooms are open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Although work assignments and competency assessment work products may be done at any time of day, they must be completed in a timely manner in accordance with the Faculty Handbook or other criteria established by Walden University. As such, Faculty Members in the CBE curriculum are expected to be flexible and prepared to respond to student inquiries within 48 hours. In addition, CBE Faculty SME’s will publish their availability to students in the Tempo Learning platform. The university suggests regular and predictable availability, such as online office hours or regular online chats.
Tools/Technical Skills:
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Incumbents will be evaluated, in part, based on performance of each essential function. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.
Licensing/Certification:
Individuals must be appropriately credentialed, possess an earned degree from an accredited institution or recognized by a country's ministry of education in the discipline being taught, and may be expected to be licensed or license-eligible in order to teach in specific programs. Individuals must maintain their licenses and any appropriate certifications in order to continue to teach at Walden University. Individuals are also expected to maintain currency with research by reviewing articles, journals, and presentations. If participating in research, individuals may publish and acknowledge Walden University.
Travel:
Some travel may be required to attend academic residencies, National Faculty meetings and/or commencement activities.
- Commitment to excellence in a student-centered competency-based learning environment and to addressing the needs of self-directed distance education students
- Ability to work with diverse students who are experienced and mid-career professionals
- Ability to manage fluctuations in workload based on current student population within competencies
- Teaching, advising and mentoring; commitment to the promotion of applied research and the recruitment and development of a diverse faculty; excellent leadership, communication, team, and human relations skills.
- Earned degree in the field of study or closely related field.
- Doctorate degree is preferred; Masters degree required
- Candidates should possess a significant record of intellectual and professional contributions to the field of study
- A minimum of three years of teaching experience at the degree level of the program is preferred
- Experience with distance education and competency-based education strongly preferred but not required
- May perform other duties and responsibilities that management may deem necessary from time to time.
In support of the pay transparency laws enacted across the country, the expected compensation rate for this position is as follows:
- Graduate Course Instruction: $1,560 - $4,080 per Quarter or Semester, depending on type of course taught and length of course
- Undergraduate Course Instruction: $700 - $2,200 per quarter, depending on type of course taught and length of course
Actual pay may be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as type of course taught; experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility. Walden also offers other opportunities for its contributing faculty members, such as dissertation/doctoral study committee chair positions, research reviewing, and dissertation and doctoral study mentoring.
Our Talent Acquisition Team will be happy to answer any questions you may have, and we look forward to learning more about your salary requirements.
Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation
Equal Opportunity – Minority / Female / Disability / V / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

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