Faculty, Contributing - Public Policy and Administration
- Employer
- Walden University
- Location
- Minnesota, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Apr 27, 2021
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Professional Fields, Public Administration & Policy
- Employment Level
- Adjunct
- Employment Type
- Part Time
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Walden University is an accredited institution that
has been serving the higher education needs of professionals for
more than 45 years. Offered online, Walden's doctoral degree
programs are designed to provide a diverse community of career
professionals with the opportunity to transform themselves as
scholar-practitioners so that they can effect positive social
change
GENERAL SUMMARY:
The School of Public Policy and Administration seeks
dynamic, engaged, and supportive doctoral faculty research mentors
that have strong communication and learning-relationship skills for
this part-time position in the Ph.D. in Public Policy and
Administration and Doctor of Public Administration programs. Key
responsibilities of this position are to facilitate doctoral
student learning during the dissertation and doctoral capstone
phase of their program and to engage and support doctoral students
as emerging scholar-practitioners. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES: Ph.D. PPA Contributing faculty members primary
responsibility will be to chair and/or serve as second members on
doctoral dissertation committees as methodologists and/or content
experts. Another responsibility contributing faculty members may
have are assignments as University Research Reviewers (URRs) for
doctoral dissertations. Infrequently and based on student
enrollment, and when applicable, Contributing Faculty may be asked
to participate in university and school-based residencies, and will
be invited to instruct content courses or to instruct research
methodology courses, they are credentialed to teach. Availability
Contributing faculty should be reasonably accessible to their
students. Faculty members are expected to be available to students
outside of the course discussion board. In addition to providing
substantive feedback on assignments and postings, faculty members
will publish their availability to students through course syllabi,
instructor information in the classroom, or other appropriate
documents. Course Teaching Faculty Members, including committee
chairs, may be assigned a course, which is taught using the
Blackboard platform, and are responsible for interacting with
students within this platform. Discussion Boards for classrooms are
open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Although postings to the
classroom may be done at any time of day, postings and responses
must be completed in a timely manner in accordance with the Faculty
Handbook or other criteria established by Walden University and the
program to which they are assigned. As such, Contributing Faculty
members are expected to be in classrooms a minimum of 4 days per
week and post responses to student's questions within 48 hours.
Faculty Members are required to verify the quality of student
postings and submissions, and to provide feedback and grades to
students through Blackboard.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
- PhD or Doctorate in Public Policy and Administration or a closely related field from an accredited institution required
- Proof of serving on at least 4 doctoral committees (preferably Chair of the committee)
- Evidence of continuing scholarly or creative work within the past 5 years. Proficient in APA 7th edition
- Strong research methodology background in quantitative, qualitative, and/or mixed methods in research
- Commitment to advocating for the learning and development needs of students earning their degrees in a distance learning environment; supervising student research (at the graduate level); commitment to the promotion of applied research that contributes to Walden's mission of positive social change
- Excellent leadership, communication, team, and human relation skills
- Experience working in an online instructional setting at the graduate level
- Must have access and be comfortable in electronic communication environment (Blackboard preferred). Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft products (Microsoft Office 365 preferred). Must have experience with Microsoft 365 TEAMS and/or Zoom for outside meetings with faculty and students Tools/Technical Skills: Contributing faculty provide their own laptops and are expected to use the Walden University Blackboard platform and the Microsoft 365 tools with their assigned Walden email addresses in their Walden activities. Walden University provides a Walden e-mail account and access to the learning platform, password-protected faculty sections of the website, university and college listservs, and other faculty communications tools. Other technology and software platforms may also be provided to the core faculty member, as determined by position responsibilities and programmatic needs. Technology Requirements:
- The Faculty Member must be able to use Microsoft Office products (MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint), zip software, and Adobe Acrobat and must have reliable Internet access as well as alternate access in cases where primary access becomes unavailable.
- Experience with Office 365 Exchange programs preferred. Blackboard Platform for online classroom delivery preferred Initial Training: All new Faculty Members receive specific training from Walden University with respect to best practices in online learning facilitation, doctoral mentoring, and effective supervision and review of dissertations. They also receive socialization into the Walden University culture of quality, integrity, and student-learning centeredness and an orientation in their specific degree program. Residencies and Travel: Doctoral level faculty can choose to participate in Residencies held domestically or internationally, where they may teach colloquia, lead writing-intensive workshops, and facilitate school-wide discussions.
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