Full-Time Instructor, Prelicensure (Maternal Psych)

If you're passionate about building a better future for individuals, communities, and our country-and you're committed to working hard to play your part in building that future-consider WGU as the next step in your career. Driven by a mission to expand access to higher education through online, competency-based degree programs, WGU is also committed to being a great place to work for a diverse workforce of student-focused professionals. The university has pioneered a new way to learn in the 21st century, one that has received praise from academic, industry, government, and media leaders. Whatever your role, working for WGU gives you a part to play in helping students graduate, creating a better tomorrow for themselves and their families. The salary range for this position takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At WGU, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their position, and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is: Grade: Faculty 506 Pay Range: $73,500.00 - $110,200.00 Job Description Instructors are subject matter experts who teach and support a caseload of students enrolled in their assigned course(s). Instructors offer specialized instruction on topics in their course(s) aligned with best practices, as well as monitor and support student progress in competency development and course completion. They are responsive to learner needs and vary the type, length, method, and intensity of instruction best matched to the learner's strengths and goals. Using technology, Instructors may interact with students in both group and one-to-one settings. Instructors collaborate with other instructional and program faculty serving the students in their course to ensure continuity and quality of support. * Develops instructional materials, aligned with identified learning objectives, course competencies, and instructional interventions, to support both student self-service use and use in virtual one-to-many events. * Provides effective, relevant, and engaging one-to-many virtual events aligned with identified learning objectives. * Continually develops knowledge, skills, and expertise through active participation in faculty learning community and other developmental opportunities. * Provides proactive, relevant, timely, and effective one-to-one virtual instruction to students in a specific course or domain. * Facilitates student communities to support peer collaboration, effective faculty interaction, and student development. * Student-centered and provides effective one-to-one virtual coaching to help students achieve personal, academic, and career goals. * Adapts instructional and coaching practices to common and typical student needs. * Performs other job-related duties as assigned. Knowledge, Skill, and Abilities: * Subject-matter expertise in the assigned content and skills of the course(s)/domain(s) * Strong knowledge of how student characteristics interact with different learning needs common to the course(s)/domain(s) * Strong communication skills with the ability to moderate online student communities to encourage engagement and learning. * Ability to use information from student profiles, learning behaviors, and interactions to identify individual student... For full info follow application link. Western Governors Univeristy is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex , age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other classification protected by federal, state or local law.