Instructional Designer
Job ID: 12575
Location: Cascadia College
Full/Part Time: Full Time
Regular/Temporary: Regular

About Us

Cascadia College is seeking highly motivated individuals who are interested in being part of a small yet dynamic community, with a faculty and staff that are dedicated to meeting the needs of our intersectional, diverse students. Cascadia College is committed to creating and supporting an equitable and inclusive faculty, staff, and student population centered on dismantling systemic oppression and historic marginalization. Individual differences are celebrated in a community of learners focused on social justice, diversity, equity and inclusion.
Application Instructions

Instructional Designer

Priority Consideration Date: May 1 st at 11:59pm

ATTENTION CANDIDATES!

In order to submit a complete application and receive full consideration by the Search Committee, please include the following attachments with your online application:

• Equity Statement (expected length 800-1,000 words) to include each of the following elements:
  
  • A description of a time when you recognized an equity issue. What was the issue? What did you do to make a difference? What did you learn about equity through this experience?
  • A detailed description of how you are seeking to learn more about equity related issues including but not limited to race, gender, LGBTQ+, disability (ableism), age (ageism), socioeconomic class, and body diversity.
  • An explanation of how you will contribute to equity at Cascadia (i.e. closing the achievement gap and raising the retention rates amongst historically marginalized students), as well as actively work against the institutionalized norms of oppression against historically marginalized people.

• Cover Letter (not to exceed 1,000 words) that specifically addresses how your qualifications and experiences meet or exceed the minimum qualifications, preferred qualifications, and the characteristics of the position.

• Resume

Position Overview

Under the general direction of the Dean for Student Learning - Transitional Studies, the Instructional Designer supports student access, retention, and success, specifically supporting the success of historically marginalized student populations through implementation of anti-racist pedagogy, inclusive design practices, and other strategies. The Instructional Designer collaborates closely with the Learning, Technology, and Design team (including the Assistant Director of eLearning); Student Accessibility Services; the Office of Equity and Inclusion; the campus library; faculty; and Student Learning leadership to champion, implement, and assess transformational instructional practices across the college. The Instructional Designer teaches 1-2 class sections each year at the direction of the Dean.

As the Instructional Designer, it is expected that the following qualities will be demonstrated daily: a high degree of understanding and empathy for all students, faculty, staff and visitors, as well as the ability to encourage the inclusion of all voices in decision-making, promoting equity in all areas, and actively working against institutionalized norms of oppression against historically marginalized people.

Employee Type: Full Time Exempt, Permanent

Initial Salary: $72,000 (includes 5% King County Premium Pay), subject to any legislated COLAs on 7/1/2023

Supervising Position: Dean for Student Learning
Essential Duties

Awareness and Implementation of Inclusive Design Strategies

• Provides general training and coaching for faculty in inclusive design and anti-racist pedagogy for all course modalities (face-to-face, hybrid, and online)
• Stays up-to-date and shares knowledge of best practices in inclusive design, anti-racist pedagogy, and equitable assessment of learning
• Develops and manages a system for conducting anti-racist/inclusive pedagogy course audits, especially for "gateway" and "gatekeeper" courses
• Provides faculty with support and instructional strategies for working with specific student accommodations and serves as a bridge between faculty and Student Accessibility Services
• Supports the creation and adoption of Open Educational Resources
• Partners with the Office of Equity and Inclusion, the Teaching and Learning Academy, and other campus stakeholders to accomplish the above

Support for Technology Adoption and eLearning

• Stays up-to-date on educational technology and best practices
• Supports adoption of new tools and technology while ensuring accessibility of those tools
• Provides general training and coaching for faculty on incorporating instructional technology in face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses

Ensuring High Quality, Consistency, and Equity in Cascadia\'s Student Success Course

• Maintains integrity of common assignments/assessments across sections
• Provides training and coaching for faculty teaching the course, including arranging mentoring for faculty new to the course
• Embeds inclusive design principles into the course
• Embeds equitable/anti-racist grading practices into the course
• Liaises with Guided Pathways, Advising, and Library teams to keep shared assignments current, relevant, and meaningful

Other

• Provides training, development, and consultations for faculty in 1:1 sessions, small groups, and large groups, and in multiple modalities
• Serves as co-chair of the Teaching and Learning Academy
• Provides leadership for New Faculty Orientation
• Advises Student Learning leadership on issues related to pedagogy and instructional design
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Experience:

Minimum Qualifications

• Master\'s degree from a regionally accredited college/university in a discipline currently taught at Cascadia College
• One year full-time (or equivalent) community college-level teaching
• Experience providing faculty professional development
• Experience implementing strategies related to inclusive and anti-racist instruction
• Demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and the ability to support a diverse workplace and educational environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using an online learning management system (LMS), such as Canvas
• Experience using a variety of technologies to support student success
• Demonstrated success in facilitating the learning of and improving learning outcomes for Black, Indigenous, and other students of color and other historically marginalized groups
• Experience reviewing courses and providing feedback to faculty
• Experience with authentic and/or program-level assessment

Physical Work Environment

Semi-Sedentary Work: Involves staying in a stationary position to a significant degree. Jobs are sedentary if moving is required only occasionally and all other sedentary criteria are met.

The College is currently in hybrid operations, with many assignments completed in an online environment during this time. Full-time employees are expected to be on-campus at least three (3) days per week with the option to work remotely for the remainder of their working days. Employees will need to provide their own remote workspace and internet access, noting the College will provide technical equipment and support for online work needs. During on-campus operations, this position will perform work in a standard office setting, use standard office equipment and physically attend meetings both on and off campus and requires the ability to communicate in person or through appropriate means.

Positions in this class typically require operating a computer, communicating, observing, and repetitive motions.

This position involves exerting between 10-30 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently to transport, put, install, remove, or otherwise move objects, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Condition of Employment

As an institution that upholds the value of diversity, equity and inclusion of every individual, Cascadia College expects its employees to embody and promote these values. Both current and prospective employees of the College are encouraged to seek deeper understanding in these areas as part of professional growth.

Cascadia College maintains a drug-free work and learning environment and prohibits smoking in all college buildings and state-owned vehicles.

Benefits:
Cascadia College offers comprehensive Benefits packages to support you and your family in a variety of ways. All eligible employees, retirees, and their dependents are offered: medical, dental, and vision plan options; life insurance; long-term disability insurance; medical and dependent care reimbursement accounts; leave programs; employee assistance programs; tuition waiver; optional credit union participation; optional home/auto insurance, and retirement planning.

To learn more about the benefits offered here, please click on the Employee Benefits tab located on our Jobs at Cascadia webpage or click here: https://www.cascadia.edu/discover/about/jobs/default.aspx#benefits

Campus Safety

In recognition of the Jeanne Clery Act, information on our campus safety can be found at www.uwb.edu/safety.

Cascadia Commitment

Cascadia College is committed to creating and supporting a diverse faculty, staff and student population. Individual differences are celebrated in a community of learners focused on diversity, equity and inclusion. Cascadia does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion/creed, sex/gender, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship or immigration status, age, genetic information, marital or honorably discaharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, and is prohibited from discrimination in such a manner by college policy and state and federal law. Persons with disabilities needing assistance in the application process may make request to the Human Resources Office by calling (425) 352-8880.