Faculty

Summary

Join Walden University as a Contributing Faculty Member and share your expertise by providing online instruction and course content development to adult learners. You will play a key role in mentoring students, promoting a professional identity, and engaging in scholarship. This part-time position requires an earned doctorate in a relevant field, relevant experience, and appropriate credentials. Successful candidates will receive training in online teaching methodologies and Walden University's policies. Faculty members are expected to maintain regular online presence and respond promptly to student inquiries. Opportunities for travel to residencies may arise.

Requirements

• Faculty members must be appropriately credentialed, possess an earned degree from an accredited institution or an institution that is recognized by a country's ministry of education in the discipline being taught, and may be expected to be licensed or license-eligible to teach in specific programs
• Faculty members must maintain their licenses and any appropriate certifications to continue to teach at Walden University
• Faculty members are also expected to maintain currency with research by reviewing articles, journals, and presentations
• An earned doctorate in Social Work, Human Services or related field required
• MSW from a Council for Social Work Education (CSWE) accredited program
• A minimum of two years of post-graduate level practice experience required
• Evidence of compatibility with the Walden University mission of positive social change, broad access and professional excellence and our values of quality, integrity and student-centeredness

Responsibilities

• Provide course instruction, course content development, and other curricular activities as needed
• Provide residency instruction
• Provide academic advising and mentoring
• Promote a social work professional identity with students
• Engagement in scholarship
• Faculty members are assigned courses, which are taught using the Learning Management System (LMS) and are responsible for interacting with students within the LMS
• Discussion Boards for classrooms are open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Faculty members are expected to be in the classroom a minimum of 4 days per week and responses to student questions must be posted within 48 hours
• Completes other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• Three to five years teaching experience at the graduate or undergraduate level as appropriate to the program
• Experience with providing distance education including a commitment to advocating for the learning and development needs of students earning their degrees in a distance learning environment
• Intellectual and professional contributions to the field, including professional publications and conference presentations

Benefits

• 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
• 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
• In our U.S. locations, we operate on a hybrid work model with three in-office days and two remote days per week. Starting Q1 2025, we will transition to a four-day in-office schedule, Monday–Thursday