Postdoctoral Fellow

Summary

Join Walden University's Postdoctoral Fellowship, a one-year learning opportunity preparing candidates for teaching and mentoring in higher education. Fellows receive training in teaching practices, online technology, and Walden's policies. Responsibilities include course shadowing, teaching using the Canvas platform, interacting with students, providing timely feedback, and participating in fellowship commitments like coaching sessions and professional development. The position requires a PhD in a relevant field and teaching experience; preferred qualifications include online instruction experience. Fellows are compensated for courses taught, and some travel may be required. Acceptance into the fellowship does not guarantee continued employment.

Requirements

• PhD in the field of study or closely related field (or recognized by a country’s Ministry of Education or Counsel of Higher Education)
• Faculty members are required to have an adequate computer to handle an electronic learning platform, keyboard, pointing device, and computer monitor. All other tools are knowledge-based or training-based through Walden University. 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
• Commitment to advocating for the learning and development needs of students earning their degrees in a distance learning environment
• Commitment to fostering Walden’s Community of Care philosophy and intentional integration of DEI practices
• Fellows must maintain their licenses and any appropriate certifications to continue to teach at Walden University
• Fellows are also expected to maintain currency with research by reviewing articles, journals, and presentations. If participating in research, the Fellow may publish and acknowledge Walden University
• Fellows 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 to teach in specific programs

Responsibilities

• Training: All new Fellows receive specific ongoing training from Walden University in teaching practices, use of an electronic learning platform, specifics of the policies, procedures, and degree programs of the School or College in which they are going to teach, socialization into the Walden University culture, assessment of academic integrity of student work (including use of www.turnitin.com), and mentoring
• Course Shadowing & Teaching: Fellows shadow a mentor for their first term and will be assigned a course in subsequent terms, which is taught using the Canvas platform. Fellows 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, they must be completed in a timely manner in accordance with the Faculty Handbook or other criteria established by Walden University. Per the Faculty Handbook, responses to student questions must be posted within 48 hours. Fellows are required to verify the accuracy of student postings and submissions and to provide feedback and grades to students through Canvas. Additionally, substantive feedback on assignment rubrics must be provided within 5 days of submission and grades posted through Canvas
• Availability: Walden expects Fellows and faculty to be reasonably accessible to students. Faculty members are expected to be available to students outside 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, and/or other appropriate documents. The university suggests regular and predictable availability, such as online office hours or regular online chats
• Fellowship Commitments: Fellows participate virtually in a Kick-off, regular coaching sessions, professional development and service opportunities, shadowing, teaching, and supervisor and mentoring meetings. They will also collaborate with a coach and supervisor to develop and reflect on an annual plan with specific goals for each term
• Residencies: Faculty Members may be required to attend Residencies held domestically or internationally where they will teach intensives and colloquia and facilitate school and university-wide discussions. Part-time faculty/Fellows may but are not required to attend. Supervisor approval is required to participate
• Additional responsibilities as determined by program leadership and encapsulated in the Fellow’s annual plan
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with all policies and standards

Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching experience at the degree level of the program
• Online or technology-enabled instruction experience

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