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Adjunct Faculty POOL- Culinary Arts Instructor (2025-2026 Academic Year)

Walla Walla Community College


Salary: See Position Description

Job Type: Part Time

Job Number: 2025-1025 CA-AD

Location: Walla Walla, WA

Department: VPI/INSTRUCTION OFFICE

Closing: Continuous


Join our team to help inspire all students to discover their potential and achieve their goals by providing relevant, equitable, and innovative learning opportunities and services.

Description

Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) seeks to develop applicant pools for adjunct faculty to teach course offerings throughout the 2025-2026 academic year. WWCC offers opportunities for adjunct faculty to teach courses at all of our campuses: Walla Walla, Clarkston, Washington State Penitentiary, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, as well as online/remotely.

Part-time/temporary adjunct faculty positions offer flexible hours and the opportunity to assist a diverse group of adult students in achieving their educational goals. WWCC offers a wide range of opportunities in extended learning, dual-credit alternative high school, workplace learning, outreach learning, and personal enrichment programs.

WWCC accepts applications for adjunct faculty positions on a continuous basis, though it does not necessarily imply that there are immediate openings. Applicants who meet the required minimum qualifications and submit a complete application with all required components will become part of the standing pool which the College will draw on as scheduling needs dictate.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit materials at any time. Candidates who are qualified to teach multiple disciplines are encouraged to apply to each discipline's adjunct pool postings to ensure their application is considered. Applications will be reviewed months prior to the start of each quarter.

2026-2026 Quarter Dates
Fall 2025:September 22 - December 10
Winter 2026: January 5 -March 19
Spring 2026:April 1 - June 12
Summer 2026: July 6 - mid August

NOTE: The current pool remains in effect until June 30, 2026. Should you be selected for an interview, you will be contacted directly by the interested Dean or lead, otherwise, your completed application will remain in the pool.

About Walla Walla Community College
At Walla Walla Community College, we inspire all students to discover their potential and achieve their goals by providing relevant, equitable, and innovative learning opportunities and services. As an organization, we value learning opportunities, a sense of community, diversity, health and humor, excellence, integrity, teamwork, innovation, personal and professional growth, and sustainability.

WWCC strives to promote diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, not only because diversity fuels excellence and innovation but because we want to pursue justice. We are all responsible for creating a safer, more inclusive environment.

Walla Walla Community College campuses are located on the native lands of the Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla people and the Nez Perce tribe. Established in 1967, our attractive 130-acre main campus (Walla Walla) sits on the edge of Titus Creek with views of the Blue Mountains. Additional facilities, include programs at Washington State Penitentiary and Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, extend the College's footprint throughout its four-county district. The WWCC Clarkston campus, located in Clarkston, Washington, is the hub of educational activity in Asotin and Garfield counties.

WWCC offers programs in Agriculture & Natural Resources, Arts, Humanities & Communications, Business & Consumer Services, Education & Social Sciences, Healthcare & Emergency Services, Manufacturing, Electrical & Transportation, Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM), Transitional Studies, Personal & Professional Development. At this time Walla Walla Community College enrolls more than 2,000 students each year: 51% are White, 23% Hispanic, 18% Multiracial, 2% Black/African America, 1% Asian, and1% American Indian or Alaska Native. Our College is an aspiring Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).

Description:
Walla Walla Community College (WWCC) is seeking applicants for a part-time Adjunct Culinary Arts Instructor on the Walla Walla campus located in Walla Walla, WA. WWCC is seeking adjuncts for both first-year and second-year classes.

General Responsibilities:
Faculty members at WWCC are professional educators committed to providing students with access to relevant, equitable, and innovative learning opportunities. General responsibilities include facilitation student learning through the preparation and delivery of course materials, providing timely and meaningful feedback on assignments and exams, assigning final grades, and connecting students to campus resources and support services.

Teaching and Related Responsibilities:
1^st Year Instructor:
Teaching responsibility will be for two or three classes per quarter for three quarters, as follows:
Fall 2025: Introduction to Culinary Arts, Basic Culinary Principles, Culinary Ag I
Winter 2026: Culinary Arts Methods, Baking & Pastry, Culinary Agriculture II
Spring 2026: Culinary Agriculture III, A la Carte I
Course levels will be in the 100 introductory level to 200 level AAS courses, as the year progresses through the program.

2^nd Year Instructor
Teaching responsibility will be for two or three classes per quarter for three quarters, as follows:
Fall 2025: Restaurant Management, A la Carte II
Winter 2026: Service Management, A la Cart III
Spring 2026: Garde Manger, World Cuisines, Culinary Agriculture III
Course levels will be in the 100 introductory level to 200 level AAS courses, as the year progresses through the program.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Teach assigned classes at scheduled time and place
• Demonstrate professional skills appropriate to the teaching assignment
• Provide each student with a comprehensive syllabus at the beginning of the quarter
• Provide clear explanations, assignments, and directions
• Conduct appropriate and frequent evaluations of student performance and provide feedback so students are aware of their performance throughout the quarter
• Assign and submit grades based upon results of evaluations and college grading policy
• Maintain student records and grades in the College's LMS
• Post and be available during office hours that are reasonable for student access
• Review and recommend program textbooks, materials, and technology
• Utilize available technology appropriate to assignment

Competencies

Instructional Competencies
Ability to create learning environments that contribute to students' academic growth require that the instructor develop these essential instructional competencies.

• Student success teaching strategies
• Outcomes-based learning
• Assessment
• Equity, inclusion, and diversity
• Digital and information literacy
• Commitment to continuing education, learning and improvement in the discipline or program of expertise

Required Qualifications:
Equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered at the discretion of the college. For remote work, must reside in either WA, OR, ID, CA, IL, PA, or TX.

• Associates Degree in Culinary Arts; closely related credentialing may substitute at the discretion of the College
• Demonstrated proficiency as an Executive Chef and/or teaching Culinary Arts at the college-level (two years minimum); teaching experience as a teaching assistant or adjunct instructor may count towards the requirement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience teaching at a Community College
• Experience using technology and teaching in a variety of modalities: Face-to-face, web-or technology-based, hybrid, HyFlex or online
• Bilingual, especially English/Spanish

You don't check every qualification listed? Please apply anyway! Studies have shown that traditionally marginalized communities - such as women, LGBTQ+ and people of color - are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification - even if they might be a great fit for the role! If you're excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every single qualification in the job description, we encourage you to still consider applying.

Conditions/Terms of Employment

This is a part-time instruction assignment contingent on enrollment and located at the Walla Walla Campus. Persons hired must be able to provide acceptable documentation of lawful employment to work in the United States within three (3) days of employment and provide transcripts. WWCC participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. Candidate may be subject to a criminal history background check as a condition for consideration of employment. The college is a tobacco free institution. Walla Walla Community College requires all employees to participate in direct deposit for payment of salary.

Compensation
Compensation for an adjunct assistant professor is contingent on enrollment and paid in accordance with the contract between the WWCC Board of Trustees and the WWCC Association for Higher Education. found on the WWCC Human Resources Page. Refer to Appendix C for the adjunct salary schedule.

Required Application Materials

This position is posted as open until filled and applications will be screened as received. To qualify for consideration, applicants must meet required qualifications and submit a complete application packet that includes the following:

• NEOGOV online application
• A cover letter detailing how you meet the qualifications and competencies for this position
• Curriculum vitae or comprehensive resume
• Contact information for three professional references.
• Answers to all supplemental questions

• Unofficial transcripts for application purposes; official transcripts are required prior to an official start date.

Please ensure you have attached all required application materials as you will not be able to attach any documents after you have submitted your application. If you have difficulty logging into your account, attaching documents, submitting your application, etc., please call NEOGOV Applicant Support at 1-855-524-5627 or email them directly at support@governmentjobs.com.

WWCC reserves the right to not fill this position, reject all applicants, or reopen the position. Applications received during this recruitment may be used to fill future vacancies at the College's discretion.

Walla Walla Community College is committed to provide equal opportunity and nondiscrimination for all educational and employment applicants as well as for its students and employed staff, without regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, including gender expression/identity, marital status, age (over 40), the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, the use of trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability, or status as a Vietnam and/or disabled veteran, National Guard member or reservist in accordance with the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Federal Rehabilitation of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and any other applicable Federal and Washington State laws against discrimination. The Human Resources Office is accessible to persons with disabilities. If you need accommodations in the application/employment process, please contact the Human Resources Office at (509) 527-4224 - TDD (509) 527-4412, email personnel@wwcc.edu, address: 500 Tausick Way, Walla Walla WA, 99362.



To apply, please visit https://www.schooljobs.com/careers/wwcc/jobs/5056978/adjunct-faculty-pool-culinary-arts-instructor-2025-2026-academic-year




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