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Location : Downtown Auburn Center - 1221 D St NE, Auburn, WA
Job Type: Adjunct Faculty
Job Number: 25-ADJ-Software
Department: Instruction
Division: Technology
Opening Date: 09/19/2025
Closing Date: Continuous
Position Summary
Green River College is seeking an Adjunct (Part-Time) Instructor to join our team and teach courses in Data Analytics and/or Software Development.
We seek instructors with a passion for technology, a love for teaching, and a desire to broaden participation in computing. Our instructors strive to inspire and motivate students to learn and to reach their full potential.
ABOUT THE COLLEGE:
Green River College has four locations, including the main campus in Auburn and satellite learning centers in Kent, downtown Auburn, and Enumclaw. Green River programs serve high school graduates, high school completion students, Running Start students (dual enrollment in local high schools and the college), those seeking retraining for the workforce, international students, students learning English, and Continuing Education students. Green River's service areas are increasingly diverse. This includes minoritized and marginalized communities, and the increasingly diverse populations that make up Green River's community.
COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION:
At Green River College, we recognize the importance of identities, intersectionalities and revolving communities. Green River College honors the vast and growing needs of all our communities. We value all people, their livelihoods and experiences. We are responsive to prioritizing and centralizing the voices and representation of all people and ways of being. Green River College is committed to enhancing and supporting a diverse campus environment, incorporating principles of equity in order to promote inclusive practices. Green River College encourages applications from faculty, staff, and administrators with demonstrated experience and expertise in supporting, sustaining, and serving people from a wide range of backgrounds and collaborating effectively with others.
Position Responsibilities
The Adjunct (Part-Time) Instructor will teach courses in Data Analytics and/or Software Development and:

• Create an environment where students can feel safe and can collaborate effectively with, and learn from, their peers.
• Share what you are passionate about with your students.
• Understand the challenges faced by underrepresented groups and work proactively to address those challenges.
• Contribute to a dynamic and committed team of faculty and staff by sharing your ideas, innovations, and successes.
• Take feedback from students and peers as an opportunity to learn and grow as an instructor.

Green River College offers courses in Data Analytics and Software Development at a variety of levels for a wide range of students including:

• Introductory to intermediate web development courses (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP)
• Introductory to intermediate programming courses (Python, Java)
• Introductory data analytics courses (Python, SQL)
• Courses on modern software frameworks (Spring Boot, ASP.NET)

• Project-based learning courses, such as capstone courses
• A technical career preparation course

Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:

• Have a bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited institution
• Have knowledge/proficiency in the areas in which you would like to teach (HTML/CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Java, SQL, C#, technical career search).
• Have knowledge of the issues involving the underrepresentation of women and marginalized groups in computing education and in the tech industry.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in information Technology, Computer Science, Data Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Teaching/training experience in hands-on learning environments.
• Team leadership experience on a technical team
• Experience with practicing inclusive leadership and fostering an inclusive culture
• Three years of relevant work experience during the past five years

Green River College welcomes faculty who have a commitment to excellence in teaching and the ability to utilize a variety of methods and modes of instruction to ensure student success. Given the diversity of our student population, we encourage applications from faculty who can adapt teaching methods to a wide range of student backgrounds and interests.
Supplemental Information
At this time, Green River College is not sponsoring for H1-B Visas.
All offers of employment are subject to background checks. (Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history will be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the position.)
Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law RCW 28B.112.080.
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Reporting
Any employee, student, applicant, or visitor who believes that he, she or they have been the subject of discrimination or harassment should report the incident or incidents to the College's appropriate Title IX Coordinator identified below. If the complaint is against that Coordinator, the complainant should report the matter to the President's office for referral to an alternate designee.
For students/employees/public/visitors/applicants: Korland Simmons, Title IX Coordinator • Equity, Diversity, Inclusion
More than Just a Paycheck!Washington State offers one of the most competitive benefits packages in the nation. We understand that your life revolves around more than just your career and that your priority is making sure that you and your family will maintain health and financial security. That's why choice is a key component of our benefits package.
Health Benefits:Adjunct faculty may become eligible for benefits if they work two (2) consecutive quarters at 50% or more of full time academic load in order to qualify for benefits (based on instructional hours only).
Newly-hired adjunct faculty are eligible for PEBB insurance benefits when they have taught 50 percent or more of a full-time workload* for two consecutive quarters at one or more public higher education institutions, going on benefits the start of the second quarter at 50% or more. Medical, dental, life and long term disability insurance benefits are provided as currently administered under the
Adjunct faculty who initially meet the State Board Retirement Plan Eligibility criteria after June 30, 2011 are given the option to participate in the State Board Plan (TIAA-CREF) or to participate in TRS 3, and have 30 days to make a choice. The eligibility threshold for participation in the State Board Retirement Plan (TIAA-CREF) is 50 percent of a full-time workload* at one or more college districts or the State Board for two consecutive quarters. There may be other options available under limited circumstances.
Leave accruals and usage are governed by the faculty master contract.
*Half time is defined as one-half of the full-time academic workload as determined by each institution, except that half time for community and technical colleges faculty employees is governed by RCW 28B.50.489.
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