The Opportunity: Skagit Valley College (SVC) invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position in the Bachelor of Applied Science in Management (BASM) program. The BASM program builds managers who lead with people, adapt with agility, think in systems, harness technology, including generative AI, and drive innovation across today’s workplaces.

Rooted in a spiral learning model and a culture of continual evolution and recognized by the Community College Baccalaureate Association (CCBA) as a promising practice in equity and quality, the BASM program has dismantled traditional pedagogical constructs and rebuilt them to make management education accessible, achievable, and relevant to working professionals and place-bound students. The program design intentionally pairs the flexibility of online learning with the connection and sense of community often found in in-person programs through a program-wide commitment to wrap-around, systems view student support.

This is the second tenure-track faculty line created for the BASM program, a direct response to strong employer demand for graduates and growing student interest in the region. The program continues to expand not only through formal recruitment but also through word-of-mouth and peer-to-peer referrals, reflecting the value graduates and employers place on its impact.

We are seeking a faculty member with a proven record of workplace leadership who can translate that experience into the formal learning environment. The ideal candidate combines substantial workplace leadership expertise with a passion for teaching and a commitment to continual evolution, both personally as a scholar-practitioner and in how they design and deliver instruction. They are eager to engage students in practice-driven, decision-focused learning that connects business and management theory and workplace reality.

Successful candidates will bring instructional strength, use innovative and collaborative teaching approaches, and demonstrate a commitment to integrating technology such as Generative AI into business and management education. Candidates should have experience teaching in both in-person and online learning environments or demonstrate the adaptability and skill set to be effective across them.

• Equitable student outcomes in access, achievement, and community;
• Our Guiding Principles;
• Decisions based on strategy and evidence;
• The development of our employees;
• A diverse and inclusive college community where everyone belongs.

• An unrelenting focus on our mission to improve the lives of our students and to strengthen our diverse community.
• Support for innovative teaching, learning, and scholarship.
• Exciting opportunities for personal and career growth.
• Diverse cultural and environmental benefits of rural, suburban, and urban lifestyles.
• Friendly, supportive, and diverse work environments.
• Excellent benefits include competitive leave packages and an array of health, dental, vision, and retirement plans to meet your current and future needs.

Instructional Excellence & Student Learning Assessment

• Design, deliver, and refine business and management instruction largely at the upper division course level, preparing students for leadership roles across nonprofit, healthcare, small business, public, and private-sector settings in any industry that is personally relevant to the student and for graduate education opportunities;
• Apply the BASM program’s spiral design, cohort model to build systems view thinking progressively across courses, quarters, and disciplines;
• Use innovative, collaborative, and high impact instructional and learning assessment practices that engage and inspire students in applied, evidence and decision-focused learning;
• Design and deliver instruction to address the needs of a student body that represents a wide range of professional experiences, academic backgrounds, and socioeconomic demographics, through flexible, learner-centered approaches that honor and incorporate varied perspectives;
• Ensure workplace relevance by integrating current business and management practices, professional tools, and emerging technologies into coursework and applied projects;
• Provide subject matter expertise and contextualize learning to reflect the realities and complexities of the contemporary, ever evolving workplace;
• Engage in ongoing professional development as a scholar-practitioner, maintaining and growing knowledge in business, management, leadership, technology, and instructional innovation.

Program and Course Evaluation

• Participate in the college’s program evaluation cycle and apply findings to strengthen student learning and program effectiveness;
• Develop, assess, and refine curriculum and learning outcomes to ensure ongoing relevance to workplace needs and alignment with program and institutional goals;
• Engage in reflective practice and collaboration with BASM faculty, the Department Chair, and college colleagues to improve teaching effectiveness and maintain program coherence.

Advising and Student Success

• Provide wrap-around, holistic support through mentorship, advising, and individualized academic and professional guidance that addresses individual goals and learning contexts;

• Guide students in developing leadership, collaboration, and systems-thinking skills that recognize their agency and apply directly to their professional and organizational contexts;
• Foster a strong sense of connection and community within online and in-person learning environments, and with graduates, reflecting the BASM program’s intentional design lifelong for belonging and engagement.

Service and Collaboration

• Support program administration by collaborating with the Department Chair as required, on activities such as student outreach and cohort assimilation, community outreach, program evaluation and assessment coordination and curriculum and program review and revision;
• Participate actively in college service, including committee work, governance, and institutional initiatives that advance SVC’s mission and values;
• Build and sustain relationships with program graduates, employers, industry leaders, and community partners to strengthen applied learning, workforce relevance, and community impact.

All faculty at SVC are expected to meet the following faculty competencies:

• Instructional Excellence: Demonstrates (and sustains through professional development) instructional excellence by incorporating high-impact practices and subject matter expertise and drawing on college resources including technology, to create a learning environment that supports student achievement.

• Student Learning Assessment: Provides consistent, timely formative and summative performance assessment, promotes student self-assessment, and creates opportunities for student feedback to support student achievement and engagement.

• Program and Course Assessment: Contributes to ongoing program and course assessment activities and to the related development and revision of curriculum.

• Advising: Fosters relationship-based advising connections with students in support of student’s academic and career aspirations.

• Service to the College: Participates in college governance, campus life and/or community relations.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Three (3) years management or business professional experience;
• Demonstrated teaching experience in formal adult learning or training environments, with demonstrated ability to teach both online and in-person;
• Evidence of skills that support practice-driven, decision-focused learning and wrap-around student support;
• Master’s degree in management, Business Administration, Public Administration, Healthcare Administration, Accounting, Finance or a closely related field.

• Ten (10) years management or business experience with a track record that demonstrates progressive leadership responsibility;
• Experience with innovative pedagogical approaches, such as spiral learning, applied and collaborative instruction, experiential learning, and high impact practices;
• Demonstrated commitment to integrate technology and generative AI into curriculum and instruction;
• Record of curriculum development and evolution;
• Community college teaching experience;
• Experience in building industry or community relationships.

Salary and Benefits:

• Initial base annual salary placement for 2025-2026 ranges from $75,003 to $100,004, plus an additional $30,000 High-Demand Salary Enhancement for a standard 172-day contract. The salary enhancement is incorporated in the salary range maximum within the positing for the purposes of demonstrating the potential salary. The High-Demand Salary Enhancement is contingent upon the continuation of the HB2158 legislative funding, and the amount dispersed to the college by the State Board. The College has a negotiated faculty wage scale in which placement on the salary structure is in accordance with the SVC Federation of Teachers Collective Bargaining Agreement.

• A standard 172-day contract is written annually for the period of September to June. Late contracts will be prorated on the basis of work days remaining in the contract year.
• This position is exempt from the overtime pay requirements of The Fair Labor Standards Act.
• This is a union-represented position subject to a Collective Bargaining Agreement. The College has a negotiated faculty wage scale in which placement on the salary structure is in accordance with the SVC Federation of Teachers Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Salary, retirement, medical, and insurance benefits are provided in accordance with state regulations and may be subject to change in accordance with legislative mandates and collective bargaining agreements. Additional information on benefits can be found at https://fortress.wa.gov/hca/pebbhealthplan/compare.aspx.

• Prior to employment, 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

• In the interest of providing a healthy, safe, and secure educational and work environment, and in order to meet the requirements of federal legislation, it is the policy of Skagit Valley College to maintain an alcohol and drug-free workplace for our employees and students.
• If hired you will be required to provide proof of identity and documentation of U.S. Citizenship or appropriate authorization to work in this position as required by the Immigration Reform Control Act of 1986.
• Completion of academic degree(s) will be verified through receipt of official transcripts at the time of hire.

• The online application, which includes answers to all supplemental questions and contact information for at least three (3) professional references;
• A current Curriculum Vitae; (Attachment: Curriculum Vitae)
• A letter of interest addressing the minimum, desired qualifications, and your education and experience as it supports the responsibilities of this position; (Attachment: Cover Letter).