Health And Fitness Adjunct Instructor

About Seattle Pacific University:

Founded in 1891, Seattle Pacific University has a long and distinguished history in Christian higher education. Located just minutes from downtown Seattle, SPU seeks to be a premier Christian University fully committed to engaging the culture and changing the world by graduating people of competence and character, becoming people of wisdom, and modeling grace-filled community. Seattle Pacific University seeks applicants committed to its Christian mission.

Diversity Statement

As part of our mission of cultural engagement, SPU is committed to building an excellent and diverse staff and faculty. Diversity is an ethos that is inseparable from our Christian faith.

At SPU, we recognize diversity as a basic feature of God's creation and a core theme of the gospel. At the heart of our mission-centered commitment to becoming a more diverse community is a desire to represent the breadth of God's kingdom more fully.

We strive to become a workplace of choice and to recruit, develop, and retain faculty and staff who can embrace, value, and engage differences with humility and care. We invite you to join us on our journey by starting a career at SPU! Learn more about SPU's commitment to diversity and opportunities for our employees to deepen their capacity to serve our increasingly diverse student body.

Seattle Pacific University provides reasonable accommodation to applicants. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any portion of the application or hiring process please contact the Human Resources Department at (206)281-2809, or email hr@spu.edu. Notification must be given at least five (5) working days before the accommodation is needed.

Job Description:

Adjunct Health and Fitness instructor position in the Center for Professional Education. Primary responsibility would be developing and teaching one or more courses online courses in the Add-on Health Fitness K-12 Endorsement program.

Requirements:

• Master's degree or higher required. Concentration in health fitness, or related disciplines, with minimum three years experience in K-12 setting, including but not limited to classroom instruction or coaching.

• Agreement with the Seattle Pacific University Mission.

• Comprehensive knowledge of both WA Health and Fitness Competencies and Standards.

• Experience teaching online courses preferred.

• Health and Fitness curriculum development experience preferred.

• Experience with Adaptive PE Methods preferred

Additional Information:

The position will remain open until filled.

Salary: $225/Student

Faculty salaries at Seattle Pacific University are based on nationally-normed, regionally-adjusted, and discipline-specific data from the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources (CUPA-HR). Specific salary offers will be determined by level of education and years of relevant experience.

Inquiries relating to the Health and Fitness endorsement program should be addressed to:

Dr. Jenn Brown, Program Manager

Center for Professional Education

Seattle Pacific University

3307 Third Ave. W.

Seattle, WA 98119

Wilsonj17@spu.edu

Application Instructions:

Please submit a cover letter and resume along with the online application. The online application includes an official SPU application form, a faith statement of approximately one page, a diversity statement, a curriculum vitae (CV) or resume, and a brief description of your views on effective teaching techniques.

Also, interested applicants should email their resume or a curriculum vitae (CV) and cover letter to Dr. Jenn Brown at wilsonj17@spu.edu

The pool of applications at this site will be accessed periodically as specific needs arise in the Health and Fitness endorsement program.