Contributing Faculty School of Nursing - MSN CBE Program (Remote)

Company Description

Walden University is a member of Adtalem Global Education (NYSE: ATGE). More than 50 years ago, Walden University was founded to support adult learners in achieving their academic goals and making a greater impact in their professions and communities. Students from across the U.S. and more than 115 countries are pursuing a certificate, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctoral degree online at Walden. The university offers more than 100 online degree and certificate programs. Walden University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission, hlcommission.org. For more information, please visit WaldenU.edu and WaldenFacts.com.

Job Description

As Walden grows, we continue its tradition of quality. Walden's School of Nursing seeks nursing faculty for MSN programs (MSN core courses, Nursing Education, Nurse Executive, and Nursing Informatics) within the Competency Based Education (CBE) curriculum with part-time commitments. Share your professional experience and academic knowledge with students across the country and around the world. With a computer and a high-speed Internet connection, you can teach on your own schedule while maintaining other professional and personal commitments.

GENERAL SUMMARY:
Tempo Learning faculty subject matter experts (faculty SMEs (Subject Matter Expert) are student-facing faculty roles. Faculty SMEs are faculty members assigned to one or more competencies based on their subject matter expertise. The core responsibility of faculty SMEs is to serve as the central academic content support for Tempo Learning students.

Faculty subject matter expert primary responsibilities, key metrics, and suggested practices in Walden’s competency-based education:

• Work directly with students to assist with any questions or challenges they may have in acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills needed to demonstrate proficiency in each competency.
• Initiate regular and substantive academic engagement with each student as they work through each competency for which the SME has responsibility. Additionally, the faculty SME is required to document the substance of all students' academic engagement in the student's record.
• Hold weekly office hours as well as conduct synchronous webinars.
• Pose and promptly respond to student questions through frequent discussion board sessions on the learning platform and to individual student emails on academic content.
• Use detailed rubrics to validate the student assessment as demonstrating competency.
• Use corrective feedback sparingly, emphasizing positive feedback that encourages good work and invites learners to revise excellence.
• Leverage available learning and behavioral analytics to track student engagement weekly and identify students who need more immediate intervention.
• Assure curriculum quality. Faculty SME’s play a crucial role in the development, review, and ongoing improvement of the CBE curriculum.
• Establish regular and structured contact with students; initiate contact with students, even when they do not expect it, with a message of caring and attentiveness to the individual.
• Develop sensitivity to cultural differences that influence communication and understanding.
• Exercise patience and tolerance and assume good intent on the part of learners.
• Develop a repertoire of online discussion catalysts in your subject area to stimulate and drive engagement.
• Encourage students to take risks, to explore, and to learn from their mistakes, thereby facilitating their self-empowerment.
• Create an atmosphere of mutual respect while engaging students in the learning endeavors.
• Monitor all students’ work for academic integrity.
• Regularly review competency content and recommend updates to resource links or other materials as necessary.

Qualifications

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
The successful candidate will:

• Earned master's in nursing (MSN) AND earned a Doctorate (preferably in Nursing) from an accredited institution, with demonstrated coursework in one of the three specializations: nursing education, nursing informatics or nurse executive.
• Candidates should have a record of professional scholarly contributions to nursing, preferably in one of the three specializations (nursing education, nurse Executive, nursing Informatics).
• A minimum of two years' experience teaching graduate courses in one of the three specialty areas (nursing education, nurse executive, and nursing informatics) or related content.
• Commitment to advocating for the learning and development needs of students earning their degrees in a distance learning environment.
• Experience with distance learning preferred.
• Evidence of current RN licensure in one of the 50 states in the US required.
• Excellent c