Accounting / Finance Instructor (full-time/1330 hours/year) @ Northwood Tech Superior Campus

Northwood Technical College is seeking applications from qualified candidates for a full-time Accounting / Finance Instructor at the Superior Campus.

Northwood Tech Instructors teach in a discipline area in which they have specific training and competence. Instructors are expected to foster learner success, assess learner achievement, and continually improve learning opportunities. Instructors teach in a variety of learning environments including face-to-face, online, web-conferencing, and hybrid classrooms. Instructors are expected to continually improve the overall quality and delivery of learning, including the support of program and collegewide initiatives.

Actively embody and promote Northwood Tech's Values:
• Collaboration - Value relationships that enhance learning and promote economic development.
• Innovation - Embrace the latest theories and technologies to support student and community success.
• Excellence - Prioritize high quality education, services, and continuous improvement in a dynamic learning environment.
• Community - Value our deep connections to our communities by working together to provide solutions through student success.
• Support - Empower individuals by supporting their success with quality experiences and services designed to meet their needs.
• Integrity - Uphold honesty and accountability in a diverse, open, and ethical learning and working environment.
• Respect - Value each individual and approach all interactions mindfully, with civility, empathy, and openness to new and differing ideas.
• Develop and continually revise curriculum that includes Employability Essentials and technical content to meet industry and/or regulatory standards.
• Plan for instruction, including syllabi development, learning plans, and assessment strategies.
• Deliver, assess, and adapt effective instruction that meets the diverse needs of students.
• Apply a variety of instructional strategies, create learning plans, facilitate learning, and revise teaching practice.
• Promote a culture of continuing student success, implement strategies to promote learner persistence and meet the needs of multi-generational learners, demonstrate learner-centered communication, and utilize available student support services.
• Create performance-based assessment plans, employ a variety of formative and summative assessment strategies, communicate assessment results in a timely fashion to promote student learning, and use assessment results to improve instruction.
• Demonstrate professional behaviors to support teaching and learning and utilize varied strategies for managing the learning environment.
• Identify exit learning outcomes and external standards, develop competencies that describe intended learning outcomes, create performance-based plans and assessment tasks for each course, develop learning objectives and plans, prepare syllabi, and utilize a quality review process to validate curriculum.
• Utilize a variety of data analysis tools, analyze data from teaching and learning experiences, and use data to inform decision making about the teaching and learning process.
• Assess effectiveness in embracing diversity, examine the impact of college, community, and student demographics on teaching and learning, and create an inclusive, effective learning environment that addresses barriers and provides reasonable accommodations.
• May be assigned to mentor high school teachers who offer Northwood Tech-articulated courses.
• Model the Employability Essentials expected of Northwood Tech students, which are to communicate clearly, think critically, and demonstrate professionalism, and practice inclusivity.
• Designated as a Campus Security Authority (CSA) to receive and report criminal incidents to the Northwood Tech Safety Office by virtue of this role's responsibilities at the College (only applies to instructor positions with club advising duties).
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Degree & Experience Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field
• Minimum of two years (4,000 hours) occupational experience in the Accounting of which at least one year (2,000 hours) shall be within 5 years prior to the date of appointment

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Demonstrated skill and ability using technology and the ability to learn new technology
• Ability to obtain driver's license and insurance coverage in accordance with College policy or reliable transportation between campuses

Preferred:

• Previous teaching experience
• Curriculum development experience
• Experience with software including QuickBooks and MS Office Suite
• Master's degree in related field
• Able to work in consultative capacity adapting to the needs of each student
• Excels in collaborative work environment
• Knowledge of income tax accounting and payroll systems
• Knowledge of personal finance and introductory financial accounting principles
• Professional experience in banking, insurance, real estate, investments, and/or corporate finance

FY25 Salary - Faculty Grade B - $65,293 / year

Medical, Dental, Vision
Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
Long Term/Short Term Disability
Life Insurance
Wisconsin Retirement System
403(b)/457(b) Retirement Savings
Paid Holidays
Paid Leave

• More detailed information online at https://www.northwoodtech.edu/about/employment/benefits