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Spokane Colleges Psychology Instructor - Tenure-Track - Spokane Community College in SPOKANE, Washington
Psychology Instructor - Tenure-Track - Spokane Community College
Spokane Colleges
Location: Spokane CC Main Campus Spokane
Department: SCC Social Sciences/Humanities
Open continuous.
Salary Information: This is a full-time, tenure track position with an entry level base salary (for a 175-day academic year contract) of $71,096 - $108,630 annually. Future advancement in base salary, up to the current maximum of $108,630, is based upon a combination of years of service accrued at our college and professional development activity.
Annual salary is comprised of base salary plus any combination of academic year overload contracts, summer effort contracts, project stipends, student club advising stipends, and/or department chair program lead faculty stipends consistent with the provisions of the current collective bargaining agreement between Spokane Colleges and the Association for Higher Education (AHE).
About Us
Spokane Colleges believes that access to high-quality education in a safe and inclusive environment is the right of all individuals and imperative for the continued advancement of a strong democracy and workforce. We also believe higher education institutions have an obligation to work toward and demonstrate progress in ensuring equity amongst their students, faculty, and staff. Equity is grounded in the principle of fairness. In higher education, equity refers to ensuring that each student receives what they need to be successful through the intentional design of the college experience.
Spokane Community College (SCC) is a beautiful campus located in the inland Pacific Northwest, on the ancestral home of the Spokane Tribe, near the Spokane River. Our campus is not far from the urban center of Spokane, a mid-sized city with a high quality of life and quick access to the outdoors. See our website for more information about living and working in Spokane.
SCC is one of two accredited community colleges that comprise the Spokane Colleges. Serving about 15,000 students, SCC endeavors to be an educational leader and a responsive partner with the community and region, offering access to relevant programs of the highest quality. We offer state-of-the-art career technical programs (approximately 50% of total enrollment) as well as liberal arts/transfer programs (about 25%) and basic education for adults (about 25%), In addition to serving the urban and suburban population in greater Spokane, Spokane Colleges provides educational services to rural communities throughout a 12,302 square mile region in Eastern Washington. This region includes all of Spokane, Stevens, Whitman, Ferry, and Pend Oreille Counties as well as portions of Lincoln County.
SCC's mission is to provide all students with an excellent education that transforms lives and expands their opportunities.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However, since the screening committee will begin reviewing applications on 02/23/2026, submissions are encouraged prior to that time.
About the Psychology Instructor - Tenure-Track - Spokane Community College
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
• Prepare for and instruct, through face-to-face classroom, hybrid, and online modes, transfer-level classes in the discipline of Psychology. A major component of the teaching load will include General Psychology and/or Lifespan Psychology.
• Be available and accessible to students for academic consulting and support, in a manner appropriate to meet student needs, through a combination of scheduled office hours, e-mail accessibility or other effecti