Company description
Opened in 1971, Evergreen gives students a hands-on, collaborative education that prepares them to succeed in an ever-changing world.
Enabling legislation stated that the college should be located on a site of at least 600 acres, making this college the largest campus in the state and the first public four-year college created in Washington State in the 20th Century.
Evergreen is an innovative, public, liberal arts college emphasizing integrated interdisciplinary study and collaborative team-teaching throughout the undergraduate curriculum and in three graduate programs. Teaching is the central work of the faculty at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Successful teaching at Evergreen requires broad-ranging intellectual curiosity, the ability to formulate interdisciplinary questions, and the pedagogical skills to support our diverse student population.
Job description
Regenerative Organic Agriculture
The Evergreen State College seeks a faculty member with demonstrated expertise in science-based regenerative organic agriculture and in teaching, especially in a collaborative environment. We’re looking for someone with hands-on small farming, marketing, and business experience, as well as a colleague with an understanding of the practical, economic, cultural, and social contexts in which agriculture is embedded.
They will have a genuine curiosity and enthusiasm for teaching and learning in an interdisciplinary environment, as well as a demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching. We need someone who can teach the scientific foundations of agriculture, lead on-farm learning practicums, support applied student research endeavors, and provide institutional leadership for advancing the campus farm as a model for experimental and innovative regenerative agriculture practices. Preference will be given to candidates who can teach qualitative and quantitative research methods and with experience collaborating with statewide institutions/organizations and local farmers to promote sustainable agriculture and local food production, especially in the Pacific Northwest. We also prefer applicants who have had experience teaching and/or working with students from underrepresented populations. This teaching position is for Spring, Summer, and Fall quarters.
The successful candidate will teach undergraduate courses using our on-campus organic farm as a living laboratory. Responsibilities include cultivating a diverse range of vegetables and fruits relevant to Pacific Northwest markets while integrating agroecological principles and exploring the development of a just and sustainable food system.
This position involves planning and teaching The Practice of Organic Farming, an annual, sixteen-credit, full-time, team-taught, interdisciplinary program that runs from spring through summer and fall quarters. Under the guidance of faculty, farm manager and staff, students do most of the work to operate the College’s Organic Farm. The successful candidate will be expected to integrate academic topics in the classroom with field trips and hands-on farm workshops to help deepen students’ theoretical and practical understanding of agricultural, ecological, and economic concepts as they pertain to applied organic farming. Preference will be given to candidates with diverse field horticultural production knowledge and skills that span plant propagation, soil regeneration, novelty crop cultivation, greenhouse management, irrigation, season extension, IPM, harvest, food safety, and market preparation. Collaboration with the farm manager to provide a welcoming learning and teaching environment is critical.
Over the past 40-years, the college has operated a five-acre organic farm located on our 1,000-acre forested campus that serves as a site for hands-on teaching and where students gain experience in small farm operations. When possible, our farm collaborates with and supports faculty and student research, plus we encourage research collaboration with local farmers on their farms. Supporting student internships on farms and with related organizations is also an important part of sustainable agriculture at the college.
This position is ideal for a passionate educator who thrives in a collaborative environment and is dedicated to providing science-based evidence to connect theory and practice while addressing critical issues in food systems. The Evergreen State College is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable learning environment.
Compensation
this position is: salaried, varies DOE, $51,367.00 - $106,116.00
Application instructions
This job expired on November 07, 2024
Deadline
no deadline