Job Opening - Part-time Economics Instructors

ORGANIZATION: Edmonds Community College

POSITION DESCRIPTION: Part-time instructors will be needed for 2011-12 to teach principles of microeconomics and macroeconomics. For additional information about the classes or the economics program, contact Barry Kotlove, 425-640-1661 or bkotlove@edcc.edu.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s degree in Economics or equivalent related work experience.
• Ability to communicate effectively in oral and written English.
• Familiarity with on-line or hybrid teaching methodology and use of computer.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
• Master’s degree in Economics or related business discipline.
• Some teaching experience, preferably at the community college level.

PHYSICAL WORK ENVIRONMENT: Work is typically performed in a classroom and requires standing and/or sitting for extended periods of time.

COMPENSATION: In accordance with the Negotiated Agreement between the Washington Community College District and Edmonds Community College Federation of Teachers. Approximately $727 per class credit.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Applicants should submit a letter of application speaking directly to the required and desired qualifications, a college application form, and a resume which also lists two current references to: Barry Kotlove, Economics Dept. Head, Edmonds Community College, 20000 68th Avenue West, Lynnwood, WA 98036. For application information, visit the college web site at www.edcc.edu/hr

CLOSING DATE: Open until filled.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT:
• You must document your citizenship or employment authorization within three days of hire.
• Agency Shop Fee: You must become a member of the faculty union or pay a representation fee or nonassociation fee within thirty calendar days of your hire.

EEO/AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT: Edmonds Community College is an equal opportunity employer and assures equality of treatment in educational and employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex (gender), disability, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with disabilities who require assistance with the recruitment process may call 425-640-1470 or email jobs@edcc.edu and accommodations will be made to the extent reasonably possible. The Human Resources Office is accessible to persons with disabilities.

Job Opening - Center Director

Organization: Northshore Senior Center (Affiliated with Senior Services)
Our mission: healthy aging and well-being in our community through programs, services, resources and civic engagement
Our address:
10201 E Riverside Drive
Bothell, WA 98011
www.seniorservices.org
Salary: $70,219 - $79,845 plus benefits

At Senior Services we embrace the belief that cultural, social, and other differences should be respected and celebrated. We are building a staff team with extraordinary cultural competence and also providing that team with tools to positively address institutionalized racism. All our employees are responsible for providing and supporting a culturally competent work environment that will enrich our interactions with each other and our products and services. This provides the foundation for empowering our customers (primarily those who are aging and giving care to others) so their needs are justly represented and their desires amply fulfilled.

Organizational Overview
Northshore Senior Center was founded in 1972 and joined Senior Services in 1983. As the parent organization, Senior Services employs all of the staff, manages all benefits, arranges for property and liability insurance and handles most of the accounting, including filing tax returns. The Director is an employee of Senior Services, but works on a day to day basis with Center Board members, volunteers and staff.

Northshore Senior Center is a dynamic, innovative, multi service center with programming that meets a broad range of needs for older adults, caregivers and people with disabilities. In addition to the main campus, which is located in Bothell, Northshore operates satellite programs in Mill Creek and Kenmore. For the active, Northshore offers educational classes, trips, theatre, and many physical activity choices. For the frail, Northshore offers adult day health and transportation to medical appointments and shopping. In addition to housing adult day health and transportation the Health and Wellness Center has a hair salon, computer learning center for people with disabilities and a well equipped fitness center.

For people coping with life transitions and lifestyle changes, Northshore offers an array of support groups and health behavior change programs. Northshore is known for developing evidenced based wellness programs that are now being replicated nationally. The center has received the Archstone Foundation Excellence in Program Innovation and National Institute of Senior Center Research Awards.

Northshore serves 8,000 people each year and has an annual budget of over $2.7 million. The center is “owned” and operated by older adults. Empowerment is more than a buzz word at Northshore. It is strongly embedded in everything that happens at the center. The center has 500 volunteers who work with 50 staff to operate Northshore’s numerous programs.

Summary
Northshore Senior Center is looking for an individual who has a strong passion for working with older adults and is interested in leading a multi-service center that also includes adult day health, transportation and a health and wellness center. Award winning Enhance Fitness class. Health and Wellness Center.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Fundraising: Develop and execute a fund raising plan in conjunction with the Board of Directors, so that the center is financially viable, including, but not limited to grant writing, individual donor cultivation, organizing events and satisfying government contract requirements.

Programs: Plan, implement, monitor and evaluate programs, events and activities that are culturally relevant and appeal to multiple generations of older adults and lead to increased participation.

Board of Directors: Serve as staff for the Board of Directors so that they are regularly updated on the center’s finances, fundraising plans, personnel, facilities management, and public relations efforts. Effectively work with a variety of personality styles and visions for the future.

Budgeting and Financial Monitoring: Prepare the center’s budget, monitor the financials, report monthly to Center Finance Committee and Senior Services, preserve existing revenues, cultivate new ones and maintain adequate reserves.

Management of People: Recruit, hire, supervise and evaluate the performance of staff and volunteers. Cultivate the talent and resourcefulness of staff and volunteers so that they bring the best of what they have to offer to the work place.

Cultural Competency: Actively support the agency’s efforts to undo institutional racism, build cultural competence, and serve an increasingly diverse population.

Facilities: Develop and maintain a clean, safe, welcoming environment that encourages participation at the center, day health programs, and satellite programs.

Community Relations: Provide leadership, effective public relations, advocacy, and information to governmental agencies, elected officials, other agencies and community members to insure the center and day health program are respected and highly visible.

Communication: Establish and maintain effective, motivating, supportive and transparent interactions with all staff, volunteers, participants, community members, peers and Board members. Provide leadership in articulating the vision and direction for the center, including plans to “grow” the membership and services.

QUALIFICATIONS:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

1. Baccalaureate degree in sociology, gerontology, community organization, psychology, social work, administration, or related field is required. Masters degree is preferred. Five (5) years of highly equivalent work experience may be substituted for each year of college education.

2. Four years’ supervisory and administrative experience involving policy and program development and implementation, and budget and financial management is required.

3. Proven track record with achieving results in the areas of programming, fundraising and personnel.

4. Experience working with a Board of Directors and volunteers is desired.

5. Ability to obtain and maintain a valid Washington State Driver’s license is required.

6. Experience in the field of aging is desired.

7. Experience working in a non profit desired.

8. Experience in the provision of adult day health services is desired.

9. Proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Outlook and Excel).

Note: Employees are required to complete a WA State Patrol Criminal History Background Check and Criminal History Self-Disclosure Form.

SALARY AND BENEFITS
$70,219 - $79,845 starting salary, depending on experience. Benefits include 401(k), Flexible Spending Accounts, medical, dental, disability, life insurance, paid vacation, sick leave and 12 paid holidays.

TO APPLY
Please submit the following 3 items:

1. Cover letter describing your relevant experience and your interest in this position.
2. Current résumé.
3. Completed Senior Services application form (download from www.seniorservices.org)

Email or mail the materials to
Human Resources Senior Services 2208 Second Avenue, Suite 100 Seattle, WA 98121-2055
jobs@seniorservices.org

Position posted March 30, 2011
Deadline for applications: April 29, 2011

SELECTION PROCESS
This is a competitive selection process. All application packages that show the minimum qualifications and have followed the application instructions will be reviewed. Interviews will be scheduled for those applicants whose qualifications in the areas listed above most closely correspond to the position’s requirements. In order to preserve our resources toward furthering our mission, only candidates with whom we wish to arrange an interview will be contacted. All others will be maintained in our files for a minimum of six months.

Interviews will begin mid May

SENIOR SERVICES IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Digital Storytelling Course Free for Alumni Auditors

Once again, Elizabeth Burke and Sue Woehrlin are offering a community-wide digital storytelling course here at Antioch University Seattle in the spring. It is open to alumni auditors for free, “first come - first serve,” on a space available basis.

“As alumni of AUS programs ourselves, Elizabeth and I are both aware of the mutual benefits that accrue when alumni actively participate in campus learning activities, notes Sue Woehrlin. “We have had 3-4 alumni auditors each of the last three years who found it a wonderful experience– and students in turn loved having real live graduates of our programs learning along side them.”

To express interest, alumni should email Sue @ swoehrlin@antioch.edu. (Please also email Sue if you have questions.)

Tell Your Story

Spring 2011:
a campus-wide Digital Storytelling class

The ancient art of storytelling is brought to new life in the digital age. For millennia stories have given voice to individual and collective memories, identities, dreams and yearnings for change. User-friendly technology available on most computers allows anyone to make a personal digital movie, making this an accessible and highly democratic medium. Resulting stories become vehicles for personal transformation, clarifying organizational values and visions, community empowerment, social change, and exemplars of hope and healing.

Participants will each craft a story with photos, artifacts, video/audio clips, music and a narrated script to create a 3 – 5 minute digital movie.

Sundays, April 17, May 1, 22 & June 5
9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

As a campus-wide learning activity, this is a special opportunity for students, faculty, staff and alumni to learn together. Convened by Sue Woehrlin & Elizabeth Burke.

To register:
Faculty, staff and alumni auditors contact Sue Woehrlin to express interest.

Sponsored by the Center for Teaching & Learning

Job Opening - Executive Director

JOB TITLE: Executive Director, South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce (full-time position)
REPORTS TO: Board of Directors, South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce
SALARY: $37,500 with bonus structure; Paid Time Off (PTO) plus holidays
APPLY: To apply, send cover letter and resume to directorslu@gmail.com; due by end of day April 15, 2011.

In 2006, the South Lake Union (SLU) Charter Board of Directors formed our organization to “enhance the economic vitality and quality of life of the South Lake Union area through varied programs and services that benefit members and the community at large.” This is our mission.

The Chamber does this by:
1. Encouraging the growth of business
2. Supporting community activities
3. Assisting members in connection to legislative and governmental matters
4. Promoting the general welfare of area businesses, organizations and residents

To date the Chamber has successfully expanded membership, with exciting potential for growth; SLU is vibrant, projected to double its daytime population over the next five years.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Executive Director of the South Lake Union Chamber of Commerce serves as the face of our neighborhood, bringing in-depth understanding and unwavering commitment to the development of this dynamic, growing part of Seattle. The Executive Director assists businesses, organizations and residents in developing the area to its fullest potential. As a strong advocate for the SLU neighborhood, the Executive Director provides leadership, direction and guidance for Chamber activities, committees and volunteers, to ensure continued financial vitality and sustained growth for the organization.

Reporting and Supervising Relationships

This position reports to the all-volunteer Board of the Chamber, which will provide quarterly reviews and an annual performance evaluation to the Executive Director. The Executive Director supervises one staff person, as well as various committees and volunteers. The Executive Director also serves as a non-voting member of the board.

ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS
• Attract and retain members and achieve growth in membership.
• Serve as the key spokesperson for the Chamber, with excellent oral and written skills, both in one-to-one and group settings, such as serving as emcee at Chamber functions.
• Keep in continuous, direct contact with current and prospective members to survey needs. Develop benefits, programs, events and materials that support those needs.
• Work closely with the Board to shape the vision of the Chamber and, using strong leadership skills, execute that vision.
• Attain financial, membership and strategic objectives and goals, developed in concert with the Board on an annual basis.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
• Exceptionally strong verbal, writing and listening skills, with particular focus on public speaking. Ability to present compelling ideas to a variety of audiences, interacting with all members of the neighborhood, business leaders and elected officials.
• Exceptional customer service skills; previous sales experience a plus.
• Proven ability to advocate for an organization, while remaining neutral on individual agendas; knowledge of the South Lake Union neighborhood desired.
• Easy-going personality, with the capability of rallying people around a common goal/cause; proven ability working independently and as a self-starter.
• Ability to handle multiple and complex tasks simultaneously under stringent timeframes amid changing priorities/conditions.
• Experience in developing and managing budgets, and overseeing financial stability.
• Project management experience, providing oversight to external vendors/contractors and internal employees/volunteers.
• Computer literacy in word processing, spreadsheet (Excel) and database programs, as well as web site and social media content management. Ability to manage a large contact database and experience with QuickBooks a plus.

EDUCATION AND WORK EXPERIENCE

Required
• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• Minimum of 5 years experience in field related to this position

Preferred
• Graduate level education (MBA, MPA)
• Prior experience working with community-based and/or non-profit organizations

Education Professor Presenting Paper

Rachel Oppenheim, Ed.D, School of Education core faculty, is presenting a paper at this year’s American Educational Research Association (AERA) conference April 8-12 in New Orleans, LA. The title of the paper is The Correctional Classroom as a Site of Multiple Fantasies.

Partnership Set Up Between AUS and Fourth Grade Classroom

Kelly Vancil, Ed.D., School of Education core faculty, has set up a partnership with a fourth grade classroom in the Kent School District to allow students in his literacy issues writing class to partner with fourth grade students in an online writer’s workshop. Each week AUS students and fourth graders post writing pieces and then receive their partner’s work. In the process, Antioch students are exposed to developmental writing in real time and develop the skills of conferring, while the fourth grade students are exposed to authentic writing in real time, and the practice of using descriptive academic language in response to writing - leading to ownership of the language and process of self-reflection.

A Framework for Teaching About Group Design & Facilitation

Sue Woehrlin, Ph.D., B.A. Liberal Studies program core faculty, co-presented at the Pacific Northwest Conference of the National Coalition for Dialog and Deliberation (NCDD) in Portland in November. She and her collaborators with the Group Pattern Language Project (http://grouppatternlanguage.org/Home) introduced a framework for teaching about group design and facilitation, including a “deck of cards” that brings an element of play into the learning process. Woehlrin also taught a workshop on facilitation basics to the Seattle Junior League in February.

Professor Emeritus Stays Busy After Retiring From AUS

Farouk Y. Seif, Ph.D., Center for Creative Change professor emeritus, presented a paper “Wholophilia: Design and the Metamorphoses of the Absolute” at the International Conference: Metamind 2010 in Riga, Latvia in October 2010. While teaching as a Fulbright Specialist at the University of Sofia “St. Kliment Ohridski”, Farouk presented a paper “Design Inquiry for Anthropology and Ethnology: Integrating Factual Information and Imaginative Interpretation” at the International Conference: University’s Researches and Teaching of Ethnology and Anthropology in October. He also gave a public lecture “The Confluence Zone: Living the Paradox of Two Cultural Worlds” at Dialogue Europe Institute in Sofia, Bulgaria in November 2010.

In December 2010, Farouk gave a keynote speech “Reframing Challenges - Rethinking Humanities: Surviving the Paradoxical Encounter with a Transmodern World” at the International Conference: Challenges of Modern World for the Humanities. He also delivered a lecture “Leadership by Design: Co-Conspiring Through Love and Seduction” at Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Farouk’s fascinating and controversial lecture “Design, God, and the Phenomenon of Wholophilia” at Seattle University in January, 2011, drew a large crowd from several institutions and organizations.

With collaboration between AUS and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in Lithuania, Farouk spearheaded the design and planning of the International Conference: Phenomenological Perspectives on Social Change and Environmental Challenges to be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, September 24-26, 2011. For more information see the website at: http://www.phenomenology-conference.org/Call%20paper.htm

Education Professor Is Author

Ed Mikel, Ph.D., School of Education core faculty and interim director, wrote the chapter “Deliberating Democracy” and co-authored two other chapters in the recently released second edition of Cultures of Curriculum, edited by Pamela Joseph (Routledge, 2011).

Psychology Professor Busy Presenting at Conferences

Sandi Meggert, Ph.D., School of Applied Psychology, Counseling and Family Therapy visiting core faculty in the Mental Health Counseling program, attended the European Branch of the American Counseling Association (ACA) conference in Germany last November. The theme was The Healing Power of Humor and she was the keynote speaker. She also presented two workshops: “Dependable Strengths” and “Laughter and Play: Anecdotes to Burnout.” In addition, she also attended the ACA convention in New Orleans in March along with other Psychology faculty members Ned Farley, Ann Blake, Gwen Jones, Colin Ward and Angie Hoffpauir.

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