[Hiring] Doctor of Business Administration-Faculty @Covista

Role Description

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) Adjunct faculty members’ primary responsibility will be teaching and mentoring capstone students. Faculty must demonstrate a commitment to actively support the learning and development needs of students earning their degrees in a distance learning environment.

• Student-centered engagement and support:
  • Faculty are expected to communicate regularly, provide timely guidance, support students individually, and connect them with appropriate resources.
• Academic expertise and quality feedback:
  • Faculty should demonstrate strong knowledge of university systems, policies, research processes, rubrics, and program expectations while giving constructive, detailed feedback.
• Empathy balanced with accountability:
  • Faculty should meet students where they are, show flexibility when appropriate, and still uphold academic standards that support timely, high-quality doctoral completion.
• Based on student enrollment, Adjunct Faculty may be invited to instruct content courses or research methodology courses, which they are credentialed to teach. Participation in Mentor Training will be provided and required.

Key performance indicators of faculty include:

• Embracing diverse, process-learning approaches resulting in outcomes of academic quality and integrity.
• Knowledge of an inquiry-action model of education fostering applied research, discovery, and critical thinking that results in curiosity, lifelong learning, and positive contributions to societal wellbeing.
• Prioritizing student engagement through weekly substantive, content-based and motivational discussion posts to the classroom.
• Building collaborative, collegial, and positive relationships and communications with other faculty members.
• Supporting students where they are and as individuals who are balancing challenges at home and work.

Adjunct faculty should be reasonably accessible to their students. Faculty members are expected to be available to students outside of the online asynchronous course discussion board. In addition to providing substantive feedback on student submissions, faculty members will publish their availability to students through course syllabi, instructor information in the classroom, or other appropriate documents.

Discussion Boards for classrooms are open 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Although postings to the classroom may be done at any time of day, postings and responses must be completed in a timely manner in accordance with the Faculty Handbook or other criteria established by Walden University and the program to which they are assigned. As such, Adjunct Faculty members are expected to be in classrooms for a minimum of 4 days per week and post responses to students’ questions within 48 hours. Faculty Members are required to verify the quality of student submissions, and to provide feedback and grades to students through the online classroom.

Qualifications

• Terminal degree in Business Administration (PhD, DBA) or a related field from an accredited institution is required.
• Proof of teaching and mentoring business doctoral students in an online instructional setting at the graduate level for at least 1 year.
• Demonstrate ongoing engagement in scholarly and professional business activities within the past 5 years and exhibits proficiency in APA 7th edition formatting and citation standards.
• Strong research methodology background in quantitative and qualitative methods in research (preference given to quantitative).
• Excellent leadership, communication, team, and human relation skills.

Requirements

• Adjunct faculty provide their own laptops and are expected to use the Walden University Learning Management System and the Microsoft 365 tools with their assigned Walden email addresses in their Walden activities.
• The Faculty Member must be able to use Microsoft Office products (MS Word, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint), zip software, and Adobe Acrobat and must have reliable Internet access as well as alternate access in cases where primary access becomes unavailable.

Benefits

• Graduate Course Instruction: $1,560 - $4,080 per Quarter or Semester, depending on type of course taught and length of course.
• Undergraduate Course Instruction: $700 - $2,200 per quarter, depending on type of course taught and length of course.
• Actual pay may be adjusted based on job-related factors permitted by law, such as type of course taught; experience and training; geographic location; licensure and certifications; market factors; departmental budgets; and responsibility.
• Walden also offers other opportunities for its contributing faculty members, such as dissertation/doctoral study committee chair positions, research reviewing, and dissertation and doctoral study mentoring.