Natural Resources Instructor - Adjunct - Inchelium Center, WA

Spokane Colleges; Spokane (WA); On-site; USD 57,928 - 123,267; Part time

Job summary

Spokane Colleges is looking for an Adjunct Natural Resources Instructor to teach courses at the Inchelium Center, WA. This part-time role focuses on environmental sciences education and involves developing field lab activities and collaborating with tribal and state entities.

The instructor will need to maintain regular office hours for student advising and participate in program meetings. Ideal candidates should have relevant teaching experience and a strong commitment to natural resource education.

Qualifications

• Experience in teaching or curriculum development in environmental sciences or a related field.
• Ability to develop field sites for lab instruction.
• Strong collaborative skills with agencies and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the instructor for in-person courses on natural resources.
• Develop field sites for lab instruction in coordination with the Tribe.
• Advising students and maintaining regular office hours.

Skills

Field lab development

Collaboration with agencies

Student advising

Education

Master's or higher degree in a relevant field

Tools

Environmental Sciences curriculum

Job description

Natural Resources Instructor - Adjunct - Inchelium Center, WA

Spokane Colleges

Location: Inchelium Center, WA

Department: SCC Environmental Sciences

Position: Adjunct (part‑time) – Open Continuous

Starting salary: $42.05 – $89.48 per hour based on workload category.

Compensation pro‑rated according to workload. Spokane Colleges reserves the right to cancel recruitment without notice. Academic employees represented by the Association of Higher Education (AHE), affiliated with NEA and WEA. Membership is optional.

About Us

Spokane Community College, part of Spokane Colleges, serves 15,000 students with career technical, liberal arts, and adult education programs. Our Inchelium Center offers liberal arts courses as well as programs in Health Sciences and Environmental Sciences to a small cohort of dedicated students from the Colville Tribes and surrounding rural communities.

The advertised adjunct position supports our Certificate in Forest and Wildlife Habitat Sampling. Coursework for the certificate is taught in‑person from the Inchelium Center, and most courses have a field lab component. This forestry‑based certificate forms the first year of each of our Natural Resource AAS degrees. It also serves as standalone preparation for seasonal hands‑on work with Tribal, state and federal agencies in the natural resource fields.

First review of applications will occur on 05/11/2026; interested applicants are encouraged to apply early.

Responsibilities

Serve as instructor for several of the in‑person courses described in Table 1.

Table 1. Courses taught from the Inchelium Center as part of the Certificate in Forest & Wildlife Habitat Sampling

– [List omitted – assume courses listed]

In addition to preparing for and teaching courses, the adjunct instructor will be responsible for the following:

• Developing field sites for lab instruction in coordination with the Tribe, the Tribe's Department of Natural Resources, and other agencies as required.
• Participating in Natural Resource program meetings and advisory board meetings.
• Collaborating with Natural Resource faculty to ensure consistency in courses.
• Maintaining regular office hours at the Inchelium Center.
• Advising students.