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Position Information Position Title Adjunct Undergraduate GIS Job Summary The Evergreen State College is seeking adjunct faculty colleagues to contribute to their undergraduate GIS Certificate program by teaching courses focused on Geographic Information Systems. The adjunct faculty member(s) would teach one (or both) of the following 4 credit courses: GIS: StoryMaps and Apps - using interactive apps for deploying maps on the web GIS: Field Data Collection - perform mapping and collect spatial data while working in a field research situation, often outdoors. New faculty members will be provided with a starting syllabus, and modules of content, including lecture and lab scripts. Faculty in this curriculum will be expected to adapt and continuously improve the existing materials to maintain concurrency of the supplied materials and relevance with software version changes. Evergreen uses and teaches the Esri platform of ArcGIS and its extensions, including ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Pro, Survey123, Field Maps, Insights for ArcGIS, Business Analyst, Community Analyst, and other Esri applications.GIScourses are taught in the campus scientific lab which accommodates 25 dual monitor workstations. Evergreen students seek to apply theirGISknowledge in a variety of professions including natural resource management, conservation, demographics, public policy, non-profit decision-support, and research disciplines. To be successful,GISadjunct faculty should be able to teach undergraduate students in several of the following areas (based on specific course priorities): 1) Use of ArcGIS Pro to manage geospatial data formats and interactions with the (Esri) geodatabase, including import, export, geodatabase design of feature datasets and classes, raster mosaic and lidar datasets, and others commonly used in the practice ofGIS 2) Creation of layers and maps, using diverse data types, joins and relates, Arcade (and/or Python) functions, map marginalia (legends, layouts), grids and graticules, multiscale basemaps, layer properties, with attention to coordinate systems, symbolization and labeling best-practices, and metadata standards. 3) Introductory methods for analysis of spatial phenomena, using the toolboxes in ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online, and Insights for ArcGIS, following scientific principles and best-practice workflows. 4) Design and deployment of mobile GIS methods, using Survey123 and Field Maps software (by Esri), and the use of emerging (Esri) methods for smart devices for field data collection and navigation. 5) Implementation of raster and elevation data types, satellite and aerial imagery, multispectral imagery, for spatial-temporal data and animations. 6) Sharing maps and apps through StoryMaps, Web Apps, dashboards, and other Esri templates for web-dissemination. Faculty are expected to engage with students in their individual student mapping projects and advise students in the creation ofGISportfolio material showing student accomplishment of learning goals. Faculty members are often asked to help students develop projects in their own research and community interests. Candidates should be able to provide and demonstrate examples of their own work inGIS, using interactive apps (such as StoryMaps or Dashboards or similar). Though not required, a digital portfolio would provide useful indication of the candidate's level of knowledge and skills in the practice ofGIS. This is a two-quarter adjunct faculty position with primary teaching responsibilities in the evenings. Successful candidates may be eligible for additional teaching opportunities as we continue to build ourGISprogram. Job Expectations This is an adjunct faculty position and is not eligible for continuing appointment. All requirements for these positions must be completed at the time of hire. Salary for all positions is based on