Teaching Opportunities

Image: FEPPS faculty members smiling in audience at commencement ceremony.

 Notice:

Due to the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, FEPPS is prioritizing working with instructors who have taught with us before. However, we still invite new instructors to reach out and connect so that we can be prepared to welcome you once we go back to in-person courses.

FEPPS runs on the passion and excellence of our faculty

FEPPS staff and faculty pose outside WCCW. A row stands in back and three squat in front of the others.

Image: FEPPS staff and faculty pose outside WCCW.

Who

FEPPS faculty members are a diverse group of passionate educators. All instructors of college courses hold an MA or PhD; instructors for college prep classes do not need an MA or PhD but need to be dedicated, experienced educators. We have had over 140 instructors from 25 local colleges and universities.

FEPPS teacher and students in the classroom. Students are seated at tables with papers and calculators spread before them. Their backs are to the camera. A professor stands in front gesturing at a white board with a venn diagram and a word problem.

Image: FEPPS teacher and students in the classroom.

What

FEPPS offers seven classes each term, and always offers a class from each of the following disciplines: natural science, humanities, and social science. To ensure that all students are prepared for the challenges and expectations of college coursework, FEPPS offers pre-college preparatory classes in Math and English. It is our core belief that college courses taught at WCCW are as rigorous as those taught at the instructors' home institutions.

The public entrance to WCCW. Gray awning atop gray and brick building readings Washington Corrections Center for Women. Concrete planters with small shrubbery sit on the paved walkway.

Image: The public entrance to WCCW.

When/Where

FEPPS is on a semester system and teaches courses three terms a year. Instructors teach one or two days each week at the prison and must be able to complete the term. Co-teaching and alternate teaching days are welcomed. All of our classes take place in person at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor, WA.

 

Ready to teach?

Email learn@fepps.org with your CV, resume and brief description of your interest.

“My students at WCCW have inspired me and reinforced my belief that the collective exploration of ideas and values is an essential human activity. I have learned so much from my students about resilience and commitment. There are so many prejudices about people who are imprisoned, that they are somehow "other". I feel compelled to speak out to those who have had no contact with the criminal justice system that people who are in prison are very much like people anywhere else.”

-Dr. Phebe Jewell, Professor of English at Seattle Central College