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NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Working at the Humanities building for the Languages and Communications department at NWCC has been and hopefully will be the best job I have had while I am going to college. Every day is different but somehow the same. Each day I would just walk around with the other work-study and ask instructors what they needed done or what they would like to have done that day. The instructors each had something they needed to have done or they didn't. Whenever there was nothing they needed to have done, the other work-study and myself would just clean boards and computer monitors or just clean the desk of one the instructor's, who was notorious for having a messy desk due to all the paperwork she did on a daily basis.

While there, I learned that there is no such thing as nothing to do and that every little task was better than nothing. I also learned that no matter how some people insulted you or were mad that you just smile and apologize and try to fix the problem that they had. "Working hard is the best way to succeed and go far in life," one instructor told me one time after I had helped him move three carts worth of books from his office to the classroom he will be using during the fall semester, saying he was proud of how hard the other work-study and I worked compared to all the others that had been before us.

Management was pretty simple. I had one specific instructor as a supervisor but answered to all the instructors and the head of the department. Everyone listened to the head of the department, just like he answered to the head of the college. It was a very nice place to work and the atmosphere was very friendly and upbeat some days, except during mid-terms and finals when it would change to stressful.

My one and only co-worker was a very funny girl who a great person and a very hard-worker. She helped me around and showed me everything that I needed to know for the job. Everyday she would teach me some new skill that I did not know and show me how to perform it to the best of my ability.

The hardest part of the job is during mid-terms and towards the end of the semester when all the instructors are having several things sent to Central Duplicating. Everyday during those times, I had to take the car and load at least seven boxes of copies onto the back seat then drive back and have to make seven trips up and down two to three flights of stairs just to distribute all the copies.

The part of the job that I enjoyed the most was making new friends with the instructors and becoming friends with some of them. Each one has a very nice personality and really knows how to hold a conversation.

NWCC is a great place to work if you want to do the minimum for low pay and be home at 3PM, or put half effort into teaching twice the number of classes you would have to teach at any other college.

If you are passionate about teaching, then  find another institution.   You will be happier there.

Administration will constantly give you useless tasks to complete to justify their jobs, and many of those tasks become harder if you've put actual effort into your courses instead of just passing on materials provided by the textbook manufacturer and clicking through their slides.  They are also bad at following up so you might be asked to "self evaluate" (aka tell on yourself).

Administration will push you to take courses to learn how to improve your teaching, but then make it almost impossible for you to implement anything you learned.

The athletes get special treatment from administration and get upset if you don't go along with the program.

If you are ever asked to do anything besides teaching courses, then ask how much holding that responsibility pays.  If it is nothing, then pass.  Someone else is probably getting paid to do it, and they're just trying to pass the responsibility on to you.  If they tell you an amount, then tell them you would need double to take that on.

Your best bet to be happy at NWCC is to never complain, just assign self-graded homework from the publisher, let the students take practice tests to prepare for their exams, then give out a lot of As and Bs.  You will never be held accountable for sub-par teaching.  That is the Northwest way.

A typical day in my job involved answering inquiries about training, inputting data into several different computer programs, keeping confidential files on participants, recruiting youth into a youth program, keeping up with my training budget.

My job was different from most at NWCC because I worked in the State employment office instead of on campus. My coworkers were MS Department of Employment Security employees and they were fun to work with.

The most difficult part of my job was handling the constant interruptions from people seeking training advice. The most enjoyable part of the job was talking to the people who were seeking training advice.

I tutor mathematics and manage the Math Support Lab.  I have learned the key to tutoring and teaching mathematics is effective communication of the problem and solution.  I have greatly improved in my ability to communicate a solution to different kinds of students.  The hardest thing in math is the speed and ability to understand what is being asked.  I am confident that I do a good job in evaluating a student and explaining the math problem in such a way that he or she can grasp.  The most enjoyable part of my job is working with students who want to learn and them providing me with positive feedback after they have improved their grades.  The hardest part of the job is that I have to tutor over 10 different math classes and maintaining a strong grasp on all the different curriculum.

I taught for three semesters a Music Appreciation class (total of 7 sections), and although I enjoyed preparing for and teaching the classes, and some of the students, I found that the administration does not support good quality teachers as myself, and does not care/know about whether the students are receiving a worthwhile education or not, they only seem to care about enrollment statistics.  I had possibly the worst "boss" at this school that I have ever encountered, as well as some of the worst students whose behaviour was simply beyond imagination.

A typical day of work is make sure all items are in place for clients, food is perpare, and everything is cleaned before service. What I learned was how to manage young adults that never had any work experience. Magagement was easy-going and wouldn't ask anything of a person that they weren't perpare to do themselve. My co-workers were most older women and men that show respest if they recieved it in return. The hardest part of the job was trying to pleases some many students when it came to cleaning-up and closing the cafe. The most enjoyable part of the job was everyday coming in and letting all my co-worker see my smile.

Run like a club that gives membership based on secret qualifications related to where you live, who you know and how willing you are to play the game and that are unrelated to skills, ability and training. Once hired no one ever is fired, no one is challenged to exceed minimum standards of mediocrity and especially never to rock the boat or hold anyone accountable. Run for decades by one autocrat who was treated like an icon by all in the bloated, sycophant administration, new "leadership"  is simply a younger version of an earlier bad joke. It's a community college in Mississippi - no more but apparently a lot less in reality.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Some of the staff were amazing.  And became a family.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The inconsistency and the underhanded behavior of the SHS Dean.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
On the Oxford Campus, it was amazing.   Within the SHS, there is a sense of entitlement that is unwarranted.   They believe they can speak to their tenured instructors, in any matter. Degrading and disrespectful. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful. My day would start well before 7:30 and would end well after 8:30 pm.

My immediate area was fine, but the administration was horrible. NWCC used to be a great place to work, and we felt like a family. The administration listened to its faculty and staff. But the new administration has ruined the college and treats its people poorly. Turnover has been rampant in the last few years due to the change in culture. It feels more like a ruthless, heartless corporation now. It makes me sad. The pay was on the low side of average for the state.

Working at Northwest is quite refreshing in several ways. First, the instructors truly care about students and do all they can to make every student successful.  Second, all faculty and staff are extremely friendly and are willing to do anything they can to help.  Third, a majority of faculty are senior, meaning they are very skilled in their respective areas which has excelled Northwest as the premiere college in North Mississippi.  Fourth, the spirit and culture you feel at the school makes you feel like you are part of a family.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Ticket sales representative 2 salaries reported	$11.00 per hour
Golf coach 1 salary reported	$48,000 per year
Head coach 1 salary reported	$48,000 per year
Enrollment specialist 1 salary reported	$35,000 per year
Director of nursing 1 salary reported	$57,500 per year

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