Adjunct - AY26 Medical Assistant Instructor
About the role
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) seeks dynamic, motivated, and diverse candidates for part-time faculty positions as Medical Assistant Instructors. These positions are available at nine colleges across Southern California, serving over 225,000 students annually.
Responsibilities
- Teach a range of courses within the Allied Health discipline, fostering engaging and inclusive educational environments.
- Collaborate, communicate, and work professionally with students, staff, faculty, and administrators.
- Engage with a diverse student population, respecting and responding to varied backgrounds, identities, and experiences.
- Conduct classes in a virtual learning environment using CANVAS or other remote learning methods.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or higher in any field AND two (2) years of full-time related professional experience OR
- Six (6) years of full-time related professional experience.
The professional experience must be directly related to the teaching assignment. A sensitivity to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students is desired.
Desired Qualifications
- Certified Medical Assistant or similar certification.
Verification of Occupational Experience
Desirable Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Ability to provide a Verification of Employment letter from a current or previous employer that substantiates knowledge, skills and abilities in medical assistant functions.
- Verification of Experience Letters must be on company letterhead stationery indicating inclusive dates of assignments, state if full-time or part-time, and indicate duties.
Eligibility Requirement
Pursuant to LACCD Board of Trustee's Policy 2900, all students and employees must be fully vaccinated and complete the baseline testing or have an approved exemption. LACCD employees are required to provide their vaccination status in compliance with the LACCD Board of Trustee's policy. Newly hired employees will be required to provide their vaccination status prior to the position start date.
Compensation
The salary schedule for adjunct instructors begins at $89.72 per standard hour, plus an office hour differential of $20.99 per hour for classroom assignments. Applicants with a doctoral degree are eligible for a doctoral differential.
Application Process
Applicants will be required to file the application using web-based software to create an applicant profile account, allowing documents to be saved and uploaded as attachments. Please go to https://laccd.csod.com/ats/careersite/search.aspx?site=6&c=laccd to file the application. After review of application materials by selection committee(s), applicants will be contacted if selected for interview(s).
Additional Information
Note: All degrees must be granted by an accredited college or university in the United States. Transcripts from a foreign institution must be submitted with an approved evaluation of equivalency from a foreign evaluation service approved by California Commission on Teaching Credentialing. Verification of Experience letters on letterhead stationery must show inclusive dates of assignments, state if full-time or part-time, and indicate duties. If part-time, the number of paid hours worked per week, semester or year must be included. Uploaded as an 'Other Document' (Signed hard copies required if selected to interview).
Equal Employment Policy
The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is committed to implementing equal opportunity to all qualified candidates for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy, age, disability, marital status, medical condition (cancer related), sexual orientation, or veteran status. Positive action will be taken to ensure that this policy is followed in all personnel practices including recruitment, hiring, placement, upgrading, transfer, demotion, and treatment during employment, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, selection for training, layoff or termination. A vigorous equal employment opportunity program will be maintained to ensure a diverse work force and to achieve expected representation of qualified members of under-represented groups through the implementation of specific result-oriented plans and procedures (Board Rule 101301).