Food and Nutrition Instructor (Reedley College) Part-Time Faculty Pool

This is a part-time position. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. Start dates may vary.

About the Role

The ideal candidate will share Reedley College’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. As of fall 2017, Reedley College enrolls over 10,000 students: 71% Latinx, 1% Filipino, 3% Asian, 2% African American, 19% White, and 2% multiracial. Reedley College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting its responsibility to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community. The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

Responsibilities

• Maintain standards of professional conduct, ethics, and currency in teaching Food and Nutrition.
• Teach courses in nutrition across various instructional settings and times, including evenings, weekends, online, off-campus, and large group instruction.
• Use a variety of pedagogies and integrate instructional delivery systems, including technology for face-to-face, online, and hybrid formats.
• Communicate effectively with students and use teaching methods appropriate to the subject matter.
• Adhere to institutionally approved curriculum and course outlines of record.
• Evaluate student progress through tests, examinations, written assignments, and oral responses in alignment with course objectives.
• Provide course syllabi to students and maintain classroom records in accordance with District Policy.
• Submit all required student grading and evaluation reports in a timely manner.
• Fulfill all duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.

Requirements

• Master’s in nutrition, dietetics, or dietetics and food administration; OR
• Bachelor’s in any of the above AND master’s in chemistry, public health, or family and consumer studies/home economics; OR
• A valid California Community College teaching credential; OR
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).
• Evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to equity-minded practice within the classroom.
• (Alternative qualification: A bachelor’s in nutrition, dietetics, or dietetics and food administration, and certification as a registered dietitian.)

Desirable Qualifications

• Master’s degree and certification as a registered dietitian.
• Breadth of teaching experience in nutrition.
• Experience teaching at the post-secondary level.
• Experience working with or administering nutrition programs.
• Related work and professional experience.
• Experience in computer-assisted instruction and other instructional technologies.
• Ability to communicate effectively (oral and written) and maintain effective working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and administration.
• Ability to develop new and current curriculum with a focus on student learning outcomes.
• Experience working with students of various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Recent experience working with African American, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom, and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion shape participation and outcomes.
• Willingness to examine and remediate instructional, relational, and classroom practices to support racially minoritized students.
• Experience and skill in addressing issues of equity in the classroom.
• Potential for contribution to institutional vitality and growth.
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.

Pay

Starting rates are $45.49 – $61.78 for lecture and $38.67 – $52.55 for lab. Sick leave accrual is based on assignment hours.