Part-Time Architecture Instructor (Pool)

About the role

Teach courses offered in the architecture curriculum, including design and graphics courses. Consult with students during regularly scheduled office and lab hours. Maintain expertise in current practice and technologies. Serve as a member of division and college committees. Perform other professional duties as required by contract and general institutional needs.

Responsibilities

• Teach courses offered in the architecture curriculum, including design and graphics courses
• Assist in curriculum revisions and new course development
• Consult with students during regularly scheduled office and lab hours
• Maintain expertise in current practice and technologies
• Serve as a member of division and college committees
• Perform other professional duties as required by contract and general institutional needs

Qualifications

Required:

• Any bachelor's degree or higher and two years of professional experience, or any associate degree and six years of professional experience
• Professional experience is required when the applicant possesses a master's degree. The professional experience required must be directly related to the faculty member's teaching assignment
• Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to, and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice both within and outside of the classroom

Preferred:

• Possession of a valid California Architecture License or completion of the Architectural Registration Exam

Skills and abilities

• Teach college-level architecture studio courses with a high degree of professional competence
• Maintain currency in the discipline
• Commitment to the teaching profession, its goals and ideals
• Enthusiasm for, understanding of, and commitment to the role and purpose of the community college
• Reflect on and evaluate one's pedagogy and examine its effects critically
• Skill and experience to motivate individuals from a broad spectrum of academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Work independently and as part of a team
• Commitment to the SMCCCD goal of integrating writing across the curriculum

Knowledge of

• Successful teaching techniques that engage students in their learning, motivate students to develop higher-order thinking skills, and ensure consistent and appropriate monitoring of student progress
• Instructional strategies and practices designed for diverse learning styles and academic goals
• Instructional technology and computer-based software relevant to the subject area

Pay

Placement on the adjunct faculty salary schedule is based upon education and credited experience. Initial placement ranges as follows: Lab Course (Salary Schedule HB) - $89.20 up to $130.94 per hour. Lecture Course (Salary Schedule HC) - $103.85 up to $151.07.

Schedule

Semester assignments as needed.

Benefits

Academic employees participate in the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS), a defined-benefit retirement plan through the State of California or they may choose to participate in the STRS Cash Balance program or Social Security.