Part-Time Sign Language, American Instructor (Pool)

Duties And Responsibilities

• Teach courses offered in the American Sign Language curriculum.
• 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.

Knowledge Of Employment Standards

• Recent pedagogical developments in the field.
• Deaf culture.
• Technology appropriate to the subject area.
• Articulation of curricula among high schools, community colleges, and four-year institutions.
• The role and purpose of the community college.

Skills And Abilities

• Willingness to teach evenings and off campus.
• Ability to use ASL at or near native-level.
• Experience in teaching or preparation to teach at the beginning levels of ASL.
• Ability to use teaching methods that emphasize interaction.
• Ability to use technology appropriate to the subject area.
• Commitment to the goal of integrating writing skills across the curriculum.
• Ability to teach with a multicultural perspective.
• Work with faculty and staff in the spirit of collegiality and enthusiasm for the Division, college, and District.

Job Requirements

• A bachelor's degree or higher and two years of professional experience, or any associate degree and six years of professional experience.
• 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.

Additional Information

• Safety: to promote a safe working and learning environment employees must report any unsafe working conditions or practices, as well as any near-miss incident to their supervisor.
• The position is designated as a Mandated Reporter under the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and a Responsible Employee under the Equity in Education Act and Title IX.