Plant Science Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Madera Community College

About the role

Madera Community College seeks leaders who value serving a diverse student population. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners.

The ideal candidate will share Madera Community College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the 2021-2022 academic year, we enrolled over 8,500 students, with 67% identifying as Latinx, 9% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% as Black/African American, 17% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 3% as multiracial. Madera Community College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community.

Responsibilities

• Teach a part-time schedule of Plant Science courses as assigned
• Use a variety of pedagogies and integrate a wide range of instructional delivery systems including innovative and creative uses of technology for face-to-face, online, and/or hybrid formats
• Communicate effectively with students, faculty, and staff
• Evaluate student progress through tests and examinations, written assignments, oral responses, etc., in keeping with course objectives
• Provide course syllabi to students
• Maintain classroom records in accordance with District Policy
• Turn in all required student grading and evaluation reports in a timely manner
• Teach assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including classes as needed
• Fulfill all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122
• Otherwise fulfill all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122

Requirements

• All candidates must have 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 the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom
• Bachelor’s degree or higher and two years of directly related professional experience
• Associate degree and six years of directly related professional experience
• A valid California Community College Credential
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency)

Qualifications

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups in higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes
• Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students
• Related work and professional experience
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, students with disabilities
• Experience working with traditionally underrepresented student populations, such as students of color and foster youth, and the ability to support students across sociocultural and socioeconomic diversities
• Experience in facilitating multicultural and cross-cultural communication with sensitivity to and an understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, gender, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students
• Experience with, and sensitivity to, under-prepared and high-need students at the community college
• Demonstrated ability and desire to work collaboratively with faculty and staff to enhance instruction, curriculum, student learning support, and student success
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers, and other technologies, which are utilized in providing high-quality instruction and support to students
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff
• Knowledge of current assessment methods and materials
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals

Skills

• Ability to teach in a variety of instructional settings and times, including classes as needed
• Ability to evaluate student progress through tests and examinations, written assignments, oral responses, etc., in keeping with course objectives
• Ability to maintain classroom records in accordance with District Policy
• Ability to turn in all required student grading and evaluation reports in a timely manner
• Ability to teach assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including classes as needed
• Ability to fulfill all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122

Benefits

Salary and benefits information can be found in the SCCCD & SCFT Part-Time Faculty Agreement. Newly hired part-time faculty will be placed on step one (1) of the Part-Time Faculty Salary Schedule. Sick leave accrual is based on assignment hours.