PT Africana Studies Instructor

Part-time position. Job number: Black Africana -26. Closes October 8, 2027 at 11:59 PM Pacific. Location: 11110 Alondra Blvd., Norwalk, CA. Department: Black Africana Studies, Liberal Arts Division.

About the role

Cerritos College is a comprehensive community college serving southeastern Los Angeles County, with enrollment averaging 20,000 students. The college is ranked 14th among the top 100 schools with the highest Hispanic enrollment in the United States. The Department of Black/Africana Studies offers coursework leading to an Associate of Arts Degree (AA) in Black/Africana Studies and an Associate of Arts Degree with Transfer (AA-T) in Social Justice Studies: Africana Studies. The department is committed to critically studying the lived experience, life history, and culture of Black people, grounded in Afrocentric and/or African-centered epistemologies. This position establishes a pool for part-time faculty teaching assignments in the discipline.

Responsibilities

• Maintain currency with current information, concepts, laws, and ideas in the discipline and with best practices in teaching and learning
• Check mailbox, voicemail, and e-mail regularly
• Complete the checkout form before leaving campus at the end of the academic term
• Maintain student confidentiality as required by regulation and Board Policy 5040 (Student Records and Directory Information)
• Teach all assigned classes unless excused under provisions of Board Policy
• Teach all assigned classes for all scheduled minutes
• In cases of necessary absence, notify the Instructional Dean or designee (or Office of Academic Affairs) in advance and have plans prepared for a substitute to maintain continuity of course content
• Teach courses in accordance with the course outlines of record
• Provide opportunities for students to be aware of their progress
• Submit a copy of the syllabus for each class to the Division Office
• Keep accurate records of student enrollment, attendance, and academic progress and submit them to appropriate offices by published deadlines
• Submit end-of-session grades, including supporting documentation, and attendance reports by published deadlines
• Submit required information about first-day, no-show students by published deadlines
• Submit textbook order information by published deadlines; electronic textbooks must meet four conditions: tests/exams available without charge, materials accessible to students with disabilities, publisher grants read-only access to designated college staff for evaluation, and text must be downloadable or printable
• Meet all classes during the final examination period
• Give final examinations at the scheduled time unless approval is granted by the Office of Academic Affairs
• Keep all corrected final examination papers for at least one year following the close of the semester or summer term
• Maintain a safe learning environment in classrooms, laboratories, and other instructional spaces
• Allow the instructional manager and/or Instructional Dean, upon request, to review any assignments given during the semester
• Demonstrate understanding of and sensitivity to meeting the needs of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic background of the student, community, and employee population

Requirements

Master's degree in African-American/Black/Africana Studies OR Bachelor's degree in African-American/Black/Africana Studies AND master's degree in Ethnic Studies OR the equivalent.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated expertise in the discipline of Africana Studies, with a clear grounding in Black intellectual history and the history of the discipline, including its different schools and major fields
• Well-versed in Afrocentric and/or African-centered methodology, which is the basis of Africana Studies
• Strong grounding in one or more of the following fields within the discipline of Africana Studies: history, religion/ethics, theory, and politics
• Minimum of one year of teaching experience at the community college or university level
• Completion of approved online teaching certification and experience teaching online and hybrid courses
• Experience teaching dual enrollment courses

Pay

$97.54 – $145.02 per hour.

Schedule

Assignments are contingent upon sufficient funding and enrollment. Assignments may include day, evening, and/or weekend classes. Faculty must be able to teach on-campus or remotely as assigned.

Physical demands

Physical requirements may be met with or without reasonable accommodations. Requires ambulatory ability to move to various office and classroom-type locations and to stand, bend, stoop, and reach to set up equipment and provide instruction. Requires sufficient hand-eye coordination and dexterity to write on a board or type on a computer. Requires sufficient visual acuity to read documents and make presentations. Requires sufficient auditory ability to project voice to a group, hear questions and prompts, and carry on routine conversations. Requires the ability to lift, push, and pull objects of medium weight (less than 30 lbs.) on an occasional basis.