Spanish Instructor (Reedley College) Part-Time Faculty Pool

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, we currently enroll over 10,000 students of which 71% are Latinx, 1% are Filipino, 3% are Asian, 2% are African American, 19% are White, and 2% are multiracial. RC is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position and currency in teaching Spanish;
• Teaching all levels of Spanish;
• Using a variety of pedagogies and integrating a wide range of instructional delivery systems including innovative and creative uses of technology for face-to-face, on-line, and/or hybrid formats;
• Communicating effectively with students;
• Evaluating student progress through tests and examinations, written assignments, oral responses, etc. in keeping with course objectives;
• Providing course syllabi to students;
• Maintaining classroom records in accordance with District Policy;
• Turning in all required student grading and evaluation reports in a timely manner;
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.

Requirements

• A Master’s in Spanish;
• OR a Bachelor’s in Spanish AND a master’s in another language or linguistics;
• OR a valid California Community College credential;
• OR the equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience teaching the breadth of courses taught and the use of various pedagogies;
• Experience teaching on-line or hybrid classes;
• Experience teaching non-Spanish speakers, as well as Spanish to Spanish speakers;
• Native or near-native fluency;
• Demonstrated knowledge of American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages (ACTFL) and/or California Foreign Language Project guidelines for the teaching of foreign languages;
• Knowledge of linguistics for first and second language acquisition;
• Experience with living and/or traveling in a Spanish-speaking environment;
• Knowledge of and experience in computer assisted language learning/instruction;
• 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 exclusions 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;
• Experience and skill with 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.