State Center Community College District - Fresno - Fresno, CA

posted about 1 month ago

Full-time - Entry Level
Fresno, CA
Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

At Reedley College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. 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 who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps. An equity-minded individual is a person who: * Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices; * Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility; * Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference; * Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and * Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities. Reedley College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Reedley College. The ideal candidate will share Reedley College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the 2023-2024 academic year, we enrolled over 15,000 students in which 74% identify as Latinx, 6% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 2% as Black/African American, 15% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial. Reedley College 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. The successful candidate will join a college dedicated to the students it serves. Providing instruction in sociology on the Reedley College campus and/or at off-site community campus locations, the instructor will be responsible for: * Teaching a full schedule of developmental and transfer level sociology courses as assigned; * Maintaining currency in sociology; * Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed; * Participating in program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning; * Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, on-line or off-campus and large group instruction classes as needed; * Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of faculty as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and * Other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities

  • Teaching a full schedule of developmental and transfer level sociology courses as assigned
  • Maintaining currency in sociology
  • Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed
  • Participating in program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning
  • Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, on-line or off-campus and large group instruction classes as needed
  • Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of faculty as required by Administrative Regulation 7122
  • Other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Master's in sociology; or
  • Bachelor's in sociology and master's in anthropology, any ethnic studies, social work or psychology; or
  • A valid California Community College Credential; or
  • The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency)
  • Evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students

Nice-to-haves

  • 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
  • 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 including students with disabilities
  • 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
  • A master's degree or higher in sociology
  • Extent of graduate coursework in sociology
  • Extent of experience teaching online (e.g., hybrid; 100% online, etc.)
  • Experience teaching at the post-secondary level
  • Breadth of teaching experience at the post-secondary level in sociology
  • Demonstrated potential for effective teaching at the level appropriate to assignment
  • Experience in teaching large group instruction
  • Extent and quality of academic preparation
  • Extent of campus/community involvement
  • Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals

Benefits

  • Starting annual salary is $71,054 - $106,970 based on education and experience
  • An annual doctoral stipend of $2,419 is available
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and dependents
  • Life insurance
  • Membership in the California State Teacher's Retirement System (CalSTRS)
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