Plant Science Instructor - One-Year Full-Time Temp (2026-27

Plant Science Instructor - One-Year Full-Time Temp(2026-27)

Kern Community College District

Salary: $92,448.24 - $ Annually

Job Type: Temporary -- Full Time Faculty

Job Number: FY

Location: Bakersfield College -- Panorama Campus, CA

Department: Agriculture

Bakersfield College is seeking a faculty member for Plant Science. If you are highly motivated, eager to engage a diverse student body, and passionate about teaching and learning, we highly encourage you to submit an application.

Learn more about the department on the Bakersfield College Agriculture website.

We are recruiting faculty with demonstrated excellence in their field who embrace the instructional values of access, sound pedagogy, creativity, and innovation. We are known for our connectedness among students, faculty, staff and our diverse local population. We are looking for applicants with a continual drive to learn and improve teaching strategies and who embrace opportunities to be involved in inventive committees, engaging campus events and other collegiate endeavors.

Diversity is a core value at Bakersfield College, and we encourage applicants who demonstrate an intellectual mindfulness to contribute to diversity, equity and inclusiveness. If you are interested in modeling academic excellence for your students and colleagues, we invite you to join a team that will challenge and inspire you.

• Any Bachelor's degree(s) or higher AND two years of professional experience
• OR
• Any Associate degree(s) AND six years of professional experience.
• OR
• the equivalent.
• (The professional experience required must be directly related to the faculty member's teaching assignment. Professional experience is required when the applicant possesses a master's degree.)

Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administration in California Community Colleges

AND
-A demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic,socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

Certain combinations of education, experience, and other accomplishments in the field may be judged as equal to the stated minimum qualifications for these positions. Candidates who feel they possess such equivalent qualifications must request and submit an APPLICATION FOR EQUIVALENCY (Download PDFreader) form. Supporting documents must be included with the completed form.

• Ability to work effectively and harmoniously with colleagues in an environment that promotes innovation, teaching, learning and service to diverse student population;
• Ability to effectively work with students with a wide range of ofskills, motivations, academic and vocational goals;
• Ability to develop curriculum, including curriculum delivered via different modalities;
• Ability to participate in recruitment and articulation activities with local schools, colleges and universities;
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and inwriting;
• Ability to maintain subject matter currency;
• Ability to assess student, program, and institutional learning outcomes;
• Knowledge of computers and willingness to adopt new technologies that support student success.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the California Community College mission.