Adjunct - Community Leadership

ADJUNCT - COMMUNITY LEADERSHIPKENNEDY-KING COLLEGE

Kennedy-King College (KKC), Career and Technical Education (CTE),is seeking a part-time faculty member to teach Community Leadership for a Spanish-speaking student cohort. The successful candidate must be able to teach, communicate, and engage students effectively in Spanish while fostering an inclusive and supportive learning environment. If you have a passion for teaching and learning andare committed to the mission of the community college, considerjoining our team.

This position supports academic student successby focusing on student learning of the skills, abilities, and general education outcomes expected of a graduate. The ideal candidate values students’ ideas and opinions and demonstratescompassion for the unique KKC student population through anapproachable, welcoming, empathic, accessible, and caringteaching style.

• Support academic student success specifically focusing onstudent learning of the skills, abilities, and general educationoutcomes expected of a graduate.
• Seek and work to find new ways to present materials to makesure that every student understands the key concepts.
• Create an academic environment within the classroom that promotes “inquiry, creativity, practice, and social responsibility in ways consistent with the college mission.
• Facilitate learning in and out of the classroom using multiplemethods that are cognitively challenging, requiring thinking and analysis, not only rote, receptive memorization.
• Set high expectations for all students and understand that howthose expectations affect student learning and achievement. Makes decisions about development and delivery of instruction focus on“what is best for students”.
• Understand the importance of SLOs in course design, content delivery, assessment, and/or improvement.
• Display the capacity to reflect on one’s practice to engage ina process of continuous improvement of learning within the classroom and professionally.
• Express the importance of being engaged in the activities ofthe college in matters beyond direct teaching responsibilities,such as policy decisions, advising, curriculum development, tenure,committee work, accreditation, administrative responsibilities,student activities, and service.
• Deliver instruction, facilitate classroom discussions, and provide academic support in Spanish for a cohort of Spanish-speaking students.

• Master’s in Social Science or 5 years of experience in community organization.https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.

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