Lecturer Pool Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice State at Lake Tahoe Community College

Job no: 563275

Work type: Instructional Faculty
- Temporary/Lecturer

Location: Chico

Categories: Unit 3 - CFA
- California Faculty Association, Faculty
- Behavioral Sciences, Faculty
- Social Sciences, Temporary, Part Time

California State University (CSU), Chico is a comprehensive and residential public university, holding Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) designation. Chico State operates as part of the 22-campus CSU system, which educates the most ethnically, economically, and academically diverse student body in the nation. The University enrolls over 14,000 students, with over half identifying as first-generation college students.

Chico State is committed to recruiting outstanding candidates. The ideal candidate will embrace our values predicated on the primacy of student success and the elimination of equity gaps, have demonstrated experience working with diverse populations, and will contribute to policies, programs, and practices that support an inclusive, accessible, and equitable learning and working environment.

Instructional Faculty
- Temporary/Lecturer, Criminal Justice

Behavioral and Social Sciences

Political Science and Criminal Justice

Lake Tahoe Community College, South Lake Tahoe, CA

• Lecturer A/2 Full-Time Equivalent Salary Range: $5,507 – $6,677 per month
• Lecturer B/3 Full-Time Equivalent Salary Range: $6,221 – $13,224 per month
• Lecturer C/4 Full-Time Equivalent Salary Range: $6,825 – $14,523 per month
• Lecturer D/5 Full-Time Equivalent Salary Range: $8,593 – $15,211 per month

Anticipated hiring range is generally at or near the minimum of the appropriate range, commensurate with education and experience. Most new lecturers are hired at the Lecturer A or B rank. See the Faculty Salaries At-a-Glance guide for more information.

Open Until Filled.

The Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences at Chico State invites applications for in-person lecturer positions to teach criminal justice courses for the  academic year. These positions will be based at Lake Tahoe Community College, located in South Lake Tahoe, California, as part of Chico State’s Transfer in Place program. Transfer in Place is a Chico State degree-completion model that enables students to complete upper-division coursework toward a Chico State bachelor's degree at a partner community college.

Students transfer to Chico State and complete Chico State courses taught by Chico State faculty at the partner college location.

The minimum education requirement for a lecturer appointment is a master’s degree in criminal justice and/or extensive professional experience in criminal justice or a related field.

• Previous teaching experience
• Evidence of excellence in teaching

Lecturers may be assigned to teach one or more in-person criminal justice course sections being offered at the Lake Tahoe Community College location for which the dean and department chair determine they are qualified. Teaching assignments are based upon the lecturer’s qualifications and the instructional needs of the department.

The Department of Political Science and Criminal Justice at Chico State is a collegial group of 19 tenured/tenure-track faculty members, 15 lecturers, and two staff members and one professional advisor. The department supports collaboration among faculty in the department and across campus. The department has approximately 600 majors, 100 minors and certificate students, and 50 graduate students and offers a BA…