American Sign Language; ASL Instructor; Part-Time Faculty Pool Clovis Community College

This is a part-time position. Open until filled. Start dates may vary.

Announcement Information

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Title American Sign Language (ASL) Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Clovis Community College

Campus Location

Campus Location Clovis Community College

Start Date

Essential Functions of Position

The ideal candidate will share Clovis Community College’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. As of the  academic year, we currently enroll approximately 12,000 students of which 44% identify as Latinx, 10% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% as Black/African American, 34% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 7% as multiracial. Clovis Community 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 department dedicated to the use of curriculum responsive to the students it serves..

Providing instruction in American Sign Language ( ASL ) 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, the instructor will be responsible for:

• Maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position and currency in teaching American Sign Language ( ASL );
• 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;
• Using effective teaching methods appropriate to the subject matter, adherence to institutionally approved curriculum course outlines of record;
• 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; and
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom.

• Bachelor’s degree or higher AND two years of directly related experience;
  
  OR
• Associate degree AND six years of directly related experience;
  
  OR
• A valid California Community College credential;
  
  OR
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

• Experience and skill with addressing issues of equity in the classroom;
• 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;
• Ability to teach a second foreign language;
• Recent community college teaching experience;
• Demonstrated ability to develop a variety of teaching techniques and assessment methods;
• Ability to engage student interest to support a variety of learning styles;
• Ability to promote the use of instructional technology in curriculum delivery;
• Related work and professional experience;
• Experience in computer assisted instruction and other instructional technologies;
• Ability to communicate effectively (oral and written) and maintain effective working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and administration;
• Ability to develop new and current curriculum and focus on…