Dance Instructor Tenure-Track Fresno City College

Title

Dance Instructor (Full‑Time, Tenure‑Track)

Fresno City College

08/05/2026

We value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. 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
• strategically builds support for and participation in equity‑related initiatives across both our internal and external communities

• Teach a full range of dance courses, including modern, ballet, jazz, composition, choreography, and related techniques as assigned
• Organize, coordinate, and provide artistic direction for dance performances and concerts
• Coordinate and support part‑time dance faculty
• Assist the Dean with scheduling and implementation of the Dance Pathway
• Provide leadership in Dance Pathway curriculum development and program planning
• Support and facilitate student participation in the American College Dance Association Festival
• Monitor and oversee the care and appropriate use of dance studios and storage areas
• Collaborate with the Dean to manage and oversee multiple budgets in support of the Dance program
• Serve on and attend department, college, and district committees as needed
• Participate in program review, student learning outcome development, and assessment to improve student learning
• Teach assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, online or off‑campus, and large‑group instruction classes as needed; may include off‑campus instruction at local high schools for dual enrollment
• Otherwise fulfill all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122
• Other duties as assigned

• 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
• Master’s degree in dance, physical education with a dance emphasis, or theater with dance emphasis; or
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the above and a master’s in physical education, any life science, physiology, theater arts, kinesiology, humanities, performing arts or music; or
• A valid California Community College Credential; or
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires equivalency). (
  
  Note:
  
  If the degrees posted on your transcript(s) do not match exactly as stated above, you must petition for equivalency.)

• 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 and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion 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
• Related work and professional experience
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, and students with disabilities
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers and other technologies used to provide high‑quality instruction and support to students
• Demonstrated ability to communicate…