Chemistry Instructor; Part-Time Faculty Pool Madera Community College

Overview

Title:

Chemistry Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool)

Campus:
Madera Community College

Madera Community College values diversity and equity. Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, staff, students, and community partners, and a willingness to close equity gaps.

• Understand and hold accountability for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices.
• Reframe inequities as a problem of practice and view their elimination as an individual and collective responsibility.
• Encourage positive race-consciousness and embrace human difference.
• Support institutional practices that develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching environments.
• Strategically build support for and participate in equity‑related initiatives across internal and external communities.

• Teach part‑time Chemistry courses as assigned.
• Use a variety of pedagogies and integrate innovative technology for face‑to‑face, online, and hybrid formats.
• Communicate effectively with students, faculty, and staff.
• Apply effective teaching methods aligned with institutional curriculum outlines.
• Assess student progress through tests, examinations, written assignments, and oral responses in line with course objectives.
• Provide course syllabi to students.
• Maintain classroom records per District policy.
• Submit all grading and evaluation reports promptly.
• Teach in a variety of instructional settings and times as needed.
• Fulfilling all duties of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, especially in relation to equity‑minded practice.
• Master’s degree in Chemistry; or
• Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry or Biochemistry and Master's in Biochemistry, Chemical Engineering, Chemical Physics, Physics, Molecular Biology, or Geochemistry; or
• Valid California Community College Credential; or
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires equivalency).
  Note: If the degrees on your transcript(s) do not match exactly as stated above, you must petition for equivalency.

• Experience incorporating 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.
• Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to better support racially minoritized students.
• Related work and professional experience.
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, including those with disabilities.
• Experience with traditionally under‑represented student populations and the ability to support them across sociocultural and socioeconomic diversities.
• Facilitating multicultural and cross‑cultural communication with sensitivity to student diversity.
• Sensitivity to under‑prepared and high‑need students at the community college.
• Desire to work collaboratively with faculty and staff to enhance instruction, curriculum, student learning support, and student success.
• Proficiency with computers and instructional technologies that support high‑quality instruction.
• Effective communication with students and staff.
• Knowledge of current assessment methods and materials.
• Knowledge of the community college’s mission and goals.

• Newly hired part‑time faculty will be placed on step one (1) of the Part‑Time Faculty Salary Schedule.
• Salary classification placements are based on education and experience as outlined in the Part‑Time Faculty Salary Classifications.
• Sick leave accrual is based on assignment hours.

For more information on salary and benefits, refer to the SCCCD & SCFT Part‑Time Faculty Agreement.

The selection and hiring process for part‑time faculty positions is governed by the hiring department. If the hiring department is interested, they will contact…