Instructor​/Coordinator, Child Development Center Tenure-Track Fresno City College

Position: Instructor/Coordinator, Child Development Center (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Fresno City College
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Posting Number AA Title Instructor/Coordinator, Child Development Center (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Fresno City College Campus Location Fresno City College Start Date 08/17/2026 Essential Functions of Position

At Fresno City College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. 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; and

* Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Fresno City College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship, and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Fresno City College.

The ideal candidate will share Fresno City College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the  academic year, we enrolled over 45,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 11% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 14% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial. Fresno City College is both a Hispanic-Serving Institution and Black-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 a curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

In conjunction with Co-Instructor/Coordinator, the Instructor/Coordinator will oversee the daily operations of an early learning program accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children that serves as a laboratory school for future educators on the campus of Fresno City College. The ideal candidate will be knowledgeable about high quality early childhood education and experienced in early care and education leadership and program administration.

Specifically, the instructor/coordinator will be responsible for:

* Administering the daily requirements of the Child Development Center;

* Assisting in the planning, coordinating, directing and supervising the activities and staff of the Child Development Center;

* Administering the requirements and maintaining all state, local, and federal categorical grant programs, preparation of applications for child care funding, and early child care and education program management;

* Supervising/coordinating the laboratory experience of child development students in a developmentally appropriate demonstration site environment for preschool and toddler age children;

* Developing program goals for children, parents, and students;

* Enrolling children, maintaining appropriate records on children, staff, and students in compliance with District requirements, licensing regulations and other legal and regulatory provisions;

* Communicating with parents, staff and administrators related to Center operations and student progress;

* Discussing issues or concerns with parents;

* Training, supervising, evaluating and directing the work of the Center staff;
Coordinating and supporting relationships for inclusion, with collaborating "on site" agencies;

* Coordinating and conducting staff meetings and in-service training;

* Ensuring availability of appropriate materials and equipment for staff and children's use;

* Assuring maintenance of a physical environment that conforms to the State Department of Social Services licensing standards of health and safety;

* Conducting Center inspections to assure compliance;

* Supervising the Child and Adult Care Food Program;

* Participating in appropriate professional development activities;

* Participating in institutional activities including staff development;

* Meeting regularly with discipline/division peers;

* Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
Participating in program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student…