Music Instructor, Part-time Adjunct Pool, East Kern Tehachapi

Music Instructor, Part‑time Adjunct Pool

Location: East Kern, Tehachapi, CA

Salary: $67.00 Hourly (may vary by assignment)

Job Type: Temporary – Adjunct

• Provide instruction in a full range of music courses.
• Teach across campus sites, during day, evening, weekend, and large classes, and in distance‑learning formats.
• Develop and revise curriculum; maintain subject‑matter currency.
• Use computers and multimedia technology to enhance instruction.
• Participate in student recruitment and articulation of transfer programs for the Visual and Performing Arts department.
• Engage collegially in department, college, and discipline‑specific professional activities.

• Master’s in Music; or Bachelor’s in Music and Master’s in Humanities; or possession of a valid credential authorizing full‑time teaching of Music at the California Community College level.
• Demonstrated sensitivity to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community‑college students.
• Degrees and credits from accredited institutions (Title V Section 534.06).

• Work effectively and harmoniously with colleagues in a diverse environment.
• Work with students of a wide range of skills, motivations, academic, and vocational goals.
• Develop curriculum, including content delivered via different modalities.
• Participate in recruitment and articulation activities with local schools, colleges, and universities.
• Communicate effectively, orally and in writing.
• Maintain subject‑matter currency.
• Assess student learning outcomes.
• Knowledge of computers and willingness to explore new technologies that benefit the program.
• Knowledge of and commitment to the California community college mission.

The District is strongly committed to achieving staff diversity and the principles of equal employment opportunity. The District encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race or ethnicity, color, medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, or any characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.