Fire Instructor; Part-Time Faculty Pool First Responders Center

Position: Fire Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) First Responders Center
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Posting Number Title Fire Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) First Responders Center Campus Location Career & Technology Center Start Date 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. Fresno City 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.

Under the general direction of the Director of the Fire Academy, the Fire Technology Instructor will provide instruction in Fire Technology 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:

* Providing academic instruction to students through lecture, lab, or performance courses;

* Assessing and developing cognitive abilities, communication skills, and higher order thinking skills among students through appropriate assignments and activities in one-on-one, classroom, and distance mediated instructional settings;

* Advising and instructing students regarding programs of study, other institutions of higher education, lifelong learning resources, and effective study skills;

* Assessing student learning outcomes to improve student learning;

* Referring students to support services, programs, resources, and other professionals as appropriate;

* Observing and evaluating student performance in meeting course objectives and student learning outcomes through assignments, projects, discussions, and examinations;

* Providing feedback in a timely manner to student inquiries in class, online, or during established consultation office hours;

* Planning and organizing instruction according to approved course outlines and student learning outcomes to maximize student learning in alignment with department, college, and district goals;

* Implementing the student performance objectives as listed on the official course outline of record;

* Maintaining current, accurate records of course enrollment, attendance, student academic progress, course curriculum, and student learning outcomes;

* Preparing and submitting data and reports related to course and student progress in a timely manner;

* Maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position and currency in teaching fire technology;

* Communicating effectively with students and staff and maintaining effective working relationships;

* Evaluating and selecting instructional materials such as textbooks, manuals, software, and tools in collaboration, as appropriate, with discipline faculty;

* Ordering instructional materials according to campus bookstore procedure to ensure timely delivery;

* Revising and updating course content and materials of-instruction in accordance with new theory, application, and industry developments within the discipline or area of specialization;

* Evaluating student progress through tests and examinations, written assignments, oral responses, etc. in keeping with course objectives;

* Providing course syllabi to students;

* Updating syllabi;

* Collaborating with discipline faculty on a regular basis to assess and revise measurable student…