Chemistry Instructor; Part-Time Faculty Pool Clovis Community College

Position: Chemistry Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Clovis Community College
Announcement Information

Posting Number Title Chemistry Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Clovis Community College Campus Location Clovis Community College Start Date Essential Functions of Position

At Clovis Community 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.

Clovis Community 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 Clovis Community College.

The ideal candidate will share Clovis Community College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the  academic year, we enrolled over 19,000 students in which 55% identify as Latinx, 13% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 23% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 4% as multiracial. Clovis Community 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 providing services responsive to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in chemistry, on the Clovis Community College campus and at off-site community campus locations. Duties includes teaching both lecture and laboratory classes in introductory, general and organic chemistry, including but not limited to:

* Maintaining instruments used in teaching chemistry;

* Teaching the principles and applications of chemical instrumentation;

* Assisting in the coordination of laboratory facilities;

* Developing and/or revising of curriculum and program, including program review and developing and accessing of student learning outcomes for courses and programs;

* Participating in the accreditation process;

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

* Developing/utilizing technologies used for classroom presentations;

* Advising students;

* Participating in college/district committees;

* Participating in appropriate professional meetings and workshops;

* Cooperating with regard to scheduling classes between colleagues in the same disciplines; and

* Participating in student recruiting activities.

* Teaching assignments 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, may include off-campus instruction at local high schools for dual enrollment.

* Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and

* Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

* Master's 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

* A valid California Community College Credential;

OR

* The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency)

All candidates must have 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 practices within the classroom.

Desirable Qualifications

* Evidence of quality instruction at the community college level or beyond with an emphasis on introductory level college chemistry courses;

* Broad based academic background in chemistry;

* Related work experience;

* Knowledge of current laboratory safety practices and procedures;

* Experience serving on campus and district committees;

* Knowledge and use of current educational…