History Instructor, Full time - Tenure Track

History Instructor, Full time
- Tenure Track Recruitment Dates

August 21, 2026 – September 3, 2026

History Instructor, Full time
- Tenure Track

Woodland Community College
- Woodland, CA

Woodland Community College is seeking an equity-minded, dynamic, collaborative, and innovative Instructor to serve as the history instructor. One of two colleges in the Yuba Community College District, Woodland Community College is located in Woodland, CA. The area is an excellent choice for quality of life with close proximity to the Sierra Nevada for outdoor recreation, a burgeoning farm to fork movement, and access to the metropolitan areas of Sacramento and the San Francisco Bay Area.

The College is excited about its status as a Hispanic Serving Institution ( HSI ) and serves our local communities in Woodland, Esparto, and Knights Landing in Yolo County, Lake County, and Colusa County. The College serves over 3,000 unduplicated students annually in multiple associate and certificated programs. WCC prides itself on an innovative, student-centered faculty and partnerships with school districts and four-year colleges in its service area.

The small college setting provides an advantage for faculty and staff to adapt to new instructional methods and processes and to foster strong interdisciplinary collaborations that benefit students.

Woodland Community College seeks a strong, well-rounded, equity-minded history educator. The candidate will have demonstrated experience or potential to be an excellent instructor at a community college, and can provide leadership or contribute positively in areas such as: development of the history program and curriculum; keeping course offerings up-to date and relevant; staying abreast of and communicating the current trends in history education;

and collaborating with area high schools.

The successful candidate will demonstrate commitment to promoting and fostering a learning environment that is supportive of individuals from diverse backgrounds through effective communication and collaboration.

As a full-time faculty member, this individual will be expected to teach United States history, Western Civilization, and World Civilization courses. The successful candidate will be expected to organize and teach a diverse curriculum and engage in culturally responsive and accessible pedagogy. They will provide instruction in accordance with course descriptions, outlines, class schedules, and Governing Board policies; evaluate progress of students concerning educational matters;

develop and assess student learning outcomes; and perform other instructional-related duties as assigned. As part of a community of educators, the successful candidate will demonstrate a commitment to participating in professional development opportunities that build effectiveness in areas of inclusion, intercultural communication, and advancing equity and diversity. Evening, weekend, distance education, and off-campus instruction may be part of the contract.

The college offers courses in in-person, online, hybrid, and point-to-point interactive modalities. The successful candidate will be able to utilize instructional technologies effectively for inclusion and accessibility.

• Education Code §87408.6 states that no person shall be initially employed by a community college district in an academic or classified position unless the person has submitted to an examination (TB test) within the past sixty (60) days to determine that he/she/they is free of active tuberculosis.
• As a condition of employment, the position you are applying for will require that you provide fingerprints to the local police department. The fee charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) for the fingerprint report is the employee’s responsibility.

The District does not provide sponsorship for authorization to work in the United States. Work authorization should be established at the time of application submission.

Knowledge of and ability to understand the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college…