Instructor, English

instructor, english

position type: faculty

position code: 3fla
19

fte: 1

pay rate (or annual salary): $86,464 - $117,364/annual

job location: las positas college, 3000 campus hill dr., livermore, ca 94551

department: arts and humanities

the las positas community

las positas college provides an inclusive, learning-centered, equity-focused environment that offers educational opportunities and support for completion of students’ transfer, degree, and career-technical goals while promoting lifelong learning. At las positas college we know that equity will be achieved by changing the impacts of structural racism, ableism, homophobia, and systematic poverty on student success and access to higher education, achieved through continuous evaluation and improvement of all services.

We believe in a high-quality education focused on learning and an inclusive, culturally-relevant environment that meets the diverse needs of all our students and staff.

equity is parity in student educational outcomes; it places belonging for students of color and disproportionately impacted students at center focus. Our prized and emerging equity efforts include puente, umoja, connectup, brother 2 brother, sister 2 sister, black student union, presidential task force on systemic and institutionalized racism, the presidential speaker series, black education association, undocually taskforce, curriculum reviews and a linguistic justice curriculum.

located in livermore, las positas college is becoming an institution that reflects the diversity in california. We are a learning-centered institution focused on excellence and student success, and are fully committed to supporting all tri-valley residents in their quest for education and advancement.

we seek equity-minded applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to an educational community. We look for applicants who:

• value and intentionally promote diversity and consciousness of difference
• demonstrate cultural humility and an ongoing desire to improve cultural competence
• are dedicated to addressing issues of social justice
• accept their shared role and responsibility in addressing opportunity and achievement gaps experienced by students
• have experience and success in closing student equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices, or are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about implementing practices that achieve these goals
• actively seek to identify, disrupt, and remove institutional and/or systemic barriers that adversely impact historically marginalized communities
• empower the underrepresented and underserved
• foster students’ potential to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders
• believe that all people have the right to an education and work environment free from fear, harassment, or discrimination

• teach reading, writing, literature and critical thinking courses in person and online.
• teach using contemporary methodologies of teaching reading, literature, and composition.
• apply the use of technology in the classroom.
• adapt contemporary methodologies and instructional techniques to distance learning.
• familiarity with the best practices for distance teaching and learning.
• evidence of sensitivity to and an understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical or learning disabilities.
• demonstrate ability to apply knowledge of critical pedagogy to an equity-based teaching practice.
• use knowledge of the mission of california community colleges.
• teach early morning, late afternoon, evening, weekend, distance learning, and/or off-campus classes when scheduled as part of the regular teaching assignment.
• communicate effectively in both oral and written form.
• work collegially with faculty and staff within and outside of own department and division.
• participate in campus professional activities, which include, but are not limited to: development of curriculum and new instructional approaches, committee membership, staff meetings, and community outreach.
• teach student skills, reading, critical thinking, and composition to…