Head Cross Coach​/Physical Education Instructor; Part-Time Community College

Continuous Recruitment This posting has been created to establish an applicant pool for part-time faculty positions. Applications will be reviewed by members of the hiring department when vacancies arise.

At Madera 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.

• 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.

Madera 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 Madera Community College.

The ideal candidate will share Madera Community College’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. Madera 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 college dedicated to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in Cross Country on the Madera Community College campus and/or at off‑site community campus locations, the instructor will be responsible for:

• Teaching a part-time schedule of Cross Country courses as assigned;
• Providing direction as a head coach for all facets of a successful college Cross Country program;
• Recruitment of players, identify, and recommend student‑athletes in such a manner that encourages diversity while maintaining a competitive team;
• Academic success of student‑athletes; monitor the academic progress of student‑athletes and assist in ensuring academic success;
• Rules compliance; manages the cross‑country program in full compliance with 3C2A, SCCCD Board rules and administrative regulations, and the Athletics Department policies and procedures;
• Athletic Operations; scheduling contests, planning and supervising practices, games, and travel, and hiring assistant coaches;
• Community and college involvement; perform public relations functions positively, promoting athletes to the media, alumni, and community; work collaboratively with college administration to cultivate and encourage donor relations to ensure the fundraising efforts are successful; maintain positive relationships with all feeder programs;
• Using a variety of pedagogies and integrating a wide range of instructional delivery systems including innovative and creative uses of technology for…