Part-time Faculty Pool: Agriculture

Position Title: Part‑Time Adjunct Faculty – Agriculture

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Salary: $65.60 – $84.79 per hour

Job Type: Adjunct Faculty

Location: Merced College, CA

Open Pool for Academic Year 2025‑2026

This is a part‑time instructional assignment under the general direction of the Dean of Career and Technical Education. The professor may be assigned to teach a variety of courses in Animal Science, Ag Business, Mechanized Agriculture, Landscape Horticulture, and/or Crop Science. The maximum teaching load is 10 units per semester, which may include evening and weekend hours.

• Provide innovative and effective instruction in accordance with current pedagogy and established course outlines and expectations.
• Inform students about course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance policies and maintain regular and substantive contact with students.
• Maintain and submit required student attendance and scholastic records on the Learning Management System (e.g., grades and syllabi).
• Utilize the Learning Management System to deliver, prepare, and grade class assignments and examinations.
• Maintain and utilize effective skills in instructional design, applications, and methods.
• Post and maintain regular office hours in accordance with prevailing policy.
• Participate in the development and review of curriculum.
• Participate in the development of teaching‑learning methods and materials.
• Participate in departmental, area, and campus professional activities/committees.
• Represent the college within the Merced community and within professional circles.
• Participate in the college’s learning outcomes assessment program, including course, program, and institutional assessments to continually improve student learning outcomes.

• Master’s degree in agriculture, agriculture science, education with a specialization in agriculture, or other agricultural area (including agricultural business, agricultural engineering, agricultural mechanics, agronomy, animal science, enology, environmental horticulture, equine science, forestry, natural resources, plant science, pomology, soil science, viticulture, or other agriculture science) OR equivalent experience.
• Ability to promote and incorporate culturally affirming DEIA and anti‑racist principles to cultivate a respectful, inclusive, and equitable learning environment.

• Current technology skills related to teaching in the discipline and a willingness to pursue future technological developments.

Earn sick leave credit at the rate of one hour for each twenty hours of paid service. Faculty employed on a part‑time hourly basis are eligible for additional benefits in accordance with district policy.

The selected candidate must be fingerprinted and tested for tuberculosis at his/her own expense prior to the start of employment. All new employees are required to verify their identity and the right to work in the United States. The applicant must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodations.

Merced Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.