Part-time Faculty Pool: Guidance; Prison Education

Salary and Job Details

Salary: $65.60 - $84.79 Hourly

Job Type: Adjunct Faculty

Job Number:

Closing Date: 6/30/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Location: Merced College, CA

This is a part‑time instructional assignment in the Prison Education Program serving Valley State Prison and the California Correctional Women's Facility. The assignment is under the general direction of the Dean of the Learning Resource Center, Distance Education, Prison Education, and Off‑site Centers. The professor may teach a variety of guidance courses. 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 from an acceptable accredited institution in counseling, rehabilitation counseling, clinical psychology, counseling psychology, guidance counseling, educational counseling, social work, career development, marriage and family therapy, or marriage, family and child counseling, OR the equivalent.
• Alternate qualification: a bachelor's degree in one of the listed fields and a license as a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT).
• Promote and incorporate culturally affirming DEIA and anti‑racist principles to nurture a respectful, inclusive, and equitable learning and work environment.

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

• Sick leave:
  Faculty employed on a part‑time hourly basis shall earn sick leave credit at the rate of one (1) hour for every twenty (20) hours of paid service.

Merced Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.