Mechanized Agriculture Instructor Tenure-Track Madera Community College

Mechanized Agriculture Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Madera Community College

This is a full-time, tenure track position. The District may fill more than one position from this pool.

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.

An equity‑minded individual is a person who:

• 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. For the  academic year, we enrolled over 12,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 8% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% as Black/African American, 17% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 3% as multiracial. 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 Mechanized Agriculture on the Madera Community College campus and/or at off‑site community campus locations, the instructor will be responsible for:

• Teaching agriculture mechanics classes such as introduction to agricultural mechanics, introduction to agricultural welding, small gasoline and diesel engines, electrical and hydraulics fundamentals, agricultural welding fabrication, and more;
• Assisting in the operation of the Mechanized Agriculture budget, facilities and programs;
• Developing a Mechanized Agriculture advisory committee and coordinate advisory committee meetings at least twice a year;
• Providing advice and mentorship for students within the department;
• Participating in recruitment activities with high school agricultural programs such as FFA competitive events and student leadership activities;
• Participating in program review and student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;
• Providing leadership in the development and implementation of new curriculum and academic programs that are in demand;
• Staying current in the discipline and participating in appropriate professional development activities;
• Increasing enrollment and completion, assisting students in job placement, and follow‑up with students in work experience and internship/externship opportunities;
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees;
• Assisting with the development and management of local, state and federal grants;
• Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, online or off‑campus and large‑group instruction classes as needed; and
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by…