Truck Driving Instructor; Part-Time Faculty Pool Madera Community College

Truck Driving Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Madera 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.

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. 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 is a Hispanic-Serving Institution focused on educating a racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. The successful candidate will join a college dedicated to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in Truck Driving 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 Truck Driving courses as assigned;
• Using a variety of pedagogies and instructional delivery systems including technology for face-to-face, online, and/or hybrid formats;
• Communicating effectively with students, faculty and staff;
• Using effective teaching methods appropriate to the subject matter, adhering to institutionally approved curriculum outlines of record;
• Evaluating student progress through tests and examinations, written assignments, oral responses, etc., in keeping with course objectives;
• Providing course syllabi to students;
• Maintaining classroom records in accordance with District Policy;
• Turning in all required student grading and evaluation reports in a timely manner;
• Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including classes as needed;
• Fulfilling all duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and
• Other duties as assigned.

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to equity-minded practice within the classroom; and

• Bachelor’s degree or higher and two years of directly related professional experience; or
• Associate degree and six years of directly related professional experience; or
• A valid California Community College Credential; or
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

Notes:

• Part-time Truck Driving Instructors are required to maintain a commercial driver’s license and are required to participate in the District’s Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and Alcohol Testing Program.
• If the degrees posted on your transcript do not match exactly as stated above, you must petition for equivalency.

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility.
• Recent experience working with racially minoritized students and understanding of historical patterns of exclusion.
• Willingness to examine and remediate instructional practices to better engage racially minoritized students.
• Experience working with students of diverse cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, including students with disabilities.
• Experience with, and sensitivity to, under-prepared and high-need students at the community college.
• Ability to work collaboratively…