Part-Time Instructor of Nursing - School of Health Professions - Modesto Junior College

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Part‑Time Instructor of Nursing – School of Health Professions – Modesto Junior College 2025‑2026

Modesto Junior College

The Hourly Range: $54.27 to $86.76
Doctorate Range: $63.95 to $89.04
Part‑time faculty office hours are paid at a flat rate of $30 per hour.

Not eligible for benefits:
With the exception of Workers’ Compensation coverage, not eligible to participate in the District’s benefit programs.

The successful candidate will create curriculum responsive to student needs, increasing student completion through the accelerated learning model and through implementation of strategies geared to increase student equity.

• Any bachelor’s degree and two years of professional experience, or any associate degree and six years of professional experience.
• At least one year of continuous, full‑time or equivalent experience in the designated nursing area within the previous five years as a registered nurse providing direct patient care.
• Recent experience may include teaching in the area of nursing.
• Knowledge of and ability to appraise the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.
• Sensitivity to the needs, problems and challenges associated with the diversity of the community college student population.

• Mobility: ability to sit or stand for long periods, move about an office, and reach above and below desk level.
• Dexterity: fine manipulation sufficient to operate a keyboard, handle individual papers, write and take notes.
• Lifting: occasional lifting of papers, files, equipment and material weighing up to 25 pounds.
• Visual requirements: close vision sufficient to read files, documents and computer screens and do close‑up work; ability to adjust focus frequently.
• Hearing/talking: ability to hear normal speech, speak and hear on the telephone, and speak in person.
• Emotional/psychological factors: ability to make decisions and concentrate; frequent contact with others including some public contact; frequent deadlines and time‑limited assignments.

• Ability to serve as a professional role model to assist students to develop professional and ethical values and to maintain high standards of nursing practice.
• Ability to effectively instruct, supervise and evaluate students in the clinical aspects of nursing.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills with students and the community.
• Ability to work effectively in a close, collaborative team environment with other nursing faculty.
• Enthusiasm for the learning process.
• Commitment to supportive relationships with students and colleagues.
• Capable of instructing using teaching methods that accommodate various student‑learning styles.
• Participate in professional growth and remain current in subject area and major state initiatives.
• Ability to operate effectively in an environment of change and ambiguity.
• Personal qualifications such as effective interpersonal communication skills, participation in community affairs, ability to conduct effective public presentations.

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Education and/or experience in teaching in Nursing at the community college level.
• Current knowledge of Nursing clinical practice.
• Current understanding of assessment processes for improving student success at the course, program, and degree level.
• Competent in new pedagogies, such as accelerated learning, supplemental instruction, online or hybrid teaching, and other pedagogies directed at improving student success and student equity.
• Recent experience working with African American/Black, Hispanic, Native American, and other minoritized students in the classroom, and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups within higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes.
• Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students.
• Experience and skill with addressing issues of equity in the classroom.
• Experience and expertise in culturally responsive…