Part-Time Instructor of Adapted Physical Education - School of Kinesiology, Public Health and Athletics - Modesto

Part-Time Instructor of Adapted Physical Education

Modesto Junior College (MJC) is seeking a part-time faculty member in the School of Kinesiology, Public Health and Athletics. The ideal candidate will share MJC's commitment to educating its racially and socio-economically diverse student population. MJC currently serves about 24,000 students annually, the majority of whom are from racially minoritized populations. The successful candidate will join a Public Health department that continues to create curriculum responsive to student needs, increasing student completion through the implementation of strategies geared to increase student equity.

Position Information

Job Title:

Part-Time Instructor of Adapted Physical Education
- School of Kinesiology, Public Health and Athletics
- Modesto Junior College

Site:
Modesto Junior College

Salary Range / Other:
The Hourly Range: $78.15 to $124.94 Doctorate Range: $92.09 to $128.22  Certified Part-time Instructor/Overload Hourly Salary Schedule) Part Time Faculty office hours are paid at a flat rate of $30 per hour.

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

Position Summary Information

Scope of Assignment:
The successful candidate will join a Physical Education department that continues to create curriculum responsive to student needs, increasing student completion through the implementation of strategies geared to increase student equity.

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's degree in physical education, exercise science, education with an emphasis in physical education, kinesiology, physiology of exercise, or adaptive physical education, OR bachelor's degree in any of the above AND master's degree in any life science, dance, physiology, health education, recreation administration, or physical therapy OR the equivalent. AND 15 semester units of upper division or graduate study in adapted physical education.

Determined by California State Chancellor's Office. The District has adopted an equivalency procedure that enables consideration of applications by individuals who may not directly meet the qualifications listed above. For more information on equivalency, you may access the link below: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). It is the applicant's responsibility to provide proof of equivalency.

Desirable

Qualifications:

Ability to develop curriculum or services that stress innovation and improve student equity. Enthusiasm for the learning process. Commitment to supportive relationships with students and colleagues. 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. Vision and energy to plan and organize programs to enhance student success.

Willingness to participate effectively in shared governance and to work collaboratively. Personal qualifications such as effective interpersonal communication skills, participation in community affairs, ability to conduct effective public presentations.

Desirable Professional Characteristics:
Education and/or experience in teaching in Adapted Physical Education at the community college level, with a particular emphasis in basic skills. Current knowledge of Adapted Physical Education best practices. 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, on-line 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…