PT Dance Instructor

Job Title

PT Dance Instructor

Norwalk, CA

July 8, 2025 at 11:59 PM Pacific

$96.43 - $143.37 Hourly

Part Time

PTDance-25

PTDance-25

Fine Arts & Communications

The District is strongly committed to achieving staff diversity and the principles of equal opportunity employment. The District encourages a diverse pool of applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation in any of its policies, procedures or practices. In fact, the college encourages applications from all segments of qualified people.

The successful candidate will join a vibrant team of two full-time and thirteen part-time faculty in the Dance Department, as part of the Fine Arts and Communications Division.

• Maintain currency with current information, concepts, laws and ideas in disciplines and best teaching practices.
• Check mailbox, voicemail and e‑mail regularly.
• Complete the checkout form before leaving campus at the end of the academic term.
• Maintain student confidentiality as required by regulation and Board Policy 5040 titled Student Records and Directory Information.
• Teach all assigned classes unless excused under Board Policy.
• Teach all assigned classes for all scheduled minutes. Notify Instructional Dean or designee of any necessity of absence in advance and plan for substitute continuity of course content.
• Teach courses in accordance with the course outlines of record.
• Provide opportunities for students to be aware of progress.
• Submit a copy of the syllabus for each class to the Division Office.
• Keep accurate records of student enrollment, attendance and academic progress and submit by deadlines.
• Submit end‑of‑session grades, including supporting documentation, and attendance reports by deadlines.
• Submit required information about first‑day, no‑show students by deadlines.
• Submit textbook order information by deadlines. If electronic or electronic course pack, meet conditions: tests and exams must be available without charge; text and course pack must be available to students with disabilities; publisher must grant read‑only access to designated staff; text must be downloadable or printable.
• Meet all classes during final examination period.
• Give final examinations at scheduled time unless approved otherwise.
• Keep all corrected final examination papers for at least one year after semester close.
• Maintain a safe learning environment in classrooms, laboratories and other instructional spaces.
• Allow instructional manager or Dean to review any assignments on request.

Master's in dance, physical education with a dance emphasis, or theater with dance emphasis, OR Bachelor's in any of the above AND Master's in physical education, any life science, physiology, theater arts, kinesiology, humanities, performing arts or music OR the equivalent.

Understanding of and sensitivity to meeting the needs of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic background of student, community, and employee populations.

Physical requirements may be met with or without reasonable accommodations. Requires ambulatory ability to move to various office and classroom-type locations and to stand, bend, stoop, and reach to set up equipment and provide instruction. Requires sufficient hand‑eye coordination and dexterity to write on a board or type on a computer. Requires sufficient visual acuity to read documents and make presentations.

Requires sufficient auditory ability to project voice to a group, hear questions and prompts, and carry on routine conversations. Requires ability to lift, push, and pull objects of medium weight (less than 30 lbs.) occasionally.

Assignments are contingent upon sufficient funding and enrollment. Assignments may include day, evening, and/or weekend classes. Individual offered employment shall be required to obtain fingerprints for a criminal history clearance through the State Department of Justice and remit the required…