PT Art History Instructor

PT Art History Instructor

Part‑time | Norwalk, CA | $97.54 – $145.02 hourly | Closing Date:
November 13, 2026 11:59 PM Pacific

• Maintain currency with current information, concepts, laws and ideas in the discipline and with best practices in teaching and learning.
• 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 provisions of Board Policy.
• Teach all assigned classes for all scheduled minutes, notifying the Instructional Dean or designee of any necessary absences in advance and arranging for suitable substitutes.
• Teach courses in accordance with the course outlines of record.
• Provide opportunities for students to be aware of their 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 them to appropriate offices by the published deadlines.
• Submit end‑of‑session grades, including supporting documentation, and attendance reports by the published deadlines.
• Submit required information about first‑day, no‑show students by the published deadlines.
• Submit textbook order information by the published deadlines. (Conditions for electronic textbooks are listed.)
• Meet all classes during the final examination period; give final examinations at the scheduled time unless approved otherwise.
• Keep all corrected final examination papers for at least one year following the close of the semester or summer term.
• Maintain a safe learning environment in classrooms, laboratories, and other instructional spaces.
• Allow the instructional manager and/or Instructional Dean, upon request, to review any assignments given during the semester.

• Master’s in art history, history of art and architecture, visual culture/visual studies, or equivalent.
• Alternative qualifications:
  Bachelor’s in art history and master’s in history; master’s in art with a recorded emphasis or concentration in art history.
• Understanding of and sensitivity to meeting the needs of a diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic background of the student, community, and employee population.

• Focus on interdisciplinary approaches to art historical scholarship with an emphasis on cultural studies and critical theory.
• Experience teaching community college courses.

Physical requirements may be met with or without reasonable accommodations. Requires ambulatory ability to move to various office and classroom‑type locations; stand, bend, stoop, and reach to set up equipment and provide instruction; hand‑eye coordination and dexterity to write on a board or type; visual acuity to read documents and make presentations; auditory ability to project voice and hear questions; lift, push, pull objects of medium weight (less than 30 lbs.)

on an occasional basis.

• Assignments are contingent upon sufficient funding and enrollment.
• Assignments may include day, evening, and/or weekend classes.
• Offers require fingerprinting, submission of original social security card, negative TB test results (within the past four years or last 60 days if not previously employed in a school district in California), and proof of California residency before employment.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the United States and signing of loyalty oath per Government Codes 3100–3109.
• No immigration sponsor ships such as H1B are provided.

Application materials must be submitted by the closing date. The applicant must provide copies of all transcript(s) verifying all educational degree(s) and/or coursework required for the position. Foreign transcripts must be evaluated by a NACES‑certified agency ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).). All qualifying educational degrees/training must be from regionally accredited colleges and/or universities. Selection will be conducted by a committee, which may include interviews and a teaching demonstration.

Requested documents:
Cover Letter, Resume/CV, Copy of Unofficial Transcripts.

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. The college encourages applications from all segments of qualified people.

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