Math Instructor

Full-time, Tenure Track (177 Day 10 Month)

$69,380.72- $ per year

Probationary (Contract I) Member of Academic Faculty

Projected Timeline:

Anticipated Application Screening Period:
Week of April 27, 2026

Tentative First Interview Dates:
Week of May 4 or 11, 2026 (Zoom)

Tentative Second Interview Dates:
May 28-June 1, 2026 (In Person)

Tentative Third Interview Date:
June 2, 2026

Tentative

Start Date:

August 1, 2026

DEPARTMENT OVERVIEW:

The Department of Mathematics is committed to excellence in lower division education for local degrees, transfer students, and STEM majors. We believe students can achieve high levels of success if we maintain high standards for our student-centered teaching. We take pride in the way members of our faculty, both full-time and associate, work together as well as support and respect each other.

We seek a well-rounded mathematician with strength in classroom teaching and interest in providing leadership in areas such as (but not limited to): STEM and non-STEM pathways, distance education, elementary teacher education and statistics.

POSITION DUTIES:

In addition to representative duties below, the specific position is also responsible for:

* Teaching a wide variety of courses, which may include precalculus through differential equations, linear algebra, and statistics.

* Providing leadership in one of the department's primary areas of focus: calculus or statistics classes.

* Participating in department activities and contributing to our culture of collaboration.

* Participating every year in at least one college-wide committee, project, and/or student organization.

The full-time college instructor is responsible for effective performance in the following areas:

A. General Scope of Responsibilities

* Excellence in teaching and instruction.

* Maintenance of professional growth and academic currency.

* Carrying out of area, departmental and/or program responsibilities.

* Contribution to the College as a whole in the form of College-wide service.

* Development and assessment of student learning outcomes.

B. Teaching and Instruction

* Instructor plans for and is continually well prepared to teach.

* Instructor provides organized delivery of instruction.

* Instructor communicates respectfully to students and encourages contact.

* Instruction is consistent with the stated and approved outcomes of the course.

* Instruction is relevant to the course.

* Instructor shows interest in the subject matter and student learning.

* Instructor uses strategies designed to foster student engagement with the content.

* Instructor uses standards of student evaluation that are clear, fair and followed consistently.

* Instructor requires and evaluates levels of student effort sufficient to develop mastery of the subject or skills in the course.

* Instructor grades and returns student work, assignments and tests in a reasonable period of time.

* Instructor makes effective use of teaching aids, instructional methods and materials required of students (e.g., texts, manuals, etc.).

* Instructor is an effective teacher.

* Instructor prepares complete and timely course syllabi.

* Instructor continually evaluates, updates and revises course content and instructional methods and materials.

* Instructor coordinates course contents and instructional methods with other teachers in the program/discipline.

* Instructor meets and assists students during office hours, by appointment or at other reasonable times.

* Instructor initiates and carries through with improvements to course contents and classroom teaching methods.

C. Professional Growth and Currency

* Instructor demonstrates examples of activities which show a pattern of academic, professional, and/or technical updating or currency.

D. Area or Departmental Responsibilities

* Instructor is knowledgeable about and abides by College, Area and Department policies and procedures.

* Instructor meets deadlines and time targets including deadlines for reports, grades and paperwork.

* Instructor orders instructional materials, equipment and textbooks with sufficient lead times.

* Instructor assists Chair in evaluating and revising course schedules.

* Instructor collaborates to determine equitable course assignments.

* Instructor provides assistance to other full-time, part-time and/or new instructors.

* Instructorparticipatesin departmental plans and activities with others.

* Instructor helps develop departmental budgets.

* Instructor monitors expenditures to keep within authorized budget spending appropriations.

* Instructor exercises good judgment in the use of and/or management of facilities, equipment and supplies.

* Instructor regularly attends assigned meetings.

* Instructor is punctual to assigned meetings.

* Instructor works collegially with faculty peers, classified staff and administration.

* Instructor performs their fair share of outside-of-class departmental duties and responsibilities, including contributing to unit plan and program review processes.

* Instructor initiates and/or participates in overall…