Earth Science​/Geography Instructor

Overview

The Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Joint Community College District (Shasta College) sits at the northern end of the Sacramento Valley, surrounded by mountains to the north, east, and west. The area provides a wide array of outdoor amenities and activities with miles of hiking and biking trails, national parks, two lakes, and the Sacramento River. The main campus is located in the city of Redding, population 90,000.

The area is characterized by excellent schools with high graduation rates, low traffic, and low housing prices (Zillow average 393,000 vs. California state average of 770,000).

Shasta College is committed to providing its diverse student population with equitable education outcomes, contributing to the social, cultural, intellectual, and economic development of our communities. The college has been recognized as a leader in developing and implementing innovative education programs to increase student success, including accelerated pathways for high school students to achieve a bachelor’s degree and for returning students to complete their Associate and Bachelor’s degrees.

Shasta College enrolls more than 11,000 students annually and provides educational services to students with a wide range of skills and abilities.

Our ideal candidate is motivated to join a campus community prioritizing the success of our racially and socio-economically diverse staff and student population. Providing equitable outcomes so all members of our community may enjoy safe, healthy, and vibrant educational and employment environments is critical to our success.

Teaching in the California Community College system offers a unique opportunity to empower students to improve their lives and communities. Our faculty engage with a diverse student population, facilitating equitable outcomes for all students seeking enrichment through our academic programs. As a faculty member at Shasta College, you will join a vibrant community of educators working together to provide a positive, healthy educational environment where our students experience diverse academic and cultural perspectives.

A career in teaching at Shasta College offers a highly rewarding and enriching employment experience.

The Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Community College District is a collaborative and inclusive organization that strives for equity and equal opportunity and that serves a diverse student population.

Under administrative leadership, it is the responsibility of the full-time college instructor to teach classes and to participate in processes that will result in continuous improvement of instruction and programs, student success and completion, and advancement of the vision, mission, and values of Shasta College.

The Earth Sciences Instructional Team, part of the Department of Physical, Earth, and Planetary Sciences at Shasta College, is represented by a diverse group of disciplines, including atmospheric science, geography, geology, and marine science. The team addresses each of these disciplines by offering six Associate degree programs supported by nearly 40 courses, a third of which include a laboratory component. The inclusion of discipline-related software is an overarching program highlight, and all the disciplines emphasize field experiences.

Earth Science courses at Shasta College include:

• atmospheric science (e.g., meteorology, climatology);
• physical geography, with an emphasis on geomorphologic features, their origins, and associated hazards;
• cultural geography, with an emphasis on societal relationships to natural features and resources;
• geology (e.g., hazards and natural disasters, ancient life, Earth system science, and planetary science);
• marine science (e.g., oceanography, coastal marine science).

The successful candidate will have an educational background and teaching experience that span across these disciplines and a desire to teach a variety of courses as part of their teaching load each semester. As this is a combined Earth Sciences-Geography faculty position, preference will be shown to candidates who demonstrate—based on their educational background and teaching…