Agriculture Technology Instructor

Agriculture Technology Instructor (Full-Time, Categorically Funded) Fresno City College (Two Vacancies)

Campus

Location:

Fresno City College

Start Date:

10/17/2024

At Fresno City College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity‑minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility
• Encourages positive race‑consciousness and embraces human difference
• Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity‑related initiatives across both our internal and external communities

Fresno City College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship, and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Fresno City College.

• Teach all classes in the Agriculture program including Agriculture Technical Literacy, Agricultural Systems, Agricultural Safety, Equipment Operation, Configuration & Troubleshooting, and Workplace Effectiveness
• Enhance curriculum and incorporate cutting‑edge technology for optimal classroom delivery
• Leverage innovative methodologies such as online, hybrid or competency‑based education to furnish students with the requisite knowledge and skills for their educational and career objectives
• Recruit and advise students
• Participate in departmental co‑curricular activities such as clubs, Future Farmers of America (FFA) / California Agricultural Teacher's Association (CATA) events
• Stay current in the discipline and participate in professional development activities
• Serve on departmental, division, and faculty committees and attend meetings & workshops as needed
• Participate in program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning
• Teach in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening, weekends, online or off‑campus, and large group instruction classes as needed
• Fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of faculty as required by Administrative Regulation 7122
• Other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's degree or higher and two (2) years of full‑time equivalent professional experience
• Associate degree and six (6) years of full‑time equivalent professional experience
• A valid California Community College Credential
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency)

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion shape participation and outcomes
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds including students with disabilities
• Willingness to examine and remediate one's instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students
• Related work and professional experience
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers and other technologies used in providing…