Part-Time Dance Instructor; Pool

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FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary

Schedule:

Placement on the adjunct faculty salary schedule is based upon education and credited experience. Pending any course assignment, initial placement can range as follows:
Lab Course (Salary Schedule HB) – $89.20 to $130.94 per hour. Lecture Course (Salary Schedule AJ) – $103.85 to $151.07 per hour.

Months Per Year: Semester assignments as needed

Mandated Reporter: Yes

Campus Security Authority: No

• Teach with significant ability in modern dance, choreography, hip‑hop, and jazz dance.
• Maintain expertise in modern dance, choreography, hip‑hop, and jazz dance.
• Collaborate with other dance faculty and create a team environment.
• Be involved in curriculum revisions and new dance course development.
• Participate in the College Dance Performance organized at the end of each semester.
• Consult with students during regularly scheduled office and lab hours.
• Maintain proficiency in technology such as web‑based educational platforms and digital media.
• Perform other professional duties as required by contract and general institutional needs.
• Teach fundamentals of contemporary modern dance technique, focusing on body awareness, alignment, musicality and self‑expression.
• Provide students with basic skills and knowledge of the choreographic principles, including construction of a phrase, structure, and form.
• Maintain expertise and teach with significant ability in the following areas (specific to Cañada College):
• Argentine Tango – teach technique from basic to advanced, emphasizing body awareness, alignment, lead/follow, musicality and self‑expression.
• Mexican Folkloric Dance – teach skills, technique, poise, confidence and creativity while deepening cultural appreciation.
• Social Dance – teach basic to advanced vocabulary, technique, body placement, musicality, lead/follow techniques and etiquette.

• Contemporary modern dance and choreography at the college or high school level, including successful teaching experience or evidence of preparation to teach in the discipline.
• Argentine tango, Mexican folkloric dance, and/or social dance at the college or high school level, including successful teaching experience or evidence of preparation to teach in the discipline.
• College coursework, professional dance studio, and workshops with a background in choreography.

• Demonstrated choreography of two original dance performances at the regional and professional level; provide a web link to the work.
• Minimum of four years of teaching and professional dance experience in modern dance, Argentine tango, Mexican folkloric dance, and/or social dance.
• Ability to teach various dance classes including hip‑hop, modern dance, choreography, Argentine tango, Mexican folkloric dance, and/or social dance.
• Motivation, energy, enthusiasm, and commitment to excellence in teaching.
• Willingness to choreograph and encourage student participation in the semester‑end Dance Performance.
• Effective communication and teamwork with other dance instructors.
• Computer skills: writing reports, word processing, creating presentations, spreadsheets, and database applications.
• Ability to work with students of diverse skills, abilities, motivations, and academic or career goals.
• Use instructional strategies for diverse learning styles and goals, including online resources and materials.
• Develop curriculum, utilize learning objectives, create assessment plans, validate results, and modify curriculum based on outcomes.
• Commitment to the teaching profession, its goals and ideals, and enthusiasm for the community college mission.
• Use cooperative, collaborative teaching methods that engage students as critical thinkers and independent learners.
• Teach diverse groups of students, including those from varied academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds.

• Master’s or higher in dance, physical education with a dance emphasis, or theater with dance emphasis; OR Bachelor’s in any of the above plus Master’s or higher in physical education,…