Part-Time English Instructor; Pool

The San Mateo County Community College District is committed to achieving educational equity for all students. As outlined in the District's Strategic Plan, "success, equity, and social justice for our students are longstanding goals." The District's "Students First" Strategic Plan is focused on "Student Success, Equity and Social Justice." We provide students with a rich and dynamic learning experience that embraces our commitment to provide quality education and promote life-long learning emphasizing collaboration and engaging students in and out of the classroom, encouraging them to realize their goals, and to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders.

When you join our San Mateo County Community College District team, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative and equity-focused community that approaches higher education as a matter of social justice. We achieve this through broad collaboration among faculty and classified staff, administration, students and community partners.

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 up to $130.94 per hour. Lecture Course (Salary Schedule HC) - $103.85 up to $151.07.

Months Per Year:Semester assignments as needed

Mandated Reporter: Yes

Campus Security Authority: No

Duties and Responsibilities

The duties below are representative of the duties of the classification and are not intended to cover all of the duties performed by the incumbent(s) of any particular position. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the scope of work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to this classification.

• Teach developmental and transfer composition, workplace writing, and/or literature courses.

Employment Standards (acquired through education, training, and/or experience)
Knowledge of:

• The full range of college English: developmental and transfer composition, workplace writing, and literature, including successful experience teaching, or evidence of preparation to teach in the discipline
• Composition theory and research
• The use of technology in teaching and learning

Skills and Abilities:

• Willing to work in the Writing Center, which serves students enrolled in English andESLcourses and courses participating in the Writing Across the Curriculum Initiative
• Teach in specialized programs designed to encourage student retention
• Use teaching methods emphasizing cooperation and collaboration and engaging students actively in their studies, encouraging them to become independent learners with higher-order thinking skills
• Organize and explain materials in ways appropriate to students with differing abilities, levels of preparation, and cultural experiences
• Willingness to monitor students' progress regularly and judiciously, and provide substantive feedback
• Acceptance of the division's commitment to established academic standards
• Reflect on and evaluate the effectiveness of one's pedagogy
• Enthusiasm for the well-being of the department, division, college, and district as reflected in a willingness to work with faculty and staff in a spirit of collegiality

• Master's or higher in English, literature, comparative literature, or composition OR Bachelor's in any of the above AND Master's or higher in linguistics, TESL, speech, education with a specialization in reading, creative writing, or journalism OR the equivalent (see below)
• Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to, and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice both within and outside of the classroom.

Note:

If you believe your degree, academic background, or professional achievements are equivalent to the stated minimum qualifications, please complete the Application for Equivalence - For Faculty Positions, an option during the application submission process. The three means of demonstrating equivalency are as follows. Applicants may select more than one form of equivalency but must provide applicable evidence for each type:

a) Degree Equivalence
The employee or applicant possesses a degree(s) with similar content to those listed for the relevant…