2026​/2027 - Associate Faculty - Learning Assistance​/Learn Skills (College Skills​/Tutorial

Employment Opportunity

Santa Rosa Junior College is currently accepting applications on a continuous basis to establish a pool for associate faculty assignments. Associate assignments may be temporary, part-time and/or on-call and may be immediate or as needed. The Sonoma County Junior College District does not offer 'remote only' assignments.

Assignments are made on a part-time, hourly basis. A part-time faculty assignment may not exceed a total of 67% of an annual full-time assignment.

• Starting Hourly Rate:
  Please see the hourly salary schedules or contact Human Resources for more information.
• Salary placement is based on academic background, vocational experience, and teaching experience (depending on discipline) and as documented in application materials. Initial Step placement will be at Step 1 pending evaluation of experience as outlined in the AFA Contract Article 27.
• Compensation for assigned classes is paid over the duration of the assignment.

The District offers medical insurance for those who meet the eligibility requirements. Additional information, including medical plan information and eligibility requirements can be found on the Benefits page. Associate faculty accrue sick leave on a pro-rated basis. Eligibility for each plan is determined based on prior membership status with CalSTRS.

• Provide excellent instruction and faculty support to students, which may include evening, weekend, online or hybrid and/or off-campus assignments.
• Provide academic assistance and related services to students during scheduled office hours.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty and staff.
• Maintain currency in field(s) of expertise.
• Associate faculty focus primarily on providing instruction and/or student services.
• Associate faculty are typically not required to participate in District or department service such as committee work, evaluations, student learning outcomes assessment, and hiring committees, but may be asked to perform these services for additional compensation.
• Please see the All Faculty Association Contract for more information.

The examples of duties listed above are representative of those that must be met by a faculty member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

The College Skills/Tutorial /Adult Education department at Santa Rosa Junior College offers non-credit reading, writing, and math classes plus tutorial services at both the Santa Rosa and Petaluma campuses. In addition, the department offers noncredit, GED/ HiSET Prep classes on both campuses and in several locations in the county in both English and Spanish. Computer-assisted instruction is an integral part of College Skills classes.

College Skills website.

The department is also seeking individuals who are qualified to tutor in at least two of these areas:

• All levels of math
• Accounting
• Anatomy
• Economics
• Sciences, including chemistry
• Statistics
• Writing

Applicants must possess the minimum qualifications exactly as listed below for disciplines of interest or file for equivalency in order to be considered. Applicants who are requesting equivalency consideration are responsible for documenting all course work, degree programs and related professional experience at the time of application. Please, see the Equivalency Guide for Faculty Applicants and the Faculty Minimum Qualifications Self-Evaluation Checklist for more information.

Required for Credit Learning Assistance/Learning Skills (Tutorial Center):

The qualifications to teach any master's degree level discipline in which learning assistance or tutoring is provided at the college where the coordinator is employed; OR a master's degree in education, educational psychology, or instructional psychology, or other master's degree with emphasis in adult learning theory;

Required for Interdisciplinary Non-Credit Basic Skills (GED/ HiSET courses):

Bachelor's degree in any Social Science, Humanities, Mathematics, Natural Science discipline or Liberal Studies, as appropriate for the course; OR the equivalent;

Requires a sensitivity to, and understanding of, the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.

Preferred for Tutorial Center

• Teaching experience in STEM, Writing, Economics, or Accounting
• Familiarity with a variety of teaching/tutoring skills in various disciplines
• Experience with computer-assisted, online learning, and other educational technology
• Demonstrated commitment to valuing and promoting diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism

Preferred for GED/HISET

• Teaching experience in GED/ Hiset
• Familiarity with a variety of pre-collegiate Basic Skills and GED curricula
• Experience with…