Adjunct Professor - Early Childhood Education

Shape Young Minds by Teaching Future Educators - Adjunct Faculty Opportunity in Early Childhood Education

San Joaquin Delta Community College District is seeking a part-time faculty member to join our Early Childhood Education program. We are looking for an educator who is passionate about teaching, child development, and preparing the next generation of early learning professionals. The ideal candidate will embrace and support the College's mission to educate and empower a racially and socioeconomically diverse student population and will bring both practical experience and academic excellence to a collaborative learning environment.

Join us in laying the foundation for lifelong learning one future educator at a time!

San Joaquin Delta Community College District, as part of our Vision, "promotes a climate of respect and authentic engagement. We are culturally responsive to the needs of our diverse student body. We strive to increase and sustain equitable outcomes for all students. We recruit and retain quality employees who are reflective of our students and the community we serve, in addition to providing all personnel with equity and diversity training."

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San Joaquin Delta College works to create an inclusive environment that provides a safe haven, regardless of citizenship status, for international, immigrant, undocumented, AB540 eligible, formerly and currently incarcerated, veteran, re-entry, LGBTQIA+ students and students of various learning styles.

Under the general supervision of the assigned TrAC Dean, the Professor will teach classes in Early Childhood Education. The successful candidate will provide evidence of knowledge and understanding of the racial, socioeconomic, and academic diversity within community college populations; the candidate also will show knowledge and understanding of how these factors relate to the need for equity-minded and culturally responsive practices in the community college setting.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Master's in child development, early childhood education, human development, home economics/ family and consumer studies with a specialization in child development/early childhood education or educational psychology with a specialization in child development/early childhood education.

OR Bachelor's in any of the above AND Master's in social work, educational supervision, elementary education, special education, psychology, bilingual/bicultural education, life management/ home economics, family life studies or family and consumer studies.

OR the equivalent.

DESIRABLE

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Demonstrated sensitivity to race, ethnicity, color, religious creed, sex, gender expression, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, prior contact with the criminal legal system, or any other basis prohibited by law.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt teaching strategies and techniques to different student abilities, learning styles, cultures, and groups mentioned above.
• Demonstrated experience teaching in a variety of settings, including but not limited to online, dual enrollment, and large lectures. A willingness to develop and utilize instructional materials, including lectures and labs for multiple modalities.
• Ability to use innovative and creative teaching techniques (lecture and labs) and equipment such as multimedia hardware, current applications, learning management systems, and online instructional strategies.
• Desire to teach…