English Professor - Tulare Campus

English Professor – Tulare Campus

Salary: $88,544.00 – $ Annually
Job Type: Full-Time Faculty – Tenure-Track
Job Number: 7052‑f‑12/25
Closing: 2/22/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Location:

Tulare, CA
Department:
English

Sequoias Community College District serves a diverse community of learners and is a designated Hispanic‑Serving Institution. We provide a wide range of opportunities in transfer, general education, career, and technical programs. We seek candidates who exhibit understanding and commitment to the mission, who are dedicated to excellence in teaching, and who have a passion for student success.

The District is seeking a qualified and equity‑minded candidate to fill a full‑time, tenure‑track position in the English Department beginning August 2026 on the COS Tulare Campus. Assignments may include evening classes and teaching at any of the District’s campuses:
Visalia, Hanford, and/or Tulare. Participation in governance through committee assignments is encouraged.

The Tulare Campus offers a distinctive academic community that brings together transfer disciplines and applied disciplines in agriculture, technology, and trades. General‑education faculty play a vital role in shaping students’ communication, critical thinking, and academic confidence. The District is especially interested in a candidate committed to developing an enduring English presence on the Tulare Campus, in collaboration with colleagues across the campus and district.

Sequoias Community College District is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. Candidates must be equity‑minded, collegial, and dedicated to serving students from diverse academic, cultural, socioeconomic, disability, gender‑identity, sexual‑orientation, and ethnic backgrounds, especially those historically underrepresented in higher education.

The successful candidate will:

• Teach courses in reading and composition, critical thinking, literature, and corequisite support classes.
• Maintain office hours and actively engage with campus culture.
• Participate in departmental responsibilities and sustain an atmosphere of equity respectful of diversity district wide.

Required:

• Master’s in English, literature, comparative literature, or composition; OR
• Bachelor’s in one of the above AND Master’s in linguistics, TESL, speech, education with a specialization in reading, creative writing, or journalism; OR
• The equivalent (see note below on how to complete equivalency).

Must also demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse backgrounds of community‑college students pursuant to Title 5 §53022.

Note: If you do not meet the educational minimum qualifications but believe you have sufficient experience, equivalency is your path to proving that. Submit your equivalency paperwork as a “supplemental attachment” with your application by the recruitment deadline.

Teaching Experience/Background/Training:

• Academic reading, writing, and critical thinking, particularly at community colleges
• Composition/rhetoric and co‑requisite support courses
• Supporting diverse student populations such as career and technical/trades pathways, agriculture‑related majors, underprepared, non‑traditional, ELL, low‑income, migrant, and special‑needs students
• Collaborating with student tutors, literature, creative writing

Teaching Methodologies:

• Active and collaborative learning
• Student‑centered pedagogy
• Culturally responsive pedagogy
• Distance education

Professional Commitment/Development:

• Committee work, advocacy, and community building to create campus culture
• Curriculum development relevant to career and technical/trades pathways and agriculture‑related major pathways
• Advocacy for non‑traditional students
• Development and assessment of outcomes at course, program, or institutional levels
• Participatory governance, student activities/advising/mentoring, advocacy for campus wide equity
• Conference/workshop presentations and publications

To be considered, applicants must submit ALL of the following before the filing deadline:

• Completed online application
• Equity Narrative (included in the application packet)
• Letter of…