Rate My Professor Rebeca Cotera

Cotera joined Portland Community College as an adjunct instructor in Architectural Design, serving for eight years prior to her full-time faculty appointment as Instructor in Architectural Design within the Visual Arts, Performing Arts and Design Division, effective September 1, 2017, with an annual salary of $55,596 at Step 3. She teaches a range of essential courses, including ARCH 126: Introduction to AutoCAD, introducing students to AutoCAD software as a design and drafting tool for architecture and interior design; ARCH 136: Intermediate AutoCAD; ARCH 280 CE: Arch Design & Drafting, a 3-credit course; and ARCH 132: Residential Building Codes, offered in both in-person fall sections and online winter sections. Her experience indicates effective instruction across formats, with no performance differences in final grades between in-person and online students. A 2020 PCC news article, 'Bridging Careers,' featured Cotera as a role model for student Marisol Gomez, a Latina entering the male-dominated field, who credited her with providing invaluable technical drafting skills and inspiration from day one. Rebeca Cotera can be contacted at 971-722-4731.