"Art Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Madera Community College"

Job Details

Art Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Madera Community College
State Center Community College District Closing Date: 2/9/2026 at 11:55 PM

Campus Location: Madera Community College

Start Date: 12/23/2025

Essential Functions:

At Madera Community College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

An equity-minded individual is a person who:
1. Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
2. Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
3. Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
4. Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
5. Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Madera Community College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Madera Community College.
The ideal candidate will share Madera Community College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the 2024-2025 academic year, we enrolled over 12,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 8% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% as Black/African American, 17% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 3% as multiracial. Madera Community College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community. The successful candidate will join a college dedicated to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in Art (Drawing/2-D Design/Graphic Arts) on the Madera Community College campus and/or at off-site community campus locations, the instructor will be responsible for:

• Teaching a full schedule of developmental and transfer level Art courses as assigned, including by not limited to Drawing, 2-D Design, Computer Graphics, Photoshop, Illustrator, and/or 2-D Animation;
• Incorporating historical and contemporary design practices into instruction;
• Coordinating the scheduling of part-time instructors and lab assistants;
• Overseeing the ordering of materials and equipment;
• Overseeing the care, maintenance and safety of the lab/classroom;
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participating in program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;
• Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, on-line or off-campus and large group instruction classes as needed;
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of faculty as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom; and

• Master's in fine arts, art or art history; or
• Bachelor's in fine arts, art or art history and master's in humanities
• A valid California Community College Credential; or
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

Notes:
• If the degrees posted on your transcript(s) do not match exactly as stated above, you must petition for equivalency.
• "Master's in fine arts" as used here refers to any master's degree in the subject matter of fine arts, which is defined to include visual studio arts such as drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, ceramics, textiles, and metal and jewelry art; and also art education and art therapy. It does not refer to the "Master of Fine Arts" (MFA) degree when that degree is based on specialization in performing arts or dance, film, video, photography, creative writing or other non-plastic arts.)

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility;
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups in higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes;
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds including students with disabilities;
• Willingness to examine and remediate one's instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
• Related work and professional experience;
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff;
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers, and other technologies, which are utilized in providing high-quality instruction and support to students;
• Demonstrated ability to hone student artistic identity through visual and material research built upon a foundation of strong technical skills, and emphasize a thorough understanding and integration of process, structure, material and technique;
• Recent exhibition record; and
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.

Conditions of Employment:

178 duty days per year.

Salary and Benefits:

Starting annual salary is $71,054 - $106,970 based on education and experience. An annual doctoral stipend of $2,419 is available. In addition, the District offers an attractive fringe benefit package including medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and dependents, and life insurance. Employees are also members of the California State Teacher's Retirement System (CalSTRS).

Selection Procedure:

Applications will be screened by Human Resources for completeness and to determine which applicants meet the minimum qualifications as stated in the job announcement.

From the applicants who meet the minimum qualifications and who have submitted all the required documents by the closing date and time listed on the job announcement, a selection advisory committee will review the candidates who are best qualified based on the minimum and desirable qualifications then determine who will be invited to interview.

INTERVIEWS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED AS FOLLOWS:

• FIRST LEVEL INTERVIEWS THE WEEK OF 03/09/2026
• FINAL INTERVIEWS THE WEEK OF 03/23/2026

The selection advisory committee will rate responses to the interview questions, teaching demonstration, and writing prompt (if applicable). Based on this rating, a small number of applicants will be selected as the "recommended candidates". These candidates will be forwarded to the Vice President and College President for final interviews.

A hiring recommendation will be made by the College President and forwarded to the Board of Trustees of State Center Community College District for final approval.

State Center Community College District is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering innovation and inclusivity. We respond proactively to the diverse needs of the community and welcome individuals excited to join our District's purpose to support student success both locally and globally. United, we the faculty, classified professionals and administrators pledge to treat all applicants and employees fairly and equitably. SCCCD EEO Plan

For more information, contact the Academic Human Resources Office, 1171 Fulton St, Fresno, California, 93721, (559) 243-7100. For information on Madera Community College or State Center Community College District, visit our website at www.scccd.edu.
Please refer to Position No. MART-INS (Slot# 3297)

Submission of application and related materials is the applicant's responsibility and must be submitted through the district's online applicant portal. The District reserves the right to re-advertise or to delay indefinitely the filling of a position if it is deemed that the applicants for the position do not constitute an adequate applicant pool or if funding is not available. All application materials are subject to verification. False statements may be cause for disqualification or discharge from employment.

Additional Information:
This is a full-time, tenure track position. The District may fill more than one position from this pool.