Job Description

Position Title

Assistant Professor - Economics (Tenure Track)

Special Instructions to Applicants

The Los Medanos College Social Sciences Department seeks enthusiastic applicants for our full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Economics position.

About the Position

This is a full-time tenure track faculty position in the Social Sciences department. The instructor will teach a range of Economics (ECON) lower-division courses, focusing on those that transfer across our states multiple 4-year university systems. This position will work with faculty in the department and college to develop curriculum aligned with their professional expertise, transfer institutions, and courses that will reflect and engage our diverse student body. We encourage candidates with a variety of teaching backgrounds, including high school instruction, to consider this position.

About the Department

The Social Sciences Department encompasses Administration of Justice, Economics, History, and Political Science courses and faculty. The department values collaboration, fostering a robust and inclusive learning environment among peers and students, and developing innovative courses and degrees that enhance students educational, developmental, and transfer goal attainment. For more information, visit www.losmedanos.edu/socialscience. Los Medanos College is especially interested in qualified applicants who can contribute, through their experience, research, teaching and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the college community.

About the College

Los Medanos College (LMC) serves about 10,000 students who pursue transfer preparation, career education, and skill building. Located in East Contra Costa County, Los Medanos College is the only higher education institution in one of the fastest and continually growing regions of the East Bay. Serving a highly diverse student population at multiple locations including the Pittsburg campus, Brentwood Center, and through a robust online learning environment, LMC provides our community with equitable access to educational opportunities and support services that empower students to achieve their academic and career goals in a diverse and inclusive learning environment. As a proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) dedicated to equitable success for all students we seek a colleague for this position who operates with a growth mindset, is highly student centered, and who demonstrates a deep commitment to academic excellence, equity, and inclusion among students, staff, and faculty.

Description of Position

This is a full-time tenure track faculty position in the Social Sciences department. The instructor will teach a range of Economics (ECON) lower-division courses, focusing on those that transfer across our states multiple 4-year university systems. This position will work with faculty in the department and college to develop curriculum aligned with their professional expertise, transfer institutions, and courses that will reflect and engage our diverse student body. We encourage candidates with a variety of teaching backgrounds, including high school instruction, to consider this position.

Our Vision for Social Justice

We are seeking people who recognize the critical role community colleges play in social justice, who have ability in this space, enthusiasm for this work, ideas and vision to improve our approaches, and a commitment to achieving equitable academic success for the 50,000+ students attending our five beautiful colleges and centers. Our social justice work calls for employees who have a sense of social responsibility, interest in our community and world in which we live. The intention of social justice work is to strengthen humanity by understanding that every person deserves the benefits of fully participating in our society and institutions. Academic researchers have illustrated that crucial social justice principles are a compilation of equality, equity, diversity, inclusion, engagement, environmental sustainability and human rights. These complex principles are challenging to operationalize in higher education; yet we are steadfast in our diligence to forge ahead to advance this vital mission. Community colleges are uniquely positioned to lead higher education in the work of social justice. Many of our students come from historically underserved and underrepresented backgrounds, students of color, students with recent immigrant histories, students from cycles of low income if not poverty, students from indigenous communities, and students from first-generation families. The idea of promoting social mobility through education is unconditionally and uncompromisingly embraced by community colleges. This is an exciting role, and it comes with a heavy responsibility. Simply put, we need to create environments where our students achieve greater academic success, so much so that we close our persistent equity/opportunity gaps. If you are committed to social and racial justice and if you are interested in joining a community dedicated to solving these inequities through education, please apply.

Duties and Responsibilities

In addition to contractual duties, all full-time faculty are expected to participate actively in their disciplines, department activities, and the general intellectual life and governance of the college. Part of the teaching assignment may be in the evening and/or online. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to: 1. advancing equitable student learning through dedicated, exemplary instruction in accordance with established course outlines; 2. participating in the assessment of student learning outcomes for courses and programs; developing and implementing student learning outcomes assessment processes for courses and programs; 3. collaborating in the development and revision of curriculum and in program review; 4. engaging in department program improvement initiatives; 5. participating in department, division, and college committees; 6. participating in professional development activities, both departmental and college-wide; 7. maintaining current knowledge in the subject matter area and effective teaching/ learning strategies; 8. maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics; 9. informing students of course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements; 10. preparing and grading class assignments and examinations and informing students of their academic progress; 11. maintaining attendance, scholastic, and personnel records and submitting them according to published deadlines; 12. posting and holding sufficient and regular office hours in accordance with prevailing policy; 13. participating in Colleges shared governance processes.

Minimum Qualification-Education/Experience

Understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff and faculty. EDUCATION: Masters in economics OR Bachelors in economics AND Masters in business, business administration, business management, business education, finance or political science OR the equivalent. If you think you have the equivalent background, you should submit a masters degree equivalency form and upload it with your employment application. OR You possess a California Community College System Credential in Economics.

Desirable Qualifications

• Ability to teach all basic courses for a lower division major in economics (Principles of Microeconomics and Principles of Macroeconomics) and demonstrated competence and teaching experience in the following field: Economic History of the United States. • Curricular experience with the integration of multicultural, ethnic, and socially diverse perspectives into the coursework & classroom learning environment. • Demonstrated success in promoting academic achievement for diverse student populations. • Experience in designing and implementing innovative techniques of course delivery, especially through digital and other media.