"Assistant Professor - English as a Second Language (Tenure Track)"

Job Description

This ESL tenure-track instructional position includes a multiple-course teaching assignment each fall and spring semester that will require the use of discipline expertise, cultural humility, and student-centered practices to be successful. Teaching assignments will include face-to-face morning, afternoon, and night hours as well as online instruction. This faculty position entails working in collaboration with our existing team of passionate educators on a variety of curriculum, program, and student success efforts.

We seek individuals who are themselves bi- or multi-lingual/cultural and share backgrounds and experiences with our students. We encourage people with historically marginalized and/or underrepresented identities to apply, including women, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, and nonbinary and transgender individuals.

The English as a Second Language Department at Los Medanos College serves a multilingually and multiculturally diverse population of students from various backgrounds, including immigrants, asylum-seekers, refugees, undocumented students, generation 1.5 students, students transferring from adult schools, international students, and other underrepresented groups. We value this diversity and strive to create a strengths-based ESL program that is responsive to their needs. Our program offers intermediate and advanced academic ESL courses across on-campus, online, and hybrid modalities, with equity and anti-racism at the core. For more information, visit https://www.losmedanos.edu/esl/index.aspx.

Duties and responsibilities include: advancing equitable student learning through dedicated instruction; participating in the assessment of student learning outcomes; collaborating in curriculum development and program review; engaging in department and college committees; maintaining current knowledge in the subject matter; and participating in professional development activities.

Minimum qualifications: Understanding of and sensitivity to diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students. A Master's in TESL, TESOL, applied linguistics with a TESL emphasis, linguistics with a TESL emphasis, English with a TESL emphasis, or education with a TESL emphasis; or a Bachelor's in TESL, TESOL, etc., with a Master's in a related field.

Desirable qualifications: Demonstrated success in employing inclusive pedagogies for ESL students; experience teaching ESL classes in a community college; ability to design and implement ESL curriculum; collaboration on program improvement; and commitment to ongoing professional learning.

Salary: Initial placement ranges from $68,136 to $112,848 per year. Position is full-time, tenure-track at Los Medanos College.

How to apply: Interested applicants must submit all materials online by 11/14/2025. For inquiries, contact Leetha Robertson at lrobertson@losmedanos.edu.