"Communication Studies (Speech Communication) Instructor (Tenure-Track)"

Communication Studies (Speech Communication) Instructor (Tenure-Track)

Campus: College of San Mateo

FLSA Status: Exempt

Salary Schedule: 80

Months Per Year: 10

Mandated Reporter: Yes

Campus Security Authority: No

Duties and Responsibilities

1. Teach courses in the communication studies discipline (the college offers day, evening, and hybrid/online classes, and faculty may be required to teach in these formats) using culturally responsive pedagogical techniques
2. Understand and use effective practices for engaging African-American, Latinx, Filipinx, and Pacific-Islander students, who are historically underrepresented and underserved in traditional Communication Studies department classrooms
3. Maintain expertise in current teaching methodologies and curricula and develop instructional materials and techniques to close the equity gaps experienced by African Americans, Latinx, Filipinx, Pacific Islanders, and other disproportionately impacted students
4. Assist in new course development, curriculum revisions, and course, program, and institutional assessments
5. Participate in the development and/or selection of course materials, equipment, and technology that will enhance the communication studies offerings of the department
6. Maintain expertise in current teaching and discipline technologies by participating in ongoing and intentional professional development
7. While some courses may be offered online, preference will be given to candidates who can teach face-to-face sections
8. Participate in departmental (program) planning, documentation, meetings, activities, and team-building
9. Duties include collaboration with and support of the Communication Studies Center to enhance student learning
10. Consult with students during regularly scheduled office hours
11. Serve as a member of division and college committees
12. Perform other duties as required by contract, collective bargaining agreement, and general institutional needs

Employment Standards (acquired through education, training, and/or experience)

Knowledge of:

1. And recent successful experience in teaching college-level transfer courses related to public speaking, interpersonal communication, intercultural communication, small group communication, argumentation and debate, gender and communication, and health communication, demonstrating a professional level of competence

Skills and Abilities:

1. Evidence of collaboration or a willingness to collaborate with campus programs and resources such as learning communities, TRIO, Transfer Center, and/or International Student Programs
2. Reflect on and evaluate one's pedagogy, and examine its effect on students and their learning critically
3. Expand the use of technology in communication studies education, including hybrid and/or online teaching
4. Motivate students from a broad spectrum of academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA2S+ backgrounds

Job Requirements:

• Master's or above in speech, speech broadcasting, telecommunications, rhetoric, communication, communication studies, speech communication, or organizational communication OR Bachelor's in any of the above AND Master's or above in drama/ theater arts, mass communication, or English OR the equivalent (see below)
• Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to, and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent and LGBTQIA2S+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice both within and outside of the classroom.

Preferred

• Recent experience working with racially minoritized and other disproportionately impacted students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups within higher education and the field of communication studies shape patterns of participation and outcomes
• Willingness to examine and remediate one's instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized and other disproportionately impacted students
• Experience and skill with addressing issues of equity in the classroom and on campus
• Experience and expertise in culturally responsive teaching
• Demonstrated ability to address equity gaps within communication studies courses and classrooms
• Demonstrated knowledge of the implications of the Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving Institution (AANAPISI) designations for institutional, departmental, and instructional practices

Note: If you believe your degree, academic background, or professional achievements are equivalent to the stated minimum qualifications, please complete the Application for Equivalence - For Faculty Positions...

Additional Information:

Safety: to promote a safe working and learning environment employees must report any unsafe working conditions or practices, as well as any near-miss incident to their supervisor.

• Position is designated as a Mandated Reporter under the Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act
• Position is a Responsible Employee under the Equity in Education Act and Title IX

Work Demands

Environmental: typical on-site office environment; in-person work expected with potential to participate in the District's telework program, as available.

• Frequent hearing and speaking to exchange information in person and online
• Comprehend speech at normal levels
• Upper limb dexterity to operate computers and peripheral equipment
• Vision sufficient for daily and frequent use of computers, databases, and written materials
• Sitting for extended periods of time
• Frequent bending at the waist
• Physical presence at on-site locations
• Communicate and interact with others
• Observe and interpret people and situations
• Learn and apply new information or skills
• Perform highly detailed work on multiple concurrent tasks
• Perform highly detailed work under changing priorities and deadlines on multiple concurrent tasks
• Work with frequent interruptions
• Self-regulate emotion and behavior

Benefits:

Benefits include paid holidays, vacation and sick leave. The District pays all or a portion of monthly medical plan premiums (depending on the coverage) and pays all of the monthly dental and vision plan premiums for employees and eligible dependents. Additional paid benefits include life insurance, salary continuance insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program. Academic employees participate in the State Teachers' Retirement System, a defined-benefit retirement plan through the State of California (no contributions to Social Security). Optional tax-deferred 403(b) and 457 retirement plans are also available.