"English Professor - Tulare Campus"

Job Description

Salary: $88,544.00 - $116,738.00 Annually

Job Type: Full-time Faculty - Tenure-Track

Job Number: 7052-f-12/25

Closing: 2/22/2026 11:59 PM Pacific

Location: Tulare, CA

Department: English

General Description

Sequoias Community College District serves a diverse community of learners and is a designated Hispanic Serving Institution. Sequoias Community College District provides a wide range of opportunities in transfer, general education, career, and technical programs for our students. We seek candidates who exhibit understanding and commitment to the community college mission, who are dedicated to excellence in teaching and learning, and who have a passion for student success.

Sequoias Community College District is seeking a qualified and equity-minded candidate to fill a full-time, tenure-track position in the English Department beginning August 2026. This position is located on the COS Tulare Campus.

Assignments may include evening classes and teaching at any of the Sequoias Community College District Campuses: Visalia, Hanford and/or Tulare. Participation in the governance of the Sequoias Community College District by way of committee assignments is encouraged.

The Tulare Campus offers a distinctive academic community that brings together transfer disciplines and applied disciplines in agriculture, technology and trades. General education faculty play a vital role in shaping students' communication, critical thinking and academic confidence. The District is especially interested in a candidate committed to developing an enduring English presence on the Tulare Campus, in collaboration with colleagues across the campus and District.

For more information about the Sequoias Community College District's English Department and the Tulare campus, feel free to visit the following webpages: https://www.cos.edu/en-us/English and https://www.cos.edu/en-us/academics/career-technical-education

*College of the Sequoias offers lecture-lab pay parity, as well as overload and large lecture compensation that may be additional.*

COMMITMENT TO EQUITY:

Sequoias Community College District is committed to the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion and values candidates who have the ability to serve students from diverse academic, cultural, socioeconomic, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds, as well as those students who have been historically underrepresented in higher education. Sequoias Community College District seeks to promote and maintain an environment which is built on mutual respect and free from discrimination by employing faculty members who are equity-minded, collegial, and guided by their dedication to helping students achieve their educational goals. Ideal candidates will share the Sequoias Community College District's commitment to be knowledgeable about and implement equitable learning and teaching methods appropriate to serve students from all backgrounds, demographics, and experiences.

Job Duties

The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching classes in reading and composition, critical thinking, literature, and corequisite support classes.

Other responsibilities include maintenance of office hours; active engagement with campus culture; participation in departmental responsibilities; and the willingness to create, participate in, and sustain an atmosphere of equity, which is respectful of diversity districtwide.

Qualifications

The candidate must meet the following criteria.

• Master's in English, literature, comparative literature, or composition
• OR Bachelor's in any of the above AND Master's in linguistics, TESL, speech, education with a specialization in reading, creative writing, or journalism.
• OR The equivalent (see note below on how to complete equivalency)

JOB REQUIRED CORE SYSTEM COMPETENCY

The candidate must also demonstrate sensitivity to, and understanding of, the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students pursuant to Title 5 §53022.

Note: If you do not meet the educational minimum qualifications but believe that you have sufficient educational experience in the discipline, equivalency is your path to proving that. For more information about claiming equivalency, please visit the COS HR Website and scroll down to the icon labeled "Equivalency." Your equivalency paperwork must be submitted with your application by the recruitment deadline. Please submit as a "supplemental attachment" within the "Attachment" section of this application.

DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS:

The English Department is looking for evidence of the following:

Teaching Experience/Background/Training such as, but not limited to: Academic reading, writing, and critical thinking, particularly at community colleges; Composition/rhetoric; Co-requisite support courses; Supporting diverse student populations such as career and technical/trades pathways, agriculture-related majors, underprepared, nontraditional, ELL, low-income, migrant, and special needs students; Collaborating with student tutors; Literature; Creative writing

Teaching Methodologies such as, but not limited to: Active and collaborative learning; Student-centered pedagogy; Culturally responsive pedagogy; Distance Education

Professional Commitment/Development such as, but not limited to: Committee work; Advocacy and community building to create campus culture; Curriculum development relevant to students in career and technical/trades pathways and agriculture-related major pathways; Advocacy for nontraditional students; Development and assessment of outcomes at the course, program, or institutional levels; Participatory governance; Student activities/advising/mentoring; Advocacy for campuswide equity; Conference/workshop presentations and publications

Application Procedure

To be considered, applicants must submit ALL of the following required material before or by the filing deadline:

• Completed online application
• Equity Narrative (included in the application packet)
• Letter of interest which addresses the Desirable Qualifications. In this letter, we invite applicants to expand on strengths not covered in other parts of the application.
• Curriculum Vitae or Resume
• Unofficial copies of transcripts of college/university work. (If transcripts are not in English, include a summary of courses and grades). Official transcripts are required upon employment. Note: Applicants who have completed college or university course work at an institution outside of the United States that is not a post-secondary institution accredited by an accreditation agency recognized by either the US Department of Education or the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees, and other relevant documents by either NACES or AICE.
• Equivalency documents (if necessary)
• In lieu of letters of reference, please submit a list of 3-5 current references who could address pertinent experience or equivalent competencies.

Timeline: Application review will begin after the closing date. First-level interviews will take place on Friday, April 17 and second-level interviews on Tuesday, April 21.

For questions regarding this position, please contact Norma Chavez normach@cos.edu or (559) 737-6237.