"Part-Time Horticulture Instructor - Specializing in Landscape Construction"

Salary

$73.80 - $97.51 Hourly

Location 

Chula Vista Campus - Chula Vista, CA

Job Type

Part-Time Faculty

Job Number

00020

Division

Academic Affairs

Department

Sch of Applied Tech & Hosp Mgt

Opening Date

07/08/2024

FLSA

Determined by Position

Funding Type

District

Initial Screening Deadline

08/02/2024

Incumbents in District positions are expected to exhibit an equity-minded focus, responsiveness, and sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, and employees, including those with physical or learning disabilities, and successfully foster and support an inclusive educational and employment environment.

Description

Applications for Part-Time, Adjunct Instructor pools are continually accepted (unless otherwise specified) by the District and will be added to the application pool for review by hiring authorities on an as-needed basis. Should you be invited for an interview, you will be contacted by a District representative. 

Southwestern College is looking to hire a part-time instructor to teach LNT124 Landscape Construction:  Covers proper methods of estimating, laying out, and installing landscape hardscape features including concrete, paver patios, walkways, garden retaining walls, wood decks and fences, overhead shade structures, benches, and planters. Includes proper knowledge and use of building materials.  

Class modality is face-to face and includes lecture and lab.

Qualifications

Any Associate’s degree with 6-years of directly related occupational experience OR any Bachelor’s degree (or higher) with 2-years of directly related occupational experience.

Additional assessment is required for Applicants with foreign degrees from colleges or universities outside of the United States must have their coursework evaluated by a professional association that is a member of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) or Academic Credentials Evaluation Institute, INC.(ACEI). A copy of the evaluation must be submitted with your on-line application.

Supplemental Information

SALARY SCHEDULE: Academic Part-time - Instructional 

All District employees must participate in the COVID-19 Vaccination Program, which requires them to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless they receive an approved medical or religious exemption.  

For more information, please contact the School of Applied Technology and Hospitality Management at (619) 482-6373.

Application Process:

A confirmation email will be sent once your application packet has been successfully submitted.

It is the sole responsibility of the applicant to ensure that all application materials are received by the review deadline date. A separate, complete application packet is required for each position for which you are applying for. All materials included in your application packet become District property, will not be returned, will not be copied, and will be considered for this opening only.

A screening committee will evaluate applicants, taking into account the breadth and depth of relevant education, training, experience, skills, knowledge, and abilities. Selected applicants will be invited for an interview.

INTERVIEW TRAVEL COSTS MUST BE BORNE BY THE APPLICANT.

If additional positions become available in this classification, applications received in response to this posting may be considered for those additional positions for up to 90 days after final board approval.

Candidates selected for employment with Southwestern Community College District must be fingerprinted by an electronic fingerprinting service (i.e. LiveScan) within 10 days of employment; provide clearance of tuberculosis (dated within the past 4 years and renewed every four years as a condition of continued employment) within 60 days of employment; provide proof of eligibility to work in the United States.

Successful candidate selected may be assigned to any of the campus sites (Chula Vista, Crown Cove, National City, Otay Mesa, and/or San Ysidro).