Human Services Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track)

Essential Functions:

At Fresno City College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

An equity-minded individual is a person who:

1. Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
2. Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
3. Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
4. Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
5. Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Fresno City College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship, and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Fresno City College.

The ideal candidate will share Fresno City College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the 2024-2025 academic year, we enrolled over 45,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 11% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 14% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial. Fresno City College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community. The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to the use of a curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in Human Services on the Fresno City College campus and/or at off-site community campus locations, the instructor will be responsible for:

• Teaching a full range of Human Services courses, including, but not limited to: Introduction to Social Work and Human Services Seminar, Aging Studies, Elder Care, Child Abuse, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling, Work Experience, Social Work and Human Services Fieldwork, Introduction to Social Welfare, Fundamentals of Interviewing and Counseling, Assertiveness Training, Group and Community Social Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling: Law and Ethics, Prevention, Education, Outreach and Referral, Introduction to Alcohol and Drug Counseling, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counseling: Case Management, Drug Use: Physical and Psychological Effects, and Introduction to Child Welfare;
• Developing courses and programs;
• Preparing and maintaining certification in related programs based on accreditation agency standards;
• Maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position and currency in teaching Human Services;
• Assisting with the development and growth of the Social Work and Human Services program;
• Engaging in community outreach to develop relationships with community organizations;
• Working with the Human Services Advisory Committee;
• Developing, coordinating, and monitoring student placements in Human Services field work sites;
• Using a variety of pedagogies and integrating a wide range of instructional delivery systems including innovative and creative uses of technology for face-to-face, online, and/or hybrid formats;
• Using effective teaching methods appropriate to the subject matter, adherence to institutionally approved curriculum course outlines of record;
• Evaluating student progress through tests and examinations, written assignments, and oral responses in keeping with course objectives;
• Providing accurate course syllabi to students;
• Maintaining classroom records in accordance with District Policy;
• Turning in all required student grading and evaluation reports in a timely manner;
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participating in program review, student learning outcome development, and assessment to improve student learning;
• Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, on-line or off-campus, and large group instruction classes as needed, may include off-campus instruction at local high schools for dual enrollment;
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom; and

• Master's in social work, sociology, psychology, counseling (specifically in marriage and family therapy, rehabilitation counseling or gerontology); or
• A valid California Community College Credential; or
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency)

Desirable Qualifications:

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility;
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups in higher education 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 students;
• Related work and professional experience;
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, students with disabilities;
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers, and other technologies, which are utilized in providing high-quality instruction and support to students;
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff;
• A Master's degree (MSW) or higher in Social Work;
• At least five years of professional experience of field work in human services, social work, counseling, mental health, crisis intervention, case management, community outreach, substance-use treatment, or a closely related field;
• Demonstrated effective teaching experience in Human Services at the college or university level or experience teaching outside of a formal setting; such as but not limited to community education, psychosocial education groups, professional workshops, and trainings;
• Demonstrated depth, breadth, and mastery in human services as exemplified by educational background;
• Experience teaching online (e.g., hybrid, 100% online); and
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.