Job Details

Kinesiology Instructor/Athletic Head Coach (PC)
Kern Community College District

Salary: $95,412.68 Annually

Job Type: Faculty

Job Number: FY25-2600205

Location: PC - Main Campus, Porterville, CA

Department: Kinesiology

Basic Function

The Kinesiology Department at Porterville College is seeking a faculty member for a Full-time, Tenure Track, Kinesiology Instructor and Head Coach for the Porterville College location. If you are highly motivated, eager to engage a diverse student body, and passionate about teaching and learning, we encourage you to submit an application.

Who We Are:

Porterville College is very proud of its reputation for being both academically focused and student-centered. We are committed to our six core values: Collaboration, Respect, Innovation, Accountability, Equity, and Participation. These values frame our work as we provide opportunities for our students who come to us from diverse economic, cultural, geographical, and educational backgrounds.

The College offers non-credit and credit educational programs that include transfer, career, and technical education, as well as basic skills. With students as our focus, Porterville College offers our local and diverse communities a quality education that fosters intellectual curiosity, personal growth, and lifelong learning, while preparing students for career and academic success.

Representative Duties

Who We Are Looking For:

Porterville College is seeking dedicated and motivated individuals to provide leadership, engagement, and discipline expertise in continuing to move the program forward in innovative ways. As a full-time faculty member at Porterville College, successful candidates will demonstrate a commitment to student success through excellence in teaching and learning.

Porterville College is seeking a Kinesiology instructor and Head Coach who can provide instruction in Kinesiology courses and lead one of the following sporting areas:

• Men's Baseball
• Men's Basketball
• Women's Basketball
• Men's and Women's Cross Country
• Men's and Women's Tennis
• Men's and Women's Track & Field
• Women's Soccer
• Women's Volleyball

Minimum Qualifications

Master's degree in kinesiology, physical education, exercise science, education with an emphasis in physical education, kinesiology, physiology of exercise, or adaptive physical education

OR

Bachelor's degree in any of the above

AND

Master's degree in any life science, dance, physiology, health education, recreation administration, or physical therapy

OR The equivalent.

AND

A demonstrated sensitivity to students with diverse academic, socio-economic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and students with disabilities

Knowledge & Abilities

• Ability to work effectively and harmoniously with colleagues in an environment that promotes innovation, teaching, learning, and service to a diverse student population.
• Ability to effectively work with students with a wide range of skills, motivations, and academic and vocational goals.
• Ability to develop curriculum, including curriculum delivered via different modalities.
• Ability to participate in recruitment and articulation activities with local schools, colleges, and universities.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to maintain subject matter currency.
• Ability to assess student, program, and institutional learning outcomes.
• Knowledge of computers and willingness to adopt new technologies that support student success. Knowledge of and commitment to the California Community College mission.