Mathematics Instructor (One-Year, Full-Time Temporary)
Essential Functions:
At Clovis Community 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:
- Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
- Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
- Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
- Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
- Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.
Clovis Community 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 Clovis Community College.
The ideal candidate will share Clovis Community College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the 2024-2025 academic year, we enrolled over 17,000 students in which 53% identify as Latinx, 13% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 25% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 4% as multiracial. Clovis Community 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 providing services responsive to the students it serves.
Providing instruction in Mathematics on the Clovis Community College campus and/or at off-site community campus locations, the instructor will be responsible for:
- Teaching a full schedule of Mathematics courses as assigned;
- Maintaining currency in pedagogy;
- Communicating effectively with students and staff;
- 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;
- 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 mathematics or applied mathematics; or
- Bachelor's in either of the above and master's in statistics, physics or mathematics education; or
- A valid California Community College Credential; or
- The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).
Note: If the degrees posted on your transcript(s) do not match exactly as stated above, you must petition for 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;
- Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds including students with disabilities;
- 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;
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff;
- Demonstrated ability to work with computers, and other technologies, which are utilized in providing high-quality instruction and support to students;
- Teaching experience at the secondary or post-secondary level;
- Teaching experience in the breadth of courses taught and the use of a variety of pedagogies;
- Experience with effectively integrating educational technology into classroom instruction;
- Familiarity with the current curriculum and assessment standards in mathematics education as stated by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the American Math Association of Two Year Colleges (AMATYC);
- Experience serving on campus committees;
- Experience in the accreditation process; and
- Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals.
Conditions of Employment:
178 duty days per year.
Salary and Benefits:
Starting annual salary is $71,054 - $106,970 based on education and experience. Duty days will be prorated based upon start of assignment. An annual doctoral stipend of $2,419 is available. In addition, the District offers an attractive fringe benefit package including medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and dependents, and life insurance. Employees are also members of the California State Teacher's Retirement System (CalSTRS).
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