"Nursing Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Madera Community College (Extended Filing Deadline)"

At Madera 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.

Madera 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 Madera Community College.

The ideal candidate will share Madera Community College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the 2023-2024 academic year, we enrolled over 10,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 8% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% as Black/African American, 17% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 3% as multiracial. Madera 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 college dedicated to the students it serves.

Providing instruction and working with colleagues at the college, department faculty and staff, and the Dean, the Nursing Instructor supports the teaching and overall operations of the LVN-to-RN bridge program at Madera Community College and will:

• Develop annual program and staff objectives to facilitate achievement of the mission of the college and the program;
• Utilize historical data to develop, implement, and assess a program to support nursing student satisfaction and outcomes;
• Participate in curriculum development to ensure that suggestions/recommendations for updates and revisions to the curriculum are aligned with the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN) requirements and are approved by both the campus and the BRN;
• Work with faculty and the Instructional Administrative Assistant to ensure all syllabi, office hours, and grading for each course taught in the nursing program meet college documentation requirements;
• Initiate discussions, collaborate with faculty, and ensure all records required by campus administration are completed according to identified guidelines (examples include: Class Schedules, Unit Goals, Action Plans, and Program Review);
• Maintain and remain cognizant of rules and regulations of the State Board of Nursing in order to meet all areas of compliance;
• Participate in state and local nursing-related organizations, including but not limited to those related to nursing education;
• Attend program orientations, department and division meetings, pinning, graduation ceremonies, and other campus events as scheduled by the college;
• Attend and successfully complete all training for the position, as required at any time by the college and the BRN;
• Maintain current health requirements, training, licensure, and certifications;
• Coordinate and ensure orientation of new faculty members;
• Communicate with adjunct faculty to confirm assignments and to support ongoing training needs;
• Provide guidance and assist faculty members in the performance of their job responsibilities, including classroom effectiveness, teaching methodologies, attendance monitoring, and grade submissions;
• Conduct or suggest professional development opportunities for faculty on a regular basis;
• Promote an environment that encourages cooperation, collaboration, and creativity to advance collaborative efforts with various academic departments;
• Be available to students, faculty and staff in the absence of the director;
• Teach courses in the registered nursing program as assigned, including instruction of theory classes, skills lab, and hospital clinical laboratory experiences with a focus on medical/surgical nursing;
• Oversee designated clinical settings to ensure valuable clinical experiences for all students;
• Develop, implement, evaluate, and modify curriculum, assessment of student learning outcomes, and student preparation for the NCLEX-RN Licensure examination within the Department of Nursing to improve student learning;
• Objectively evaluate student performance in theory as well as skills lab and clinical classes;
• Use assessment data to improve teaching and student learning;
• Participate in program review, college planning, and accreditation processes; Hold regularly scheduled office hours and being available to students to promote academic success;
• Communicate effectively with students, patients, families, health care givers and peers;
• Teaching a full schedule of developmental and transfer level nursing courses as assigned;
• 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 faculty as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and
• Other duties as assigned.