"PT Instructor, Ethnic Studies"

Job Description

Salary: $2,075.12/CAH - $2,322.27/CAH
https://www.clpccd.org/hr/files/docs/salary/FacultySalarySchedule07012025.pdf
Start Date: Fall 2026
Closing Date: Open Until Filled
Location: Las Positas College, 3000 Campus Hill Dr., Livermore, CA 94551

Job Summary
The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is seeking a PT Instructor, Ethnic Studies for Las Positas College. Applicants will be expected to provide instruction in Ethnic Studies and one or more of the following: African American and Black Studies; ChicanX and LatinX Studies; Native American and Indigenous Studies.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Deliver coherent lectures;
2. Teach with imagination, vigor, and clarity;
3. Create assignments that serve instructional goals;
4. Create exams and/or other evaluative assignments that test for mastery of course content;
5. Create course materials that serve instructional goals;
6. Organize course content so that it encompasses authorized course outlines;
7. Identify basic and essential concepts and develop materials and strategies that assist students in understanding core subject matter;
8. Prepare carefully and organize a course which adheres to the objectives and suggested materials listed in the course outline;
9. Meet deadlines for submittal of syllabi, census rosters, and grades;
10. Participate in program and subject area improvement tasks, such as assessing Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs);
11. Ability to teach in-person, online, hybrid, and dual enrollment courses.

Minimum Qualifications:
Master's in African-American/Black/Africana Studies or Latino Studies, La Raza Studies, Chicana/o Studies, or Asian-American Studies, or Native American/American Indian Studies OR Master's in Ethnic Studies OR the equivalent.
Evidence of understanding of and responsiveness to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, racial and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practices within the classroom.
Applicants applying under the "Equivalent" provision must provide details that explain at time of application how their academic preparation is the equivalent of the degree listed above.

Desirable Qualifications:

1. Ability to teach one or more of the following: Asian American Studies; African American and Black Studies; Introduction to Race and Ethnicity;
2. College Teaching Experience;
3. Experience using Canvas LMS.

Physical Demands and Working Environment:
Individuals with disabilities who are unable to carry out the physical activities of the position will receive reasonable accommodations to enable them to perform the essential functions of the positions.

Notification to Applicants:
The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District reserves the right to close or not fill any advertised position.

TO APPLY, please send the following application materials to the contact listed below:

1. Cover Letter
2. Resume
3. College Transcripts (Unofficial copies accepted for application purposes; however, official copies must be submitted if hired.) Any degrees earned outside of the United States must have a U.S. evaluation (course by course) of the transcripts and must be submitted with the application. (Please use https://www.naces.org/members to obtain evaluations.)
4. PT Faculty Application (Application procedures also included below.)
   https://clpccd.org/hr/files/docs/hiringpkt/1.PTFacApp.pdf
   https://www.clpccd.org/hr/files/docs/hiringpkt/PTFacAppProcedures.pdf

Name:
Michelle Simotas, Dean of Academic Services
msimotas@laspositascollege.edu
Phone: (925) 424-1323
Department: Division of Business, Social Science and Learning Resources