Pt Chicano Studies Instructor

**PT Chicano Studies Instructor**

**Salary**: $95.91 - $137.94 Hourly

**Job Type**: Part Time

**Job Number**: PT-Chicano 24

**Closing**: 9/30/2024 11:59 PM Pacific

**Location**: Norwalk, CA

**Department**: PT-Chicano 24

**Division**: Humanities & Social Science

**Description**

**Equity and Diversity**

**Closing Date**

**College Profile**

**Department Profile**

Housed at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in the Humanities and Social Sciences Division, the Chicano Studies department offers a Chicano Studies Associate in Arts Degree, a Chicano Studies Certificate of Achievement, and an AA-T Associate of Arts Degree for Transfer (ADT) in Social Justice Chicano Studies Area of Interest Degree.

**Job Duties**

ALL FACULTY SHALL:

- Maintain currency with current information, concepts, laws and ideas in their disciplines and with best practices in teaching and learning.
- Complete the checkout form before leaving campus at the end of the academic term.
- Maintain student confidentiality as required by regulation and Board Policy 5040 titled Student Records and Directory Information.

ALL FACULTY WHO ARE ASSIGNED CLASSES SHALL:

- Teach all assigned classes unless excused under provisions of Board Policy.
- Teach all assigned classes for all scheduled minutes. In cases of necessary absence from class, notify the Instructional Dean or designee, or if unavailable, the Office of Academic Affairs in advance and have plans prepared so that a substitute, if assigned, can maintain continuity of course content.
- Teach courses in accordance with the course outlines of record.
- Provide opportunities for students to be aware of their progress.
- Submit a copy of the syllabus for each class to the Division Office.
Keep accurate records of student enrollment, attendance, and academic progress and submit them to appropriate offices by the published deadlines.
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- Submit end-of-session grades, including supporting documentation, and attendance reports by the published deadlines.
- Submit required information about first-day, no-show students by the published deadlines.
- Submit textbook order information by the published deadlines. If the textbook is electronic or includes an electronic course pack, these conditions must be met:
1. Tests and exams must be available to the student without charge.
2. The text and course pack must be available to students with disabilities.
3. The publisher must grant read-only access to designated college staff for purposes of evaluation of course materials.
4. The text must be downloadable or printable.
If these four conditions are not met, the electronic textbook cannot be used.
- Meet all classes during the final examination period.
- Give final examinations at the scheduled time unless approval to do otherwise is granted by the Office of Academic Affairs or its designee.
- Keep all corrected final examination papers for at least one year following the close of the semester or summer term.
- Maintain a safe learning environment in classrooms, laboratories, and other instructional spaces.
- Allow the instructional manager and/or Instructional Dean, upon request, to review any assignments given during the semester.

**Minimum Qualifications**

Master's degree in Chicano Studies OR Ethnic Studies OR the equivalent

Understanding of and sensitivity to meeting the needs of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of the student, community, and employee population.

Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Chicano Studies; OR,
- Master's degree in Ethnic Studies
- OR the equivalent from an accredited institution (for equivalencies, paperwork and supporting evidence must be submitted)
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**Desirable Qualifications**
- Experience teaching Chicano Ethnic Studies in a community college or other college settings.
- Online Teaching Certification by Cerritos College, experience, or interest in teaching online, hybrid, Hy flex courses and ability to use educational technology.
- Knowledge of equity-centered educational research on best practices to support the success of Hispanic/Latina(o), Black or African American, Indigenous/Native American, and other students of color and intersectionality in a Hispanic Serving Institution Experience with best practices in tutoring and teaching related to student success and equity with Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Students.

**Supplemental Information**

**Physical Demands**
Physical requirements may be met with or without reasonable accommodations. Requires ambulatory ability to move to various office and classroom-type locations and to stand, bend, stoop, and reach to setup equipment and provide instruction. Requires sufficient hand eye coordination and dexterity to write on a board or type on a computer. Requires sufficient visual acuity to read documents and make presentations. Requires sufficient auditory ability to project voice to a group, hear questions a