Nursing Instructor

We are seeking a highly qualified Nursing Instructor to join our faculty team at InsideHigherEd. The successful candidate will be responsible for teaching lower division college courses in Nursing, developing curriculum, and working effectively with community agencies in the health care field.

• Teach lower division college courses in Nursing, including Human Patient Simulation Lab, skills lab, clinical, and/or online courses.
• Develop and implement curriculum for the Nursing program, ensuring alignment with industry standards and accreditation requirements.
• Work effectively with community agencies in the health care field to provide students with real-world learning experiences.
• Tutor and/or provide remediation to nursing students in content areas, skills, and/or medication administration.
• Maintain current knowledge and licensure in nursing through continuing education classes approved by the relevant regulatory bodies.
• Participate in the writing of accreditation and regulatory reports.
• Advancing equitable student learning through dedicated, exemplary instruction in accordance with established course outlines.
• Informing students of course requirements, evaluation procedures, and attendance requirements.
• Preparing and grading class assignments and examinations, and informing students of their academic progress.
• Maintaining attendance, scholastic, and other records, and submitting them according to published policies and deadlines.
• Attending department, division, and college-wide meetings on a regular basis.
• Posting and holding sufficient and regular office hours in accordance with prevailing policy.
• Developing, implementing, and assessing student-learning outcomes for courses and programs, and using the results for improvement.
• Engaging in data inquiry and self-assessment to develop strategies for student success, persistence, and equity.
• Collaborating in the development and revision of curriculum, and in program review.
• Engaging in department program improvement initiatives.
• Participating in professional development activities, both departmental and college-wide, especially connected to closing disproportionate impact gaps and improving completion goals.
• Work with program advisory committee to address the needs of the community and update curriculum.
• Maintaining current knowledge in the subject matter area and effective teaching/learning strategies to meet the needs of all learning styles.
• Maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics.
• Engaging in the college's participatory governance processes.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Master's Degree in nursing OR Bachelor's degree in nursing AND Master's in health education or health science OR possess a California Community College Instructor credential appropriate to the subject OR the equivalent.
• A minimum of one year's direct patient care within the last five years.
• Current license or eligibility for licensure as a Registered Nurse in California, and current CPR card.
• Recent experience may include teaching in these areas in a BRN-approved nursing program.

• Education and/or experience teaching in Nursing at the community college level.
• Current knowledge of Maternal/Child Nursing, Mental Health Nursing, and/or Medical Surgical Nursing.
• Education and at least one year of experience in the practice of nursing in the areas of assignment within the last five years.
• At least one year of experience teaching courses related to nursing.
• Current understanding of assessment processes for improving student success at the course, program, and degree level.
• Competent in new pedagogies, such as accelerated learning, supplemental instruction, online or hybrid teaching, and other pedagogies directed at improving student success and student equity.
• Recent experience working with African American/Black, Hispanic, Native American, and other minoritized students in the classroom, and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups within higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes.
• Willingness to examine and remediate one's instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students.
• Experience and skill with addressing issues of equity in the classroom.
• Experience and expertise in culturally responsive teaching in nursing, especially as it relates to the relevancy of nursing in students' lives, interests, and communities.
• Demonstrated ability to address equity gaps within coursework and the classroom.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the Hispanic-Serving designation for institutional, departmental, and instructional practices.