Assistant Professor of Accounting

Southwestern College • Chula Vista, CA

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About The Position

Southwestern Community College District is seeking a full-time, tenure-track, equity-focused faculty member committed to serving its culturally diverse student population. The faculty member will foster an inclusive learning environment through equity-minded teaching, leadership, and service, supporting students pursuing university transfer, associate degrees, certificates, employment advancement, and personal growth. The teaching assignment may consist of a combination of accounting courses and may include day, evening, weekend, extension-site, online, or hybrid assignments. The successful candidate may be assigned to any of the College's campus sites: Chula Vista, Crown Cove, National City, Otay Mesa, and/or San Ysidro.

The position is under the direction of the Dean of the School of Business. The successful candidate is expected to use culturally responsive, student-centered teaching; mentor and support students; collaborate with faculty and staff to improve instruction and program growth; assess student learning and use results to improve instruction; participate in departmental, divisional, and college service; and contribute to outreach, recruitment, program marketing, and grant development. The role also includes supporting and providing inclusive leadership to adjunct faculty.

Minimum qualifications include specified combinations of accounting- or business-related degrees, or an equivalent qualification. A bachelor's degree in accountancy or business administration with an accounting concentration, together with a CPA license, is an alternative qualification. Foreign degrees require evaluation by a NACES-member professional association and submission of the evaluation. The position is an academic contract on a 10-month schedule. Initial annual salary placement ranges from $70,277 to $105,742, based on experience and education. Academic employees participate in the California State Teachers' Retirement System, a defined-benefit retirement plan.

Requirements

• Meet one of the stated minimum education qualifications: a master's in accountancy or business administration with an accounting concentration; or a bachelor's in business or business administration with an accounting emphasis, or economics with an accounting emphasis, and a master's in business, business administration, business education, economics, taxation, or finance; or an equivalent qualification.
• As an alternative qualification, hold a bachelor's degree in accountancy or business administration with an accounting concentration and a CPA license.
• Applicants with foreign degrees must have coursework evaluated by a professional association that is a member of NACES and submit the evaluation with the application.
• Demonstrate appreciation of, sensitivity to, and respect for a diverse academic environment, including people of varying social, economic, cultural, ideological, and ethnic backgrounds and people with disabilities.
• Demonstrate ability to evaluate and improve teaching practices to support student learning and success.
• Demonstrate ability to use culturally responsive, student-centered methods that engage diverse students, promote critical thinking, and encourage collaboration.
• Demonstrate respect, empathy, and commitment to an inclusive learning environment.
• Demonstrate ability to teach effectively in face-to-face, online, virtual, and hybrid modalities.
• Demonstrate commitment to mentoring students and supporting their success inside and outside the classroom.
• Demonstrate ability to collaborate with faculty and staff on instruction, curriculum, scheduling, student engagement, and program growth.
• Demonstrate commitment to college service and to assessing student learning outcomes and using results to improve instruction and program effectiveness.

Nice To Haves

• Experience teaching financial, managerial, intermediate, and tax accounting.
• Experience teaching face-to-face, asynchronous online, and hybrid accounting courses.
• Experience designing and delivering distance education courses.
• Experience teaching at the community college level.
• At least five years of relevant professional accounting experience in industry, public accounting, government, or a related setting.
• Commitment to maintaining current knowledge of accounting practices, instructional methods, and educational technologies.
• CPA or CMA certification preferred.
• Ability to analyze data and prepare clear, concise reports for institutional assessment, external stakeholders, and grant applications.
• Strong written communication skills for reports, grant proposals, outreach, and marketing.
• Demonstrated commitment to teamwork, shared goals, teaching, student support, and institutional service.
• Experience working in a community with a diversity pattern similar to Southwestern College's service area is desirable.
• A short teaching demonstration may be required for candidates invited to interview.

Responsibilities

• Teach a combination of accounting courses, potentially including financial, managerial, intermediate, and tax accounting.
• Foster an inclusive learning environment using equity-minded, culturally responsive, student-centered teaching practices.
• Support students pursuing transfer, degree and certificate completion, employment advancement, and personal growth through teaching, mentoring, and student support.
• Recruit, engage, and retain accounting students and support the growth and sustainability of accounting programs.
• Evaluate and improve teaching practices to support student learning and success.
• Teach effectively in face-to-face, online, virtual, and hybrid modalities.
• Collaborate with faculty and staff to improve instruction, curriculum, scheduling, student engagement, and program growth.
• Participate in departmental, divisional, and college service, including administrative responsibilities, committees, and community engagement.
• Assess student learning outcomes and use results to improve instruction and program effectiveness.
• Contribute to student enrollment, retention, and completion through program review, assessment, reporting, and outreach.
• Contribute to grant development, program marketing, and student recruitment.
• Provide respectful, supportive, and inclusive leadership to adjunct faculty.

Benefits

• Participation in the State Teachers' Retirement System, a defined-benefit retirement plan through the State of California.
• Professional development opportunities and potential advancement on the salary schedule through additional qualifying study.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level