ECE Instructor

COLUMBIA GORGE COMMUNITY COLLEGE • The Dalles, OR

11d • $60,273

About The Position

A collaborative, equity-minded leader to serve as Instructor, Bilingual Early Childhood Education [Full-Time], with partial release for program coordination responsibilities. This Lead Instructor is a lifelong learner, who is responsible for creating, assessing, and continuously improving the policies, processes, and practices necessary to: facilitate equitable student learning and success; deliver excellent service; and, accomplish the work of the Instructional Services division. This division includes the departments of Academic Pathways, Teaching and Learning Foundations, and Community and Workforce Partnerships. This full-time faculty role reports directly to the Vice President of Instructional Services, in the Education & Social Sciences. The successful candidate will work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders and be driven by a genuine desire to advance the College’s Mission and Priorities. Accordingly, the Instructor will provide excellent service with a focus on closing equity gaps in educational access and attainment, and will work to promote inclusive prosperity throughout the Columbia Gorge region. The Instructor will primarily teach and participate in college activities on campus in The Dalles and Hood River. Online and remote-synchronous instruction may also be assigned. Contract begins September 1, 2026.

Requirements

• Knowledge of subject matter in the assigned teaching area.
• Demonstrated teaching effectiveness.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work with others and manage conflict.
• Ability to translate, present, and teach ECE courses in Spanish, as appropriate.
• Experience promoting equity-minded and diversely represented communications and materials, experience in responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students and employees as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practices.
• Master's in the subject area (Early Childhood Education, Child and Family Studies, etc.) or a Master's plus 30 graduate level credits in the subject area, or equivalent education and experience.
• Degree earned from an accredited university, and the candidate must be eligible to teach in the United States.
• Demonstrated Spanish-language bilingualism.
• Ability to model and practice the college’s Guiding Principles of Open Communication, Respect, Integrity, Collaboration, and Equity and Inclusion.

Nice To Haves

• Two years teaching in related area.
• Experience teaching online using a Learning Management System (LMS), videoconferencing technology (Zoom), and HyFlex or other modalities.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate, assess and maintain records of learning of students in the classroom, lab, learning center, or other instructional setting, including online and remote modalities, using approved course content and outcome guides.
• Coordinate faculty and community partners in support of student learning, including cultivation and management of the Early Childhood Education (ECE) advisory committee.
• Prepare, distribute, and utilize instructional support materials, including course syllabi, supplementary materials, instructional media, and other devices, as appropriate.
• Advise students on matters of program goals and course requirements, including in scheduled office hours.
• Support dual credit instruction through collaboration with Student Services and high school partners.
• Engage in regular professional growth activity, which includes participation in scheduled in-service and professional development activities.
• Participate as a team member in departmental meetings and planning activities, including development of budget, curriculum, and quarterly academic schedule.
• Ensure alignment of curriculum with state and federal requirements, and informed by best practice.
• Evaluate educational materials and equipment and assist in the procurement of instructional materials and equipment as related to program need.
• Serve as a member of college-wide committees and other related activities, as requested.
• Represent the college and the program to the community, business, public agencies and other organizations in a professional manner.
• Responsible for departmental equipment; participate in periodic inventory, and provide for the security of facilities and instructional materials as appropriate to the department.
• Promote their courses and programs for student recruitment, including support for advanced college credit activities.
• Maintain college safety standards in work area, classrooms and labs.
• Develop and use intercultural fluency to support community-led advancement across the college's service area
• Use culturally responsive practices to benefit students, employees, and communities with historically marginalized identities
• Dismantle systems and barriers in order to achieve equitable student success
• Perform other related duties to meet load requirements, as assigned by the Vice President of Instructional Services or their designee.

Benefits

• excellent benefits including generous employer contributions to medical, dental and vision premiums, and participation in the Oregon PERS retirement system

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time