PART TIME INSTRUCTOR POOL - ENGLISH (UMOJA)

Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District is dedicated to transforming lives through learning, serving 30,000 students by fostering equity-mindedness and eliminating achievement gaps. The District is committed to diversity, equity, inclusivity, and social justice, continuously examining processes through an equity lens. It provides excellent health and welfare benefits to employees, including medical, dental, and vision coverage at no charge. This part-time faculty position is for an instructor in the English Department, with an FTE of less than 67%, and work hours varying based on assignment. Under administrative leadership, part-time faculty are responsible for tasks supporting the colleges' and District's visions, missions, and values, including classroom assignment, student evaluation, curriculum development, student advising, professional development, and assignment-specific needs. Cuyamaca College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution in San Diego County, invites applications for a part-time faculty member to teach English Umoja and serve as faculty co-coordinator for the Umoja program, starting Fall 2026. Umoja is a nationally recognized learning community that centers Black and African American students’ cultural knowledge and experiences through integrated writing and counseling to support success, transfer, and leadership development. The program is open to all students interested in the Black and African Diaspora. The college seeks an equity-minded educator deeply committed to culturally responsive, relationship-centered teaching, coordinating, and mentorship.

Requirements

Master's in English, literature, comparative literature, or composition OR Bachelor's in English, literature, comparative literature, or composition AND Master's in linguistics, TESL, speech, education with a specialization in reading, creative writing, or journalism OR The equivalent.
If applying under an Equivalency, submit an additional Equivalency Determination Form with Equivalency Materials.
Be an equity-minded educator who is deeply committed to culturally responsive, relationship-centered teaching, coordinating, and mentorship.

Responsibilities

Perform tasks which support advancement of the visions, missions, and values of the colleges and District.
Manage classroom assignment.
Evaluate students.
Develop curriculum.
Advise students.
Engage in professional development.
Address any assignment-specific needs.
Teach sheltered English composition sections (C1000 in fall and C1001 in spring) within the Umoja cohort model.
Design culturally responsive curriculum grounded in experiences, histories, and topics related to the Black and African Diaspora.
Co-coordinate the Umoja program in collaboration with counseling faculty through recruitment, events, mentorship, and collaboration with counseling faculty.
Demonstrate a strong commitment to the mission, vision, values, and strategic plan of the College, including IDEAA principles and equitable access, retention, and success for diverse student populations.