Part Time Instructor Pool - English (Umoja)

The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District • San Diego, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District is dedicated to transforming lives through learning, serving 30,000 students by fostering a diverse academic community and promoting equity-mindedness, diversity, equity, inclusivity, and social justice. The District provides comprehensive health and welfare benefits to eligible employees and their dependents at no charge. This part-time faculty position is for an English Instructor within the Umoja program at Cuyamaca College, starting Fall 2026. Under administrative leadership, part-time faculty are responsible for tasks supporting the colleges' and District's visions, missions, and values, including classroom assignments, student evaluation, curriculum development, student advising, professional development, and assignment-specific needs. Cuyamaca College, a Hispanic-Serving Institution located in San Diego County, is committed to equity, excellence, and social justice through education. The Umoja program 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. It 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 within this program.

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, MUST submit additional Equivalency Determination Form and include Equivalency Materials.
• 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.

Benefits

• Excellent health and welfare benefits package
• Medical coverage to eligible employees and their dependents at no charge
• Dental coverage to eligible employees and their dependents at no charge
• Vision coverage to eligible employees and their dependents at no charge
• Optional part time faculty benefits program
• Membership in the State Teachers' Retirement System (STRS) or the Pension Eligible Alternative Retirement (PEAR) Plan

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees