PT Older Adults: Noncredit Instructor

Cerritos College•Norwalk, CA

12h

About The Position

Cerritos College’s Continuing Education Division provides noncredit and fee-based courses on campus and in the community. Courses for older adults are offered through OWL (Older Wiser Learners). The instructor will teach assigned noncredit courses intended for older adults and carry out the associated instructional, student-progress, recordkeeping, and administrative duties. Faculty must be able to teach on campus or remotely as assigned. Assignments depend on sufficient funding and enrollment and may include day, evening, and/or weekend classes. Faculty are expected to maintain currency in their disciplines and in teaching and learning practices, communicate regularly, and protect student confidentiality. Faculty assigned classes must follow course outlines of record, teach all scheduled class minutes, provide students with opportunities to understand their progress, maintain accurate enrollment, attendance, and academic-progress records, and submit syllabi, grades, attendance reports, and other required materials by published deadlines. They must maintain a safe instructional environment and comply with examination, textbook, and other course-related requirements. Employment is contingent on required clearances and documentation, including fingerprinting for a criminal-history clearance, an original Social Security card, a TB Risk Assessment, proof of California residency, proof of eligibility to work in the United States, and a signed loyalty oath. The District does not provide immigration sponsorship.

Requirements

Meet one of the following qualification patterns for a noncredit course intended for older adults:
Pattern 1: Bachelor’s degree with a major related to the subject taught, plus either 30 hours or two semester units of coursework in understanding the needs of older adults at an accredited higher-education institution or as approved by the District, or one year of professional experience working with older adults. The coursework requirement may be completed concurrently during the first year of employment as a noncredit instructor.
Pattern 2: Associate degree with a major related to the subject taught, two years of occupational experience related to the subject taught, and 60 hours or four semester units of coursework in understanding the needs of older adults at an accredited higher-education institution or as approved by the District. The coursework requirement may be completed concurrently during the first year of employment as a noncredit instructor.
Understanding of and sensitivity to meeting the needs of students, community members, and employees from diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds.
Ability to teach on campus or remotely as assigned.
Ability to provide proof of California residency before employment.
Eligibility to work in the United States and willingness to sign the loyalty oath required under Government Codes 3100–3109.
Successful completion of required fingerprinting for a criminal-history clearance; submission of an original Social Security card and a TB Risk Assessment reviewed and signed by a health professional before employment.
Provide copies of transcripts verifying required degrees and coursework; foreign transcripts must be evaluated by a NACES-certified agency, and qualifying degrees and training must be from regionally accredited colleges or universities.

Nice To Haves

Community college teaching experience in noncredit programs.

Responsibilities

Maintain currency with current information, concepts, laws, and ideas in the discipline and with best practices in teaching and learning.
Check mailbox, voicemail, and email regularly; complete the checkout form before leaving campus at the end of the academic term.
Maintain student confidentiality as required by regulation and Board Policy 5040.
Teach all assigned classes and scheduled minutes, following the course outlines of record.
Notify the Instructional Dean or designee in advance of a necessary class absence and prepare continuity plans for a substitute if one is assigned.
Provide opportunities for students to be aware of their progress.
Submit a syllabus for each class to the Division Office.
Maintain accurate student enrollment, attendance, and academic-progress records and submit them by published deadlines.
Submit end-of-session grades with supporting documentation, attendance reports, and first-day/no-show information by published deadlines.
Submit textbook order information by published deadlines and comply with the stated conditions for electronic textbooks and course packs.
Meet all classes during the final examination period and give final examinations at the scheduled time unless an exception is approved.
Keep corrected final examination papers for at least one year after the semester or summer term ends.
Maintain a safe learning environment in classrooms, laboratories, and other instructional spaces.
Allow the instructional manager and/or Instructional Dean to review semester assignments upon request.