Spanish Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Fresno City College

State Center Community College District • Fresno, CA

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About The Position

Spanish Instructor (Full-Time, Tenure-Track) Fresno City College

Requirements

• All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom
• Master’s in Spanish
• Bachelor’s in Spanish and master’s in another language or linguistics
• A valid California Community College Credential
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency). ( Note: If the degrees posted on your transcript(s) do not match exactly as stated above, you must petition for equivalency.)

Nice To Haves

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups in higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes
• Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students
• Related work and professional experience
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, students with disabilities
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers, and other technologies, which are utilized in providing high-quality instruction and support to students
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff
• Experience teaching, including the breadth of courses taught and the use of various pedagogies
• Experience teaching online or hybrid classes
• Experience teaching non-Spanish speakers, as well as Spanish to Spanish speakers
• Native or near-native fluency
• Demonstrated knowledge of American Council of Teachers of Foreign Languages ( ACTFL ) and/or California Foreign Language Framework guidelines for the teaching of foreign languages
• Knowledge of and specialized experience in one or more of the following: demonstrated use and development of communication based curriculum, assessment of oral and written proficiency, foreign language teaching methodology, writing and developing curriculum, knowledge of linguistics for first and second language acquisition, and experience with living and/or traveling in Spanish-speaking environment
• Knowledge of current assessment methods and materials
• Experience serving on campus committees
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees