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San Mateo County Community College District is looking for a Theatre Arts Instructor (Pool)

About:

The San Mateo County Community District is committed to achieving educational equity for all students. As outlined in the Districts Strategic Plan, success, equity, and social justice for our students are longstanding goals. The Districts Students First Strategic Plan is focused on Student Success, Equity and Social Justice. We provide students with a rich and dynamic learning experience that embraces differences emphasizing collaboration and engaging students in and out of the classroom, encouraging them to realize their goals, and to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders. When you join our team at San Mateo County Community College District, you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative, and equity-focused community that approaches higher education as a matter of social justice that requires broad collaboration among faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners.

Location: USA

Job Type: Part-time

Benefits: Academic employees participate in the State Teachers Retirement System (STRS), a defined-benefit retirement plan through the State of California or they may choose to participate in the STRS Cash Balance program or Social Security.

Who We Want:

We value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. Therefore, we prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to a professional educational community. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded individual committed to collaborating with faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners who are also committed to closing equity gaps. An equity-minded individual is a person who already does or has demonstrated the desire to:

• Understand the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices
• Reframe inequities as a problem of practice and view the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility
• Encourage positive race-consciousness and embrace human difference
• Reflect on institutional and teaching practices and aim to make them more culturally responsive
• Strategically build buy-in and participation among colleagues for equity-related initiatives

The Position:

The Colleges seek a part-time faculty member in Theatre Arts. The ideal candidate will share the Colleges’ commitment to educating a racially and socioeconomically diverse student population.

This position is a pool position meaning that openings may or may not be currently available. The District maintains a pool of applications for positions which are needed on an ongoing basis at Canada College, College of San Mateo, and Skyline College. The advantage of pool positions is when a position becomes available, the Dean may immediately begin screening applications from the available pool of applicants without having to post a position and wait while the position is being advertised. Your application for this position will be kept current for a period of three years.

Duties and Responsibilities:

The duties below are representative of the position and not intended to cover all of the duties performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the scope of work is similar, related, or a logical assignment.

• Teach college transfer courses in the dramatic arts, such as acting, literature, directing, and ideally theater production
• Direct plays for public performances
• Instruct and assist in the growth and success of a diverse population of students through careful preparation of course materials, effective teaching methodologies, and informed critical feedback on assignments and discussions
• Teaching evening and/or Saturday assignments may be required as part of the contract
• Perform other duties as required by contract, collective bargaining agreement, and general institutional needs
• Participate in curriculum development in the Drama Department
• Teach scheduled classes and perform related duties as assigned, including timely compliance with clerical and administrative responsibilities; comply with District, college and division policies in the performance of duties

Minimum Qualifications:

Possession of a master’s or above or Master of Fine Arts in drama, theatre arts, or performance OR Bachelors or Bachelor of Fine Arts in drama, theatre arts, or performance AND Masters or above in comparative literature, English, communication studies, speech, literature or humanities OR the equivalent

Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff

Academic Background Equivalence:

Related to disciplines in which a master’s degree is not generally expected or available. The applicant must have completed at least 24 semester units of coursework in the academic field and must possess at least the equivalent level of achievement and the equivalent in breadth, depth of understanding, and rigor in each of the following:

1. A broad cultural education usually met by the general education requirements for any bachelor’s or Associates Degree
2. A detailed study of the discipline in breadth, depth, and rigor, usually met by course work required for the degree major

Professional Achievement Equivalence:

The applicant must have completed the General Education requirements for that degree and show evidence of outstanding professional achievement and/or substantial training in the requested field. The applicant must submit substantial evidence, which demonstrates that his/her preparation, teaching experience, work experience, and ability are equivalent to those expected from a person who meets the minimum qualifications.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• The screening committee will select for interview candidates from among those applicants who, in addition to meeting the requirements, give evidence of any or all the following:
• Understanding of and commitment to teaching community college students
• Recent successful experience in teaching or preparation to teach community college courses in interpersonal communication and/or public speaking
• Successful experience working with ethnically diverse students, including those with limited English proficiency
• Ability to use and develop teaching methods that emphasize cooperation and collaboration, and engage students actively in learning, encouraging them to become independent, creative learners with higher order thinking skills.
• Ability to organize and explain materials in ways appropriate to students with different abilities, levels of preparation, and cultural experiences.
• Understanding of the role of supplemental learning and academic resources; familiarity with the use of multimedia-based technology, including computer-based technology appropriate to the speech discipline.
• Acceptance of the divisions commitment to established academic standards.
• An understanding of, sensitivity to, and respect for the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, religious, and cultural backgrounds, disability, and sexual orientation of community college students, faculty, and staff

Interested candidates please apply with resume, cover letter, official transcripts, satisfactory references, present original documents for proof of eligibility to work in the United States, approval of your employment by the SMCCCD Board of Trustees, and provide a certificate of Tuberculosis exam for initial employment.