Part Time - Agriculture Instructor

Overview

Location: Lake County Campus - Clear Lake, CA

BASIC FUNCTION:

• Develop and deliver instructional lectures for Agriculture courses up to 10 hours/week
• Organize and teach all levels of Agriculture classes
• Use appropriate teaching methods to facilitate student learning
• Teach day, evening, and/or weekend teaching assignments, which may include distance learning (interactive television, online) and accelerated courses
• Assess Student Learning Outcomes every semester
• Participate in department, division, and college-wide initiatives and committees if desired

• Essential Duties
  
  Summary:
  
  
  REQUIRED DUTIES:
• Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability and ethnic backgrounds of community college students

• QUALIFICATIONS: The successful candidate, by the final filing date, must possess the minimum qualifications stated below:
• Master's in agriculture, agriculture science, education with a specialization in agriculture or other agricultural area (including: agricultural business, agricultural engineering, agricultural mechanics, agronomy, animal science, enology, environmental (ornamental) horticulture, equine science, forestry, natural resources, plant science, pomology, soil science, viticulture or other agriculture science)
• OR the equivalent
• OR the equivalent (Must apply through YCCD's Equivalency Application Process).

• EXPERIENCE: Preference may be given to candidates with life or teaching which would demonstrate the clear ability to teach Agricultural Studies to community college students

• Physical Demands:
• Range/Step: Class I - VII (Based on degree and teaching experience)
• Salary Range: Steps 1: $1,377.25 - Step 10: $2,306.66 per unit

• PART-TIME (less than .60 FTE): Part-time positions less than .60 FTE are not entitled to any District paid fringe benefits
• YCAFT Salary Schedule
• YC AFT Contract

• Posting Number: AS898P
• Open Date: 01/13/2026
• Close Date:
  
  Review
  
  Start Date:
  
  
• Open Until Filled: Yes
• Special Instructions to Applicants: The Yuba Community College District is seeking qualified candidates for this part-time, temporary (Adjunct) faculty position. Part-time instructor positions are filled as needed through ongoing recruitment. Applicants are contacted and hired year-round based on college needs. This pool is open continuously and refreshed every two years. Applicants in this pool will remain active for two years. After two years applicants will receive an email with information on how to remain in the pool.
• Important Instructions: To apply for this position, interested candidates are required to complete an online application, including submission of a Resume, Letter of Interest, EEO/Diversity Statement and Unofficial Transcripts through the People Admin application portal.
• FOREIGN TRANSCRIPTS: Include a U.S. evaluation and translation.  for a list of acceptable agencies providing foreign transcript services.

• Education Code 87408.6 states that no person shall be initially employed by a community college district in an academic or classified position unless the person has submitted to an examination within the past sixty (60) days to determine that he/she/they is free of active tuberculosis
• As a condition of employment, the position you are applying for will require that you provide fingerprints to the local police department. The fees charged by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI for the fingerprint report is the employee's responsibility
• Fingerprint clearance must be received prior to the employee's first day on the job

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Yuba Community College District is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Yuba Community College District will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals. Applicants who require reasonable accommodation to participate in the selection process should contact Human Resources to make the necessary arrangements. The District is committed to achieving staff diversity and equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate on the basis of national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, gender expression, race or ethnicity, color, medical condition, genetic information, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, or on association with a person or group with any of these characteristics, or any other characteristic protected by law in its policies, procedures or practices.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Commitment to Diversity

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