Dance Instructor Tenure-Track Fresno City College

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

This is a full-time, tenure-track position. The District may fill more than one position from this pool.

At Fresno City College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities, and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity‑minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students, and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

An equity‑minded individual is a person who:

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race‑consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity‑related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Fresno City College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship, and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Fresno City College.

The ideal candidate will share Fresno City College’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. For the 2024‑2025 academic year, we enrolled over 45,000 students in which 68% identify as Latinx, 11% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 14% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial. Fresno City College is a Hispanic‑Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well‑being of the surrounding community.

The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to the use of a curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in Dance on the Fresno City College campus and/or at off‑site community campus locations, the instructor will be responsible for:

• Teach a full range of dance courses, including modern, ballet, jazz, composition, choreography, and related techniques as assigned;
• Organize, coordinate, and provide artistic direction for dance performances and concerts;
• Coordinate and support part time dance faculty;
• Assist the Dean with scheduling and implementation of the Dance Pathway;
• Provide leadership in Dance Pathway curriculum development and program planning;
• Support and facilitate student participation in the American College Dance Association Festival;
• Monitor and oversee the care and appropriate use of dance studios and storage areas;
• Collaborate with the Dean to manage and oversee multiple budgets in support of the Dance program;
• Serve on and attend department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participate in program review, student learning outcome development, and assessment to improve student learning;
• Teach assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, on‑line or off‑campus, and large group instruction classes as needed, may include off‑campus instruction at local high schools for dual enrollment;
• Otherwise fulfill all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and
• Other duties as assignedli>

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…