English Instructor Tenure-Track Clovis Community College

Position Title

English Instructor (Full‑Time, Tenure‑Track)

Campus:
Clovis Community College

At Clovis Community 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 an understanding of the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college.

• 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;
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity‑related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Clovis Community 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 Clovis Community College.

The ideal candidate will share Clovis Community College’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population.

• Teach a full schedule of English courses which include transfer‑level composition and critical thinking;
• Implement appropriate practices to develop writing skills at all levels;
• Participate in program development and expansion of English courses, including connections with industry and Guided Pathways;
• Participate in program planning, student‑learning‑outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;
• Serve on and attend department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Teach assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening and/or weekends, online or off‑campus and large group instruction classes as needed;
• Otherwise fulfill all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122;
• Other duties as assigned.

• 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‑mindful practice within the classroom;
• Master’s degree in English, Literature, Comparative Literature, or Composition; or
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the above fields and a master’s degree in Linguistics, TESL, Speech, Education with a specialization in Reading, Creative Writing, or Journalism; or
• A valid California Community College Credential; or
• 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.

• Experience incorporating 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 understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion shape participation and outcomes;
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, including students with disabilities;
• 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;
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff;
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers and other technologies utilized in providing high‑quality instruction and support to students;
• Experience with traditionally underrepresented student populations, such as students of…