American Sign Language; ASL Instructor; Part-Time Faculty Pool Fresno City College

Posting Number: 5445

Title:

American Sign Language (ASL) Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool)
Fresno City College Campus:
Fresno City College

Start Date:

TBD (continuous 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 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.

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 successful candidate will share Fresno City College’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. The college enrolls over 34,000 students, 60% of whom identify as Latinx. As a Hispanic‑Serving Institution, Fresno City College is committed to equitable outcomes for all students.

• Teach a part‑time schedule of American Sign Language (ASL) courses as assigned;
• Use a variety of pedagogies and integrate a wide range of instructional delivery systems including innovative and creative uses of technology for face‑to‑face, online, and/or hybrid formats;
• Communicate effectively with students, faculty and staff;
• Use effective teaching methods appropriate to the subject matter and adherence to institutionally approved curriculum course outlines of record;
• Evaluate student progress through tests and examinations, written assignments, oral responses, etc. in keeping with course objectives;
• Provide course syllabi to students;
• Maintain classroom records in accordance with District Policy;
• Turn in all required student grading and evaluation reports in a timely manner;
• Teach assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including classes as needed;
• Otherwise fulfill all 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‑minded practice within the classroom;
• Bachelor’s degree or higher and two years of directly related professional experience, or
• Associate degree and six years of directly related professional experience, 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 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 shape 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 diverse cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, including students with disabilities;
• Experience working with…