History Instructor Tenure-Track Clovis Community College

Essential Functions of Position

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 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.

• 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.

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. For the 2024‑2025 academic year, we enrolled over 17,000 students in which 53% identify as Latinx, 13% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 4% as Black/African American, 25% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 4% as multiracial. Clovis Community 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 providing services responsive to the students it serves.

• Teaching introductory survey courses in United States History, World Civilizations, Western Civilizations, regional survey courses such as Africa, or Asia, and other courses as needed;
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participating in program development and expansion of history courses, including industry and career connections and Guided Pathways;
• Participating in program review, student learning outcome development and assessment to improve student learning;
• Teaching 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;
• Identifying and recommending potential adjunct faculty to teach classes;
• Evaluating adjunct instructors;
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.

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 within the classroom;

• Master’s in history;
  OR
• Bachelor’s in history AND a Master’s in political science, humanities, geography, area studies, women’s studies, social science, or ethnic studies;
  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…