Communication Studies Instructor - Faculty

DESCRIPTION

This position is a full‑time tenure track, 10‑month classroom teaching assignment in the Language & Communication Arts Division. The current teaching load is 15 lecture hour equivalents per semester. Faculty are also responsible for five office hours per week and are expected to devote as much time as necessary to perform the professional responsibilities of the position. Participation in professional activities, curriculum development and campus committees is expected.

The teaching assignment may include courses offered in onsite, online and hybrid format, evening and/or Saturday classes.

• Teach fifteen lecture hour equivalents per semester in Communication Studies using various teaching methods including demonstrations and active learning strategies.
• Maintain five office hours per week, including regular posted office hours, which are accessible to students.
• Responsible for preparation time.
• Participate in faculty/division meetings; yearly program review; curricular planning, development, and implementation; student learning outcomes: data collection and writing action plans, program learning outcomes, development, assessment, and implementation; evaluation of educational programs; and college governance to advance the college's mission and strategic goals.
• Participate in faculty professional development and continuing education activities that are designed to maintain and develop currency in the field, pedagogy (for traditional and online teaching and learning), and student support strategies, especially as they relate to student equity initiatives.
• Maintain records of attendance, census, grades, etc.
• Provide an environment conducive to effective learning.
• Communicate effectively, both orally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with all employees and others encountered in the course of work.
• Demonstrate a sensitivity to, and understanding of, the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.
• Travel between District locations is also expected.
• Perform other instructional‑related duties as assigned.

• Master's in speech, speech broadcasting, telecommunications, rhetoric, communication, communication studies, speech communication or organizational communication;
  or Bachelor’s in any of the above and Master's in drama/theater arts, mass communication or English;
  or the equivalent.
• Antelope Valley College Equivalency:
  No Equivalency.
• A sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students (tit. 5 53024.1).

• A strong generalist background, including Public Speaking, with ability to teach and support incarcerated and system‑impacted students using culturally responsive practices; experience with Prison/Carceral Education programs (e.g., Rising Scholars) is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrates teaching experience and effectiveness across diverse class formats (e.g., face‑to‑face, fully online, fully online‑live, partially online, online‑proctored assessment, and Hyflex), utilizing technologies such as learning management systems and video conferencing platforms.
• Knowledge of diverse learning styles and teaching pedagogies with understanding of varying levels of student preparedness.
• Ability to collaborate with colleagues to develop and implement ideas for the benefit of students enrolled in a Communication Studies program by developing and revising curriculum to offer a diverse array of courses across the discipline, assessing student learning outcomes, and participating in program review documents.

• Application: current resume, letter of intent that addresses minimum and desirable qualifications.
• Scanned copy of official transcripts with required degree(s). Foreign transcripts and degrees require official certification of equivalency to U.S. transcripts and degrees by a certified U.S. review service at the time of application and must…