Early Childhood Education​/Family Consumer Science Assistant Professor

Position Summary

The faculty member shall be responsible for the following: teaching assigned classes under the supervision of the area dean; helping students fulfill their maximum potential in mastering course content; assessing student learning outcomes; maintaining a thorough and up-to-date knowledge in their regular teaching field; continuing professional development; utilizing current technology in the performance of job duties; maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position;

assisting with articulation and curriculum development and review; serving on college committees and participating in faculty governance including accreditation and student co-curricular activities; assuming other responsibilities as assigned by the area dean; fulfilling other duties and responsibilities of a full-time faculty member.

The Department has a focus on:

• Demonstrated commitment to equity-minded teaching and closing equity gaps for racially minoritized and disproportionately impacted students.
• Ability to design culturally responsive, anti-racist, and inclusive learning environments that honor student identity and lived experience.
• Experience using Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to create accessible and flexible learning pathways.
• Demonstrated ability to teach and support students from diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, LGBTQIA+, and multilingual backgrounds.
• Willingness to examine and adjust instructional practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students.
• Knowledge, experience, and application of pedagogical approaches that address a wide range of developmental and neurological differences for young children.
• Knowledge of effective practices for supporting second-language learners, multilingual families, and linguistically diverse communities.
• Experience integrating trauma-informed and culturally sustaining pedagogies.
• Ability to collaborate with community partners serving diverse early learning, birth-8, and family support programs.
• Commitment to ongoing learning and professional development related to equity, antiracism, and cultural humility.

Position Salary Information: Initial maximum salary placement is based on academic degree, upper/graduate level units earned, and/or related professional occupational experience per the Los Rios College Federation of Teachers Contract (the initial maximum placement is Class V, Step
8). For more information on the step placement process, please .

The instructional assignment may include, but is not limited to, teaching the following courses:

• ECE 320 (Curriculum and Interactions in Early Childhood Education)
• ECE 321 (Advanced Practicum in Early Childhood Education)
• ECE 350 (Introduction to Elementary Teaching with Field Experience)
• ECE 430 (Culture and Diversity in Early Childhood Education)

To view a complete list of courses for this discipline, please visit the Programs and Majors webpage for the specific campus:

• ARC Programs and Majors
• CRC Programs and Majors
• FLC Programs and Majors
• SCC Programs and Majors

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Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Degree titles must match the stated qualifications exactly (word-for-word).
• If the degree title differs, or if it contains added, missing, or rearranged words, applicants must submit a completed Equivalency…