PT Instructor, ESL at Chabot-Las Positas Community College District in Livermore, California

Job Description:

Salary: $2,075.12/CAH - $2,322.27/CAH https://www.clpccd.org/hr/files/docs/salary/FacultySalarySchedule07012024.pdf

Start Date: Fall 2024

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Location: Las Positas College, 3000 Campus Hill Dr., Livermore, CA 94551

 

Job Summary

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is seeking a PT Instructor, English as a Second Language for Las Positas College. Applicants will be expected to provide instruction in all levels of ESL, beginning to advanced. Classes may include reading and writing, grammar, vocabulary, oral communication and pronunciation.

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Ability to teach beginning through college level, grammar, reading, composition, vocabulary, oral communication and pronunciation; ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing; ability to adapt instructional techniques to accommodate varied learning styles; commitment to working successfully as a team with colleagues

2. Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students including those with physical or learning disabilities

3. Flexibility to teach morning, afternoon, evening, and weekend classes

 

Minimum Qualifications:

Master's in TESL, TESOL, applied linguistics with a TESL emphasis, linguistics with a TESL emphasis, English with a TESL emphasis or education with a TESL emphasis OR Bachelor's in TESL, TESOL, English with a TESL certificate, linguistics with a TESL certificate, applied linguistics with a TESL certificate, or any foreign language with a TESL certificate AND Master's in linguistics, applied linguistics, English, composition, bilingual/bicultural studies, reading, speech or any foreign language OR the equivalent.

Evidence of understanding of and responsiveness to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, racial and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practices within the classroom.

Applicants applying under the "Equivalent" provision must provide details that explain at time of application how their academic preparation is the equivalent of the degree listed above.

 

Desirable Qualifications:

1. Experience teaching a variety of ESL classes at the Community College level

 

Physical Demands and Working Environment:

Individuals with disabilities who are unable to carry out the physical activities of the position will receive reasonable accommodations to enable them to perform the essential functions of the positions.

 

Notification to Applicants:

The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District reserves the right to close or not fill any advertised

position.

 

TO APPLY, please send the following application materials to the contact listed below:

1. Cover Letter

2. Resume

3. College Transcripts (Unofficial copies accepted for application purposes; however, official copies must be submitted if hired.) Any degrees earned outside of the United States must have a U.S. evaluation (course by course) of the transcripts and must be submitted with the application. (Please use https://www.naces.org/members to obtain evaluations.)

4. PT Faculty Application (Application procedures also included below.) https://clpccd.org/hr/files/docs/hiringpkt/1.PTFacApp.pdf https://www.clpccd.org/hr/files/docs/hiringpkt/PTFacAppProcedures.pdf

 

Name: Leslie Payne

Email: lpayne@laspositascollege.edu

Phone: 925 424-1214

Department: ESL Department Coordinator

 

Special Instructions to Applicants:

The Board of Trustees has updated Board Policy 7330 to incorporate information on COVID vaccination requirements, which are currently suspended. Accordingly, employee(s) must comply with the Board Policy found at: http://districtazure.clpccd.org/policies/files/docs/BP7330.pdf.

It is the policy of this District to provide equal opportunity in all areas of employment practices and to assure that there shall be no discrimination against any person on the basis of sex, ancestry, age, marital status, race, religious creed, mental disability, medical condition (including HIV and AIDS), color, national origin, physical disability, family or sexual preference status and other similar factors in compliance with Title IX, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, other federal and state non-discrimination regulations, and its own statements of philosophy of objectives. The District encourages the filing of applications by both sexes, ethnic minorities, and the disabled.

 

Joining Our College Community

We seek equity-minded applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to aneducational community.

We look for applicants who:

1. Value and intentionally promote diversity and consciousness of difference

2. Demonstrate cultural humility and an ongoing desire to improve cultural competence

3. Are dedicated to addressing issues of social justice

4. Accept their shared role and responsibility in addressing opportunity and achievement gaps experienced by students

5. Have experience and success in closing student equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices, or are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about implementing practices that achieve these goals

6. Actively seek to identify, disrupt, and remove institutional and/or systemic barriers that adversely impact historically marginalized communities

7. Empower the underrepresented and underserved

8. Foster students' potential to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders

9. Believe that all people have the right to an education and work environment free from fear, harassment, or discrimination.

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