PT Instructor, Interior Design
Chabot-Las Positas Community College District

Job Info

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PT Instructor, Interior Design 

Salary: $2,075.12/CAH - $2,322.27/CAH

https://www.clpccd.org/hr/files/docs/salary/FacultySalarySchedule07012024.pdf

Start Date: Spring 2025

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, Interior Design. Las Positas College is seeking adjunct (part-time) faculty for its Interior Design Program mainly focusing on teaching the Fundamentals of Lighting. The program is a career technical education program, leading to transfer degrees as well as Certificates of Achievement for students wishing to enter or advance in this field.

The ideal candidate will possess current knowledge of the Fundamentals of Lighting, demonstrate good communication skills, have completed a degree in Interior Design, and possess experience in the field.

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Instruct courses in Interior Design in accordance with credit course outlines both in-person and/or on-line.
2. Maintain expertise in current teaching methods, discipline knowledge, and discipline specific technologies.
3. Assist students in achieving stated course objectives.
4. Evaluate the progress of each student and notify students in need of counseling services and/or tutorial assistance.
5. Track student learning outcomes and maintain records of student learning outcomes.
6. Participate in the departmental process of curriculum review, modification, and the assessment of student learning outcomes in order to make the program successful.
7. Support other design instructors in cooperating with campus and community groups to provide programs, courses, and information relevant to the needs of the students and various programs.
8. Coordinate with other faculty in the selection of textbooks, audiovisual and other instructional materials.
9. Attend various departmental, divisional and campus-wide activities and events as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

Any Bachelor's degree or higher and two years of professional experience, or any associate degree and six years of professional experience.

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. Bachelor's degree in interior design or related field.
2. Demonstrated ability to adapt teaching strategies and techniques to different levels of students' ability and learning styles.
3. Demonstrated ability to adapt teaching strategies and techniques to students from different cultures and ethnic groups.
4. Demonstrated ability to use innovative and creative teaching techniques and equipment, including the use of multimedia hardware and software and on-line instructional techniques.
5. Demonstrated leadership in developing curriculum for discipline specific courses and/or programs.
6. Demonstrated leadership, ability, and desire to stay current in the field.
7. Demonstrated leadership and ability to work with business and industry in order to coordinate the educational program with the needs of the community.
8. Interest in or knowledge of teaching online and other distance education courses.

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: Amy Mattern

Email: amattern@laspositascollege.edu

Phone: 925 424-1382

Department: Arts and Humanities

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 an educational 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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