Full-Time Faculty Position in Psychology

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.

Folsom Lake College's Psychology department is dedicated to providing a comprehensive education that emphasizes the foundations of the field. Core course offerings equip students with a well-rounded understanding of human mental processes and behavior from multiple perspectives. The department is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, through culturally informed and responsive teaching and curriculum development. The department upholds Folsom Lake Colleges core value that education should belong to everyone; we work creatively and strategically to make our courses accessible, affordable, rigorous, and relevant to a broad range of student identities, experiences, and values. The psychology program prepares students to engage in critical analysis of psychological concepts, theory, and research, and apply such understanding to complex, real-world issues. Students are prepared to excel in further studies in psychology or related fields, and contribute meaningfully in their communities.

Faculty will foster an anti-racist, inclusive, respectful, and active community of learners that critically analyzes and challenges systems of oppression through engaging in emancipatory pedagogies that connect the classroom, our college community, and society.

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 (Download PDF reader) (the initial maximum placement is Class V, Step 8). For more information on the step placement process, please click here.

Typical Duties

The primary teaching assignment will be as a generalist in psychology with a focus on at least one of the following areas: clinical/counseling psychology, multicultural psychology, lifespan development, or human sexuality. The department is focused on creating generalist opportunities in psychology. The department focuses on innovative and reflective instructional, relational, and classroom practices and pedagogies to support effective engagement, intellectual curiosity, and academic excellence among a diverse population of students. Such practices are implemented through online and in-person instruction. Teaching assignment may include day, evening, weekend, and/or off-campus classes.

The instructional assignment may encompass teaching courses across all levels in this discipline. Courses for this assignment may include:

• PSYC C1000 Introduction to Psychology
• PSYC 320 Social Psychology
• PSYC 340 Abnormal Psychology
• PSYC 356 Human Sexuality
• PSYC 335 Research Methods in Psychology
• PSYC 370 Lifespan Development
• PSYC 368 Cross Cultural Psychology

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

Minimum Qualifications

1. Have a Masters in psychology, ORBachelors in psychology andMasters in counseling, sociology, statistics, neuroscience or social work, ORthe equivalent. All degrees must be from an accredited institution completed by the time of hire.
2. Have an equity-minded focus, responsiveness, and sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical or learning disabilities as it relates to differences in learning styles; and successfully foster and support an inclusive educational and employment environment.

*NOTES:

• If your degree title differs from the minimum qualifications listed above, you are requested to apply under the “equivalent” provision.
• Applicants applying under the “equivalent” provision must attach details and explain how their academic preparation and/or professional experience is the equivalent of the degrees/minimum qualifications listed above. Please visit our website for a sample letter and information on the equivalency determination process.
• If you have already been granted equivalency for this discipline, you must attach a copy of your determination form or letter.

Application Instructions

Applicants applying to this position are REQUIRED to complete and submit:

1. A Los Rios Community College District Application
2. Resume or Curriculum Vitae
3. Letter of Interest
4. Unofficial Transcripts from College/University

NOTES:

• Applications submitted without all required documents, listed above, will be disqualified.
• Applicants indicating “see resume” on the application will not have that referenced experience considered for minimum qualifications, which may lead to the application being disqualified.
• Only information (education, experience, etc.) listed on the application will be considered for minimum qualifications.
• Applicants, including current Los Rios Community College District employees, are required to provide official transcripts, if required to meet the minimum qualifications for the position.
• Applicants are required to submit official transcripts within 60 days of the time of hire.
• Graduate advising documents and grade reports will not be accepted as official transcripts.
• Individuals who have completed college or university course work at an institution in a country other than the United States must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees, and other relevant documents.
• A foreign transcript evaluation is required any time foreign course work is used to meet minimum qualifications and/or salary placement even if the foreign transcript has been accepted by a college or university in the United States.
• Foreign transcript evaluations are ONLYaccepted from AICE (Association of International Credential Evaluations, Inc.) or NACES (The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) agencies or evaluators. For additional information on foreign transcript evaluations click here .

Do not submit additional materials that are not requested.

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