Salary: $66.91 - $86.49 Hourly
Job Type: Adjunct Faculty
Job Number: 20260033
Closing: 6/30/2027 11:59 PM Pacific
Location: Merced College, CA
General Description:
This is a part-time instructional assignment in the Noncredit Department at Merced College under the general direction of the Dean of Adult Education and Noncredit. The professor could be assigned to teach a variety of English courses. The maximum teaching load is 10 units per semester, which may include evening and weekend hours.
Essential Functions:
- Provide instruction in accordance with established course outlines and expectations
- Inform students about course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance policy
- Maintain required student attendance and scholastic records
- Prepare and grade class assignments and examinations
- Post and maintain regular office hours in accordance with prevailing policy
- Participate in the development and review of curriculum
- Participate in the development of teaching-learning methods and materials
- Participate in departmental, area and campus professional activities/committees
- Participate in the college's learning outcomes assessment program, including course, program, and institutional assessments
- Perform tasks needed for student records, e.g., submit grades on time to admissions and records
Required Qualifications:
Except as provided elsewhere in this article (§53412. Minimum Qualifications for Instructors of Noncredit Courses), qualifications for service as a faculty member teaching a noncredit course shall be the same as the minimum qualifications for credit instruction in the appropriate discipline, or as follows:
- A Bachelor's degree in teaching English as a second language, or teaching English to speakers of other languages OR
- A Bachelor's degree in education, English, linguistics, applied linguistics, any foreign language, composition, bilingual bicultural studies, reading, or speech AND a Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language, which may be completed concurrently during the first year of employment as a noncredit instructor OR
- A Bachelor's degree with any of the majors specified in subparagraph (2) above AND one year of experience teaching ESL in an accredited institution AND a Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language, which may be completed concurrently during the first two years of employment as a noncredit instructor OR
- Possession of a full-time, clear California Designated Subjects Adult Education Teaching Credential authorizing instruction in ESL
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