Cabrillo College

Geology/Oceanography/Environmental Science Instructor (Department Chair) - Tenure Track

Job# 2020-01113

Salary: See Position Description

Deadline: 2/10/2021 11:59 PM Pacific

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Employment Opportunity

Are you interested in creating an amazing educational environment for students who are part of an equity driven community? Faculty at Cabrillo College provide quality programs and services to students that promote their diverse and evolving needs as they progress toward their individual educational goals. Come join us in our vision to improve the world, one student at a time!

The ideal candidate will share Cabrillo's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. Cabrillo College serves approximately 11,400 students per term, of which 44% are LatinX, 5% multi-ethnic, 2.75% Asian, 1.25% African-American, 1% Filipino, 0.25% American Indian or Alaskan Native, and 0.18% Pacific Islander as of Fall 2019. In 2006, Cabrillo College was designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community.

Cabrillo College is committed to equitable access and achievement, and approaches that eradicate a deficit mindset toward students and increased faculty engagement in equity-focused pedagogy and outcomes. Cabrillo is proud to be a part of the California Guided Pathways project to help students achieve their educational goals by providing a clear roadmap to completion.

About the Position: The full-time, tenure track instructor will enjoy a 175-Day work schedule. The selected candidate will be the Department Chair for the Geology, Oceanography, and Environmental Science departments.   This will require duties such as hiring, coordinating, and mentoring adjunct faculty and student assistants, scheduling classes for these departments, managing department budgets, program planning and assessing outcomes, and other duties in addition to teaching classes in these departments.

The position begins on Monday, August 16, 2021 pending Governing Board ratification. Classes may be in a traditional "in class" setting, online or hybrid format, scheduled over summer and/or winter months, and at various campus locations; days, evenings, and/or weekends.

About the Department: The Geology, Oceanography, and Environmental Science programs consist of a variety of introductory, transferable general education curriculum. The diverse offering of courses assists students in increasing their awareness, understanding, and appreciation of our planet’s unique and varied natural systems. The entire program collectively contributes to the mission and specific objectives of Cabrillo College in a variety of ways. A wide range of topics and concepts in the earth, marine, and environmental sciences are taught to a diverse group of students. Basic educational skills, including how to achieve academic success, are provided in distinct learning environments. The courses offered benefit students by challenging them to think critically, act professionally, develop comprehensive ideas, be sustainably minded citizens, and effectively communicate both orally and in writing. We present students with some of the most important challenges known to humanity: awareness and preparation for natural disasters, the need to conserve and sustain our planet’s natural systems, and understand the cause and effect of challenges such as global climate change and sea level rise.

Students study in lecture, lab, and field settings regularly using computers and a variety of laboratory tools such as stereo dissecting and compound microscopes, nautical charts, and materials such as beach sand, plankton, scales, and topographic and bathymetric maps. Students also have the opportunity to use field instruments designed for fresh and salt water monitoring, marine navigation, mapping, and surveying. Team, service, and project-based learning are a growing part of student engagement.  This diverse learning environment prepares the students to be eligible to transfer to a four-year institution or to be successful in other Cabrillo College classes in order to obtain an A.S., A.A., or A.S.-T degree.

The supportive faculty in the Geology, Oceanography, and Environmental Science Departments have been effective as evidenced by the high number of students who successfully complete courses and fulfill their physical science general education requirements. Students majoring in geology, biology, marine science, environmental science, chemistry, physics, astronomy, and engineering who take these courses to gain valuable skills and to prepare for transfer to four-year colleges.   

Starting Salary Range: $57,157 to $87,673 per year, salary placement determined by documented education and experience; maximum initial salary step placement on the faculty salary schedule is step 9. An annual doctoral stipend of $3,816 is granted to eligible faculty.

Benefits: Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental, life, short and long term, and vision (optional) insurance provided at a share of cost on a pretax basis, CalSTRS Retirement and an Employee Assistance Program. Please see the Benefits link on the HR webpage for more information. 

Examples of Duties

• Coordinate staffing, participate and assist in evaluation of faculty, department budgets, curriculum, scheduling, instructional planning, facilities operation and maintenance, and student recruitment, advisement, and retention

• Maintain laboratory equipment and supplies for all courses

• Teach assigned classes, which may include evening or off-campus assignments

• Participate in participatory governance committees, processes, and initiatives such as Guided Pathways

• Maintain timely and accurate records of student enrollment, attendance, and academic progress

• Provide academic assistance and related services to students during scheduled office hours

• Cooperate with and participate as may be required in District investigations and/or student grievance matters of alleged unlawful harassment, discrimination, and retaliation

• Demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty and staff

• Complete required District trainings such as Title IX, Mandated Reporter, EEO/Diversity/Elimination of Bias, Workplace Safety, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Required Education from a U.S.  Department of Education recognized accredited organization and licensure qualifications:

• Master’s in geology, geophysics, earth sciences, meteorology, oceanography or paleontology OR 

• Bachelor’s in geology AND Master’s in geography, physics, or geochemistry  OR

• The equivalent OR

• A lifetime California Community College Instructor Credential in one of the above required fields

Equivalency 

Submit this form with supporting materials if you do not possess the minimum qualifications as listed in the job announcement and feel you have the equivalent education and/or experience. Graduate students currently working on the required degree are encouraged to apply, with the understanding that the degree must be completed and confirmed by July 1, 2021.

Required Professional Expertise: 

• Currency and depth of knowledge in the applicable field, curriculum development and assessment of student learning outcomes

• Knowledge of and commitment to the community college philosophy, including Guided Pathways

• Knowledge of and commitment to equity-minded and culturally responsive teaching strategies and practices that enhance student success 

• Demonstrated responsiveness to and understanding of the racial, socioeconomic, academic, and cultural diversity within the community college student population, including students with different ability statuses (e.g., physical and/or learning) 

• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with others

• Effective oral and written communication skills and effective use of technology

Required Discipline Specific Requirements:

• Demonstrated ability to teach the courses or perform the duties effectively as described above

Required Qualifications/Performance Expectations: 

• Demonstrated ability to communicate well with students of diverse academic, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds; gender identities, sexual orientations; and students with disabilities

• Development and review of curriculum as well as including assessments of learning

• Demonstrated ability to critically reflect on institutional and teaching practices that aim to increase cultural responsiveness

• Knowledge and understanding of the accountability and critical dimensions of equity

• Demonstrated ability addressing issues of equity in the classroom

Desired Qualifications/Performance Expectations: 

• Successful teaching experience in Geology, Oceanography, and/or Environmental Science in a higher-education institution

• Successful online teaching experience

• Teaching in teams

• Experience with Canvas or other online course management systems.

• Experience teaching field classes and planning logistics

• Experience with community-engaged learning (service learning), project-based learning and/or problem-based learning

• Hiring, coordinating, and mentoring adjunct faculty and student assistants

• Managing budgets and equipment inventory

• Maintaining specimen collections

• Awareness of the intersections of science and social systems with respect to limiting climate change