Assistant Professor - Library (Sabbatical Replacement) (TEMPORARY)

Posting Number: F01119

Location: Diablo Valley College

Salary:

Description of Position:

• Diablo Valley College inspires, educates, and empowers a diverse community of students to transform their lives and their communities. DVC instructors close the equity gaps by fostering success among all students. To help further this work, DVC seeks a temporary Instruction Librarian ????to start in ?August 2024 through May 2025?.

• We are looking for a colleague who will demonstrate disciplinary expertise and show sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic backgrounds and abilities of community college students.

• We are looking for instructors who share a strong commitment to social and racial justice and who use or are inspired to use anti-racist pedagogies that close equity gaps by recognizing, understanding, and respecting the perspectives of all students.

• We strongly encourage those with historically marginalized and/or underrepresented identities to apply, including people of color, non-binary and transgender individuals, women, and Indigenous people.

• ??The successful applicant will be qualified to teach course-integrated information literacy instruction in multiple modalities for courses across all disciplines in the college and coordinate information literacy instruction through the library. In addition, the successful applicant will be prepared to take on all regular librarian duties including reference, collection development, and discipline liaison work.?

Inquiries:

Please direct all inquiries to: Carol Trost,

Senior Administrative Assistant to the Vice President of Equity and Instruction at: ctrost@dvc.edu

Position Status: Temporary

EEO Job Category: Faculty & Other Instructional Staff

Employee Group: Full-Time Faculty

Department: D1080-Library

Duties and Responsibilities:

In addition to contractual duties, all full-time faculty are expected to participate actively in their disciplines, department activities, and the general intellectual life and governance of the college. Part of the teaching assignment may be in the evening and/or online. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

1. advancing equitable student learning through dedicated, exemplary instruction in accordance with established course outlines;

2. participating in the assessment of student learning outcomes for courses and programs; developing and implementing student learning outcomes assessment processes for courses and programs;

3. collaborating in the development and revision of curriculum and in program review;

4. engaging in department program improvement initiatives;

5. participating in department, division, and college committees;

6. participating in professional development activities, both departmental and college-wide;

7. maintaining current knowledge in the subject matter area and effective teaching/ learning strategies;

8. maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics;

9. informing students of course requirements, evaluation procedures and attendance requirements;

10. preparing and grading class assignments and examinations and informing students of their academic progress;

11. maintaining attendance, scholastic, and personnel records and submitting them according to published deadlines;

12. posting and holding sufficient and regular office hours in accordance with prevailing policy;

13. participating in College’s shared governance processes.

Minimum Qualification-Education/Experience:

Understanding of and sensitivity to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, staff and faculty.

The applicant must possess one of the following qualifications (earned degrees must be from an accredited college/university):

Masters in Library Science,

OR

Library and Information Science

If you do not possess the EXACT minimum qualifications (i.e., you do not possess the EXACT degree title listed) and believe that you meet the minimum qualifications, fill out the equivalency petition form in the document section of the online application. If you are unsure that you meet the minimum qualifications, please fill out the equivalency petition. The https://www.4cd.edu/career/forms/equivalency-application/Academic%20Position%20Application%20-%20Masters%20Degree%20Discipline%20Equivalency%20Form.pdf

Desirable Qualifications:

Highly qualified candidates will possess knowledge, skills, and experience that address the desirable qualifications below. Responses to the supplemental questions below allow the applicant to describe how they meet these qualifications.

• ??Demonstrated commitment to student learning and to the success of all students in the open-access learning environment of a community college;

• ?Demonstrated sensitivity to issues of diversity, and the ability to motivate and teach community college students of diverse ethnic and racial background, sexual orientations, genders, cultures, and learning styles, as well as students with disabilities or varied levels of academic preparation;

• ?Commitment to improving the success of students of all backgrounds and abilities reducing achievement gaps of under-prepared and under-served students;

• ?Training and/or experience in designing instruction in accordance with ACRL‘s Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education;

• ?Training and/or experience integrating educational technology including Canvas (the college’s learning management system) into instruction;

• ?Demonstrated ability to work creatively, collaboratively, and effectively as part of a team;

• ?Experience planning, implementing, and evaluating library projects, events and programs? 

Job Open Date: 06/11/2024

Job Close Date: 6/28/2024

Open Until Filled: No

Employment Begins: August 2024 - May 2025

# of Months: 10

To apply, visit: https://apptrkr.com/5322229

The Contra Costa Community College District does not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, age, sex, or sexual orientation. This prohibition against unlawful discrimination extends to any person who is perceived to have any of the above characteristics or who is associated with someone who has, or who is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.

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