Food/Nutrition Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Clovis Community College
State Center Community College District

Job Info

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Title:

Food/Nutrition Instructor (Part-Time Faculty Pool) Clovis Community College

Campus Location:

Clovis Community College

Essential Functions of Position:

The ideal candidate will share Clovis Community College's commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. We currently enroll over 10,000 students of which 38% are Latinx, >1% are American Indian/Alaska Native, 8% are Asian, 3% are Black/African American, 42% are White, and 6% are multiracial. CCC is a Hispanic Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community. The successful candidate will join a department dedicated to the use of curriculum responsive to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in nutrition, on the Clovis Community College campus and at off-site community campus locations. Duties includes:

• Teaching courses in nutrition;
• Serving on college and district committees;
• Course development, program review and developing and assessing student learning outcomes to improve student learning;
• Coordinating the dietary service supervisor program; and
• Maintaining liaison with work experience sites, local school districts, and other college and university professionals.

Duties may include assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including evening, weekends, on-line or off campus and large group instruction classes as needed; and otherwise fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122.Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in nutrition, dietetics or dietetics and food administration;
  
  OR
  
• Bachelor's degree in any of the above AND Master's degree in chemistry, public health or family and consumer studies/home economics;
  
  OR
  
• A valid California Community College Credential;
  
  OR
  
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

(NOTE: A bachelors in nutrition, dietetics, or dietetics and food administration, and certification as a registered dietitian, is an alternative qualification for this discipline.)

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need of equity-minded practices within the classroom.Desirable Qualifications:

• A master's degree and certification as a registered dietitian;
• Breadth of teaching experience in nutrition;
• Experience teaching at the post-secondary level;
• Experience working with or administering nutrition programs;
• Experience in identifying and re-mediating knowledge and skills deficiencies;
• Experience with educational technology (computer, interactive video, smart podia, etc.);
• Certificate to teach in an on-line or hybrid environment;
• Experience working with students of various cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds;
• Related work and professional experience;
• Knowledge of student success models/orientation programs designed to improve student success and retention;
• Recent experience working with African American, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusions of these groups in higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes;
• Willingness to examine and re-mediate one's instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
• Experience and skill with addressing issues of equity in the classroom;
• Potential for contribution to institutional vitality and growth
• Knowledge of the community college and its mission and goals; and
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff.

Salary and Benefits:

Starting rates are $45.49 - $61.78 for lecture and $38.67 - $52.55 for lab Sick leave accrual is based on assignment hours.

Selection Procedure:

The selection and hiring process will be explained by the hiring department if the candidate is extended an opportunity to interview.

Open Until Filled:

No

Quick Link:

https://scccd.peopleadmin.com/postings/1411

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