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Instructor, Communication Studies

Employer
Coast Community College District
Location
Costa Mesa, California
Salary
$52,394.00 - $124,911.00 Annually

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Orange Coast College

 

Instructor, Communication Studies

Job# 3-O-20

Salary: $52,394.00 - $124,911.00 Annually

Deadline: 02/01/19

 

Full job description and OFFICIAL application available ONLY at:  https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/cccd/jobs/2277350/instructor-communication-studies?pagetype=promotionalJobs

 

Orange Coast College (OCC) is seeking a full-time, equity-minded, tenure-track faculty member in Communication Studies commencing with the 2019  fall semester. The primary teaching assignment involves all areas of Communication Studies.  This assignment also includes curriculum and program development, participation in department, division, college committees, and participatory governance activities assuming leadership roles both within the department and in the institution as a whole; collaboration across disciplines and the leveraging of student support resources; and participation in ongoing professional development.

The assignment may be day, evening, weekend, online, hybrid, or off campus and is subject to change as needed. The ideal candidate for this position embraces the overall mission of Orange Coast College and the Coast Community College District, with a clear, focused commitment to supporting individualized student and employee goals through the work of Communication Studies.

The Communication Studies Department shares OCC's commitment to equitable outcomes; inclusive practices; and racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic diversity.  Ideal candidates for this position share OCC's devotion to educating and improving the lives of our representative student, employee, and community populations. We currently enroll 21,498 students, the majority of whom are from racially minoritized populations: 35% of OCC's students are Latinx, 2% are African-American, 23% are Asian, fewer than 1% are Native American, 31% are White, and 6% identify as multiracial. Faculty have the opportunity to enhance their classroom methods during two professional development days during the academic year, which include learning sessions like "Digital Accessibility", "Basic Skills:  Helping students help themselves" and "Taking a skills-based approach to teaching college students" and new faculty also receive training monthly as a cohort in the New Faculty Academy.  Student-centered activities that support OCC's mission include campus-wide student success projects funded by the Office of Student Equity; partnerships with local Hispanic-serving four year institutions; active programs that work to improve the academic achievement of racially minoritized and/or disenfranchised students, such as PUENTE and UMOJA; Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) and Disabled Student Program and Services (DSPS).    

 

The Department of Communication Studies at Orange Coast College is a comprehensive program with offerings ranging from traditional rhetoric and public speaking to modern communication studies. The department has several long-standing traditions:

Individualized, face-to-face instruction, honoring the needs of students with support and encouragement.

Our decades-long history of national success in speech & debate competition, including many state and national championships.

Committed involvement in campus-wide issues.

We look forward to continuing to serve our diverse student body and engendering a critical approach to understanding the communication processes that affect us every day.

 

Examples of Duties: Duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide instruction in Communication Studies in accordance with established course outlines.

• Teach Communication Studies classes, which may include oral communication and debate classes such as Interpersonal Communication; • Public Speaking; Essentials of Argumentation; and Forensics Workshop, as well as other classes offered by the department: Readers Theatre/Oral Interpretation; Men, Women & Communication; Nonverbal Communication; Intercultural Communication; Intro to Mass Communications; Public Relations; and Media Literacy.

• Provide leadership in the development and revision of Communication Studies curriculum responsive to the students served.

• Participate in curriculum development, implementation, and evaluation; participate in and develop programs to measure student performance.

• Maintain current knowledge in the subject matter areas.

• Maintain appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics.

• Participate in the management of the forensics program

• Fulfill the professional responsibilities of a full-time faculty member including, but not limited to the following: teach all scheduled classes unless excused under provisions of Board Policy; follow the department course outlines; keep accurate records of student enrollment, attendance, and progress; submit student grades according to established deadlines; post and maintain scheduled office hours; participate in departmental meetings and college and/or district-wide activities and committees as assigned.

• Assignment may include day, evening, weekend, and online sections.

 

Qualifications and Physical Demands

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Must meet one of the following qualifications under (1) through (4):

1. Valid California Community College instructor credential, appropriate to the subject, per Education Code 87355 (issued prior to July 1, 1990); OR

2. Master's degree from an accredited institution in speech, speech broadcasting, telecommunications, rhetoric, communication, communication studies, speech communication or organizational communication; OR

3. Bachelor's degree in any of the above AND a Master's degree in drama/theater arts, mass communication, or English from an accredited institution; OR

• Possess a combination of education and experience that is at least the equivalent to the above. Candidates making an application on the basis of equivalency must submit an Application for Equivalency in addition to all other required materials. Please see Additional Information below to determine if you need to submit an Application for Equivalency.

• Evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the racial, ethnic, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, academic and cultural diversity within the community college student population, including students with different ability statuses (e.g., physical and/or learning) as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practice within the classroom.

• Ability to contribute to campus and district-wide professional responsibilities and activities.

• Ability to complement existing staff, student and community demographics in terms of professional and personal skills.

 

Desirable Qualifications:

Evidence of ability to teach courses in Communication Studies, including Interpersonal Communication; Public Speaking; Argumentation & Debate; and Forensics.

• Evidence of ability to coach Debate and Individual Events.

• Evidence of ability to administer and manage team, program and tournament policies.

• Willingness to travel with Forensics students and to assist in directing the Forensics team.

• Evidence of expertise or knowledge in oral communication and/or performance studies. 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.

• Evidence of an ability to self-reflect and respond to an evidence-based assessment of student learning.

• Desire and demonstrated an ability to participate actively in department, division, and college committees and in the shared governance of Coast Community College District.

• Desire and evidence of an ability to take on leadership roles both within the department and in the institution as a whole.

• Ability to work with computers, and use the Internet and interactive technologies to engage students in on-campus and online courses (where academically appropriate).

• Evidence of an ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

THE COAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Organization

The Coast Community College District is a multi-college district that includes Coastline Community CollegeGolden West College, and Orange Coast College. The three colleges offer programs in transfer, general education, occupational/technical education, community services and student support services. Coastline, Golden West and Orange Coast enroll more than 60,000 students each year in more than 300 degree and certificate programs.

Since its founding in 1947, the Coast Community College District has enjoyed a reputation as one of the leading community college districts in the United States. Governed by a locally elected Board of Trustees, the Coast Community College District plays an important role in the community by responding to needs of a changing and increasingly diverse population.

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