Posting Number: F01085

Location: No Response

Description of Position:

We are excited to introduce our faculty internship program at Contra Costa Community College District (4CD). The program is titled the “4CD Teaching Excellence Faculty Internship” (4CD TEFI) and will provide opportunities for qualified individuals that are interested in pursuing a teaching career at a California community college in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). This is a paid internship opportunity that will commence in the 2024-2025 academic year. The Fall 2024 semester will consist of Saturday workshops conducted by faculty leads focusing on teaching strategies incorporating principals of diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Spring 2025 semester will pair our interns with a faculty mentor to co-teach and shadow in an actual class section. Our successful interns will be honored at their own graduation ceremony at the conclusion of Spring 2025, and will be equipped with the knowledge and tools to become successful classroom instructors.

Inquiries:

Dan Cueva at dcueva@4cd.edu or Sophia Lever at slever@4cd.edu

Position Status: Temporary

EEO Job Category: Faculty & Other Instructional Staff

Employee Group: No Response

Department: M1020-Human Resources

Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Attend kick-off orientation meeting in May 2024.
2. Participate in training workshops in the field of instruction during the fall semester of 2024. Fall training sessions will be held on Saturdays.
3. Learn the role of faculty, pedagogy, curriculum design, enrollment management, job search strategies, multi-cultural styles, diversity/ equity/ inclusion best practices, educational policy and governance.
4. Co-teach classes at an assigned campus location during the spring semester of 2025 under the guidance of a faculty mentor.
5. Learn to prepare a classroom syllabus, and grade assignments.
6. Each faculty intern shall serve under the direct supervision of a mentor. The mentor shall provide substantial direct in-class supervision and evaluation of the intern’s teaching capabilities.

Minimum Qualification-Education/Experience:

A faculty intern must be enrolled in a master’s or doctoral program at an accredited institution of higher education in the STEM academic discipline to be taught and shall have completed one-half of the course work in a graduate program in a STEM academic discipline.

OR

For STEM vocational disciplines the faculty intern must be within one year of obtaining an associate degree from an accredited institution and have six years of experience in a related field or possess an associate’s Degree and have five years of experience in the related field or be within one year of obtaining a bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution and have two years experience in a related field.

(Note: Applicants should not have any paid higher education teaching experience to be considered for an internship with our district.)

Desirable Qualifications:

N/A

Job Open Date: 03/25/2024

Job Close Date: 4/30/2024

Open Until Filled: No

Employment Begins: August 2024-May 2025 # of Months: 10 months

To apply, visit: www.4cdcareers.net/postings/10431

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.