Part-Time Dance Instructor (Pool)

Position Title: Part-Time Dance Instructor (Pool)Location: Human Resources DIST (DEPT)Position Number: PTF018Percentage of Full Time: VariesFLSA: Exempt (does not accrue overtime)Months per Year: Semester assignments as neededSalary Range: Placement on the adjunct faculty salary schedule is based upon education and credited experience. Pending any course assignment, initial placement can range as follows: Lab Course - $75.48 up to $103.03 per hour. Lecture Course - $87.88 up to $118.85.Position Type: Part-Time Faculty, TemporaryWho We Are: The San Mateo County Community College District is committed to achieving educational equity for all students. As outlined in the District’s Strategic Plan, “success, equity, and social justice for our students are longstanding goals.”The Colleges seek a part-time faculty member in Dance. The ideal candidate will share the Colleges’ commitment to educating a racially and socioeconomically diverse student population.Duties and Responsibilities:Teach with significant ability in specific areas of dance: modern dance, choreography, hip-hop, and jazz dance.Maintain expertise in the areas of modern dance, choreography, hip-hop, and jazz dance.Collaborate with other dance faculty and create a team environment.Be involved in curriculum revisions and new dance course development.Be involved in the College Dance Performance organized at the end of each semester.Consult with students during regularly scheduled office and lab hours.Maintain expertise in technology such as web-based educational platforms and digital media.Perform other professional duties as required by contract and general institutional needs.Contemporary Modern Dance: Teach fundamentals of contemporary modern dance technique.Dance Composition – Theory and Choreography: Provide students with basic skills and knowledge of the choreographic principles.Argentine Tango: Teach basic, intermediate and/or advanced argentine tango dance technique.Mexican Folkloric Dance: Teach the skills of Mexican Folkloric dance while improving student’s technique, poise, self- confidence and creative ability.Social Dance: Teach basic, intermediate and/or advanced social dance vocabulary, technique, body placement, musicality.Minimum Qualifications:- Possession of a Master’s or above in dance, physical education with a dance emphasis, or theater with dance emphasis, OR Bachelor’s in any of the above AND Master’s in physical education, any life science, physiology, theater arts, kinesiology, humanities, performing arts or music OR the equivalent- Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staffPreferred Qualifications: Subject matter preparation in teaching contemporary modern dance and choreography at the college or high school level.Faculty Benefits: Academic employees participate in the State Teachers’ Retirement System (STRS), a defined-benefit retirement plan through the State of California or they may choose to participate in the STRS Cash Balance program or Social Security.Open Date: 05/11/2018Close Date: Open Until FilledSpecial Instructions Summary: Required application materials will be screened on the basis of Requirements and Desirable Skills and Abilities listed in this announcement. Candidates for interview will be selected from among those who most closely meet the requirements and desirable skills and abilities. Meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee an interview.Conditions of Employment:- Submit official transcripts- Submit verifications of prior employment- Satisfactory references- Successfully clear background checking process- Present original documents for proof of eligibility to work in the United States- Approval of employment by the SMCCCD Board of Trustees- Provide a certificate of Tuberculosis exam for initial employmentEEO Statement: The San Mateo County Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to employ individuals who represent the rich diversity of cultures, language groups, and abilities of its surrounding communities.Accommodations: Applicants who have disabilities may request that special accommodations be made in order to complete the selection process.Annual Security Report: San Mateo County Community College District’s (SMCCCD) 2020 Annual Security Report (ASR), required by the Clery Act, includes statistics for the previous three years concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in certain off-campus buildings owned or controlled by SMCCCD; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from SMCCCD.

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