Vocational (Special Education) Instructor
(Position Number: FF0046)
Posting Closing Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Full-Time Faculty (1.0 FTE)
Tenure Track with Benefits
Full-Time Faculty Salary Schedule
Current Salary Range*: $67,419.01 to $99,675.65
*Initial placement above step 6 requires Superintendent/President approval.
Who We Are
Located in the heart of California between San Jose and Monterey, Gavilan College’s main campus in Gilroy serves a diverse student population in a beautiful, park-like setting. In addition, we have campus centers located in Hollister, San Martin, and South San Jose, which offer students a variety of courses and programs. Our community recently voted to pass Measure X, a bond to renovate the main campus and build a full-service campus in Hollister. Gavilan is proud to meet the needs of our growing community, offering high-quality education in more than 70 transfer-related fields and over 30 industry-relevant career pathways; In 2023, we awarded over 1,200 Associate Degrees/career education certificates.
Gavilan College, a Hispanic Serving Institution with a 60% Latinx student population, is committed to achieving educational equity for all students. We work to provide students with a rich and relevant learning experience that emphasizes student engagement in and out of the classroom, encouraging students of all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds to realize their goals and become socially responsible leaders. When you join our team at Gavilan College, you will become part of an innovative and equity-focused community that approaches higher education as a matter of social justice, requiring broad collaboration among faculty, staff, administration, students, and community partners.
Gavilan College fosters justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion through its Principles of Community. As a member of the Gavilan College community, you will join us in valuing the worth and dignity of every person, the pursuit of truth, devotion to excellence, and the principles of democratic citizenship. All Gavilan employees strive to maintain these ideals in an environment of inclusiveness and mutual respect. We live these shared Principles of Community and work collaboratively to serve as a model of an exemplary, student-centered community-serving college.
Ideal Candidate
Gavilan College is committed to recruiting individuals that embody our Principles of Community by:
The ideal candidate for this position is an educator who actively embraces building a special education program to serve populations historically underrepresented and underserved in higher education. With knowledge of both the strengths embodied by our diverse students and the barriers they face, the ideal candidate is well-poised to teach, support, and mentor Gavilan students. The ideal candidate desires connection with students and the community beyond the classroom and works to foster cross-cultural and anti-racist collaboration whether through creating research, scholarship, media, art, or cultural/political engagement opportunities. In joining Gavilan College, the ideal candidate thrives as a faculty member continually striving to employ anti-racist pedagogy and develop success strategies to meet the needs of historically underserved students.
The Gavilan/HOPE program is one of four special education programs offered by the Accessible Education Center. HOPE is a private, non-profit agency that provides work training, job placement, employment and other extensive services for persons with disabilities. At HOPE, Gavilan students participate in an instructional program that includes experience in a production workshop and/or community setting. Instructors must be able to provide individualized vocational assessment, vocational training, career exploration, intensive vocational counseling, and community based work experience of limited duration. Gavilan College collaborates with HOPE's Gilroy and Hollister locations. This instructor also teaches courses for the on-campus CareerPrep program. CareerPrep is offered for the high school special education class graduate or equivalent who may require additional specialized instruction or training for appropriate entry-level employment.
DESIRABLE ATTRIBUTES:
REQUIREMENTS
Educational and Professional Requirements
Essential Duties:
The following duties are typical of those performed by employees in this job title; however, employees may perform other related duties, and not all duties listed are necessarily performed by each employee in the job title:
Physical Characteristics:
APPLICATION PROCESS:
To be considered for this excellent opportunity, please submit ONLY the following items directly through the CCC Registry Website at no later than 5:00pm on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.
*Denotes application materials that are required for full consideration.
Applicants who do not meet minimum qualifications must submit a Supplemental Application for Equivalency:
FOREIGN DEGREE HOLDERS
For positions requiring a degree, all foreign degree credentials must be evaluated by a third party to determine the equivalent U.S. degree and major, and the Foreign Credential Evaluation must be attached to your application before your application will be considered. Not attaching your Foreign Credential Evaluation will render your application incomplete. Evaluations should provide the name of the institution attended, a description of your credentials, the major field of study, and the U.S. equivalent for each credential. For a list of evaluating agencies, visit the State of California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Note: Even if you obtained your graduate degree(s) in the U.S., you must attach a Foreign Credential Evaluation for your undergraduate degree if it was obtained outside the U.S.
As an equal opportunity employer, we are required to compile summary data on applicants. We are requesting your assistance in providing the information on the personal and ethnicity section of your CCC Registry profile. The completion of the questionnaire is voluntary. The form will remain in the Human Resources department and will be kept confidential and separate from all hiring documents. It will not be forwarded to those making employment decisions.
If you have questions related to the CCC Registry or technical aspects regarding submitting application materials on the CCC Registry website, please contact the Human Resources department at 408-848-4755 or at hr@gavilan.edu.
If you have a verifiable disability and require accommodation to complete the application process, please contact the Human Resources Office at (408) 852-2823.
Please be aware, the District does not reimburse for expenses related to the recruitment process
NON-DISCRIMINATION
Gavilan Joint Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, color, language, accent, immigration status, ancestry, national origin, age, gender, gender identity, religion, sexual orientation, transgender, marital status, veteran status, medical condition, physical or mental disability and any other status protected by applicable federal and state laws. Applicants who require accommodations to complete the application or interview process, please contact the Human Resources Office at (408) 852-2823 for assistance.
Educational and Professional Requirements
About Gavilan College
Located in the heart of California between San Jose and Monterey, Gavilan College’s main campus in Gilroy serves a diverse student population in a beautiful, park-like setting. In addition, we have campus centers located in Hollister, San Martin, and South San Jose, which offer students a variety of courses and programs. Gavilan College, a Hispanic Serving Institution with a 60% Latinx student population, is committed to achieving educational equity for all students.
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