Solano Community College invites applications of interested and qualified instructors to teach during the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters and beyond. Please note that the District may cancel classes or change instructors as enrollment needs are determined. If this occurs, the District will notify affected parties and pay employees for actual services rendered. Part-Time/Adjunct faculties are paid for classroom instruction hours (lecture and lab) only.

APPLICATION PROCESS DETAILS:

• To be considered for this position, all complete applications and supporting materials must be received by the application deadline. 
• Meeting the minimum qualifications does not assure the candidate an interview. It is, therefore, important that the application be thorough and detailed. 
• Reference checks for the finalists will be conducted. 
• Candidates should not expect official notification until the selection of the candidate has been completed. 
• The College may re-advertise or delay filling a position. 
• Oral interviews will be conducted to include a teaching demonstration. 
• Travel costs related to the interview are the responsibility of the candidate.
   

Paid office hours are available to adjunct faculty in fall and spring semesters who teach a 40% assignment or more.

Teach survey course(s) in Asian art history and/or Western art history, and/or teach course addressing issues of race, gender, and intersectional identity in the art of the United States.   

• Provide instruction in accordance with established course outlines and expectations. 
• Inform students about course requirements; prepare and grade assignments and examinations. 
• Meet administrative time lines and submit completed and required documents and reports. 
• Maintain required student attendance and scholastic records. 
• Participate in division staff meetings. 
• Keep Student learning outcomes current and assess courses.
• Review of curriculum and assessment of student learning.

Instructors must also provide instruction in accordance with established course outlines and expectations; review curriculum and assess student learning; inform students about course requirements; prepare and grade assignments and examinations; meet administrative timelines and submit completed and required documents and reports; maintain required student attendance and scholastic records, and both communicate and work effectively with others. 

Master’s in art history, history of art and architecture or visual culture/visual studies
OR
Bachelor’s in art history and master’s in history
OR
Master’s in art with a recorded emphasis or concentration in art history OR the equivalent

If you do not possess the minimum qualifications exactly as stated above, you must request an equivalency review and submit conclusive supporting documents at the time of submitting your application. Equivalency is defined as possessing the general education for the degree and the major coursework for the degree. The equivalency request form shall be included in the application. 

Knowledge of teaching; multiple teaching methods which include critical thinking and problem solving strategies; and college academic requirements and standards.   

Candidates must possess: a commitment to encouragement of learning and an enthusiastic attitude toward teaching; sensitivity to teach students from diverse cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds who may have wide ranges of abilities, including the disabled.