Job Description

Position Summary

The faculty member shall be responsible for the following: teaching assigned classes under the supervision of the area dean; helping students fulfill their maximum potential in mastering course content; assessing student learning outcomes; maintaining a thorough and up-to-date knowledge in their regular teaching field; continuing professional development; utilizing current technology in the performance of job duties; maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position; assisting with articulation and curriculum development and review; serving on college committees and participating in faculty governance including accreditation and student co-curricular activities; assuming other responsibilities as assigned by the area dean; fulfilling other duties and responsibilities of a full-time faculty member.


About the Department:
The Department's primary focus is helping students develop good logical and critical reasoning skills to be able to participate in independent thought and open debate, and to learn valuable insights that can be applied to contemporary life. The Department focuses on a methodological grounding in core Analytic Philosophy, applied to a broad range of philosophical questions, issues, perspectives, and arguments found both within and outside of Western Philosophy's mainstream traditional approach.

Our department focuses on developing advanced critical thinking skills and fostering a lasting commitment to teaching Philosophy with an awareness and acknowledgment of contemporary scientific theories, research, and evidence.

We are building a team of professionals who share enthusiasm for developing students as evidence-guided, truth-seeking, rational agents who are committed to the open debate and public discourse required to enact positive change and progress in society. We value experience and a desire to continue engaging with research focused on the philosophical theories and perspectives traditionally excluded by the tradition, including but not limited to those excluded on the basis of race, gender, sexuality, culture, or religion.

We value teaching methods that maximize student success and work experience in academic and non-academic positions that involve a significant element of philosophical research or practice (e.g. as a clinical ethicist, philosophical counsellor, existential coach, etc.). Our faculty continually reevaluate how learning is facilitated and assessed to ensure a fresh, culturally relevant, and equitable curriculum. We seek sound educational research to guide and ultimately validate the success of our instructional practices.

We value interdisciplinary knowledge and skills and a commitment to the personal work and professional development required to develop as an instructor, scholar, department colleague, and college member with a focus on equity and social justice. Our courses include activities that reinforce skills such as critical reading and writing, information literacy, and metacognitive development.

Position Salary Information:
Initial maximum salary placement is based on academic degree, upper/graduate level units earned, and/or related professional occupational experience per the Los Rios College Federation of Teachers Contract (the initial maximum placement is Class V, Step 8). For more information on the step placement process, please click here .

Typical Duties

The instructional assignment may include, but is not limited to, teaching the following courses:

• PHIL 300 Introduction to Philosophy
• PHIL 310 Introduction to Ethics
• PHIL 315 Contemporary Moral Issues
• PHIL 320 Logic and Critical Thinking
• PHIL 324 Symbolic Logic
• PHIL 330 History of Classical Philosophy
• PHIL 331 History of Modern Philosophy
• PHIL 350 Philosophy of Religion

To view a complete list of courses for this discipline, please visit the Programs and Majors webpage for the specific campus:

• ARC Programs and Majors
• CRC Programs and Majors
• FLC Programs and Majors
• SCC Programs and Majors

Minimum Qualifications

1. Master's in philosophy; OR Bachelor's in philosophy AND Master's in humanities or religious studies; OR the equivalent*. All degrees must be from an accredited institution completed by date of hire.
2. Have an equity-minded focus, responsiveness, and sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical or learning disabilities as it relates to differences in learning styles; and successfully foster and support an inclusive educational and employment environment.

* NOTES :

• Degree titles must match the stated minimum qualifications exactly (word-for-word). Titles with added, missing, or rearranged words will not be accepted. If your degree title does not match the minimum qualifications exactly, you must submit documentation for equivalency to be considered for this position (see next bullet). E.g. minimum qualification states Chemistry degree needed, and your degree title states Organic Chemistry. You will need to apply for equivalency. If you fail to submit this documentation and your degree title does not match, you will be disqualified .

• Applicants applying under the equivalent provision must include the equivalency review request form detailing and explaining how their academic preparation and/or professional experience is the equivalent of the degree(s) listed in the minimum qualifications. Please visit our website for the form and information on the equivalency determination process.

• If you have already been granted equivalency for this discipline, you must attach a copy of your determination form or letter. If you do not attach a copy of your determination form or letter you will be disqualified. If you have misplaced your copy please contact Human Resources for assistance.

Application Instructions

Applicants applying to this position are REQUIRED to complete and submit:

1. A Los Rios Community College District Application

2. Letter of Interest

3. Resume or Curriculum Vitae

4. Unofficial Transcripts from College/University and/or Foreign Transcript Evaluation ( see additional instructions )

5. Supplemental Questionnaire

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS :

• Applications submitted without all required documents listed above will be disqualified.

• Applications submitted with additional materials NOT requested will be disqualified.

• Only information (education, experience, etc.) listed on the application will be considered for minimum qualifications.

• Applicants indicating see resume on the application will not have that referenced experience considered for minimum qualifications, which may lead to the application being disqualified.

• Individuals who have completed college/university course work at an institution in a country other than the United States must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees, and other relevant documents, even if the foreign document has been accepted by another college/university in the United States.

• Foreign transcript evaluations are ONLY accepted from AICE (Association of International Credential Evaluations, Inc.) or NACES (The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) agencies or evaluators. For additional information on foreign transcript evaluations click here .

• ONLY copies of transcripts from a US College/University or Foreign Transcript Evaluation will be accepted. DO NOT include any foreign transcripts.

• Graduate advising documents, certificate of degrees, diplomas, and grade reports will not be accepted as transcripts.

Do not submit additional materials that are not requested.

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