Computer Science Instructor - One Year Full Time Temporary
Kern Community College District
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Job summary
Kern Community College District seeks a Computer Science Instructor for a one-year full-time temporary position at Bakersfield College. The incumbent will teach courses such as Java, C++, and Discrete Structures, in person at Panorama Campus and other locations as needed.
The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, and will contribute to curriculum development and student success while engaging with a diverse student population.
Qualifications
- Master's in computer science or computer engineering.
- OR Bachelor's in either of the above AND Master's in mathematics, cybernetics, business administration, accounting or engineering.
- OR Bachelor's in engineering AND Master's in cybernetics, engineering, mathematics, or business administration.
- OR Bachelor's in mathematics AND Master's in cybernetics, engineering, mathematics, or business administration.
- OR Bachelor's degree in any of the above AND A master's degree in information science, computer information systems, or information systems.
- OR the equivalent.
- Candidates must also demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.
Responsibilities
- Teach computer science courses including Java, C++, Assembly Language, and Discrete Structures.
- In-person instruction at Panorama Campus and other locations as needed.
- Engage in student recruitment, articulation, and transfer programs.
- Maintain currency in subject matter and revise curriculum regularly.
- Participate in disciplinary and college-wide professional activities to support student success.
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Job description
Salary: $89,080.98 - $116,884.82 Annually
Job Type: Temporary -- Full Time Faculty
Job Number: FY25-2600407
Location: Bakersfield College -- Panorama Campus, CA
Department: Engineering & Information Technology
Below is our job description for this position. Please also review the Important Instructions & Additional Information section below, which contains valuable information about our application process.
This position is a full-time, temporary faculty position for the academic year 2026-27 only.
Bakersfield College is seeking a full-time temporary faculty memberfor a Computer Science Instructor. If you are highly motivated,eager to engage a diverse student body, and passionate aboutteaching and learning, we highly encourage you to submit anapplication.
We are a team of innovative, caring, and thoughtful faculty, staff and administrators who are passionate about contributing to the intellectual, cultural and economic vitality of our community. We embody six core values: Learning, Diversity, Integrity, Community, Wellness and Sustainability. These values frame our work as we provide opportunities for our students who come to us from diverse economic, cultural, geographical, and educational backgrounds.
We offer Associate and Baccalaureate degrees and certificates, workplace skills, and preparation for transfer. Our rigorous and supportive learning environment promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion and fosters students' abilities to think critically, communicate effectively, and demonstrate competencies and skills to become productive members of our community and world.
Bakersfield College is located in Bakersfield, California, in the heart of the Central Valley. Established in 1913, Bakersfield College is one of the nation's oldest continually operating community colleges. The college serves 33,000 students annually on the 153-acre main campus in northeast Bakersfield, at the Delano Campus (35 miles north of Bakersfield), the Weill Institute (downtown Bakersfield), and BCSouth-West (southwest Bakersfield). We also offer classes at several alternative locations, including Shafter Learning Center, Arvin/Lamont, McFarland, Olive Drive Training Facility, Wasco and other regional community locations.
As a recognized and highly awarded Hispanic Serving Institution, Bakersfield College students are diverse and represent the communities we serve.
We are sincere about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for all students, faculty, staff and administrators. We believe every member of our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions. Bakersfield College has sharpened its focus on removing institutional barriers in access, momentum, and completion.
We pledge to address systemic issues of environmental microaggressions, implicit bias, and racism through intentional learning. We commit to strengthening our campus culture so that students, faculty, and staff and our partners are aware of and equipped to change policies and practices that disproportionately affect marginalized students.
Situated in the south San Joaquin Valley, Bakersfield has a rapidly growing economy in a location that is central to some of California's best places to visit. Fresno, Los Angeles, the mountains and several great beaches are less than two hours away, and San Francisco is less than four hours away. Known for hot, dry summers and mild winters, Bakersfield has deep roots in the energy (oil, solar and wind), agriculture, and logistics industries. Despite its growth, Bakersfield has maintained the "small town feel" that residents here love. With a relatively low cost of living, plenty of community events, and availability of housing, the City of Bakersfield is a great place to live.
We are recruiting faculty with demonstrated excellence in their field who embrace the instructional values of access, sound pedagogy, creativity, and innovation. We are known for our connectedness among students, faculty, staff and our diverse local population. We are looking for applicants with a continual drive to learn and improve teaching strategies and who embrace opportunities to be involved in inventive committees, engaging campus events and other collegiate endeavors. Diversity is a core value at Bakersfield College, and we encourage applicants who demonstrate an intellectual mindfulness to contribute to diversity, equity and inclusiveness. If you are interested in modeling academic excellence for your students and colleagues, we invite you to join a team that will challenge and inspire you.
The Bakersfield College computer science faculty are part of the Engineering and Information Technologies department. The computer science curriculum consists of an AS degree for transfer and career certificates.
Tenure-track faculty hired for this position will be expected to inspire community college students to pursue studies in computer science and related majors. The related courses are foundational for students pursuing programs in STEM for transfer. Typical courses include Java, C++, Assembly Language, and Discrete Structures. Candidates for this position should be prepared to describe their experience with Artificial Intelligence, embedded systems, app development, machine learning, augmented reality, and/or big data.
This assignment may include teaching courses at various locations, different times, and with different modalities and requires in-person instruction. Full-time faculty are expected to be present and engaged with their peers, regardless of instructional location. In addition to the main Panorama Campus, Bakersfield College offers college courses in the greater Bakersfield area, rural communities, correctional facilities and high schools.
Other duties include: participation in student recruitment and articulation, transfer programs; maintaining subject matter currency; developing and revising curriculum; using computers and technology; assessment of learning outcomes; collegial participation in departmental, college and discipline-specific professional activities.
Master's in computer science or computer engineering
OR Bachelor's in either of the above AND Master's in mathematics, cybernetics, business administration, accounting or engineering
OR Bachelor's in engineering AND Master's in cybernetics, engineering, mathematics, or business administration
OR Bachelor's in mathematics AND Master's in cybernetics, engineering, mathematics, or business administration
OR Bachelor's degree in any of the above AND A master's degree in information science, computer information systems, or information systems
OR the equivalent.
(NOTE: Courses in the use of computer programs for application to a particular discipline may be classified for minimum qualifications purposes, under the discipline of the application.)
Candidates must also demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.
The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate that they are broadly prepared and have a depth of knowledge in the discipline.
In addition, the successful applicant will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge and abilities.
- Ability to work effectively and harmoniously with colleagues in an environment that promotes innovation, teaching, learning and service to diverse student population
- Ability to effectively work with students with a wide range of skills, motivations, academic and vocational goals
- Ability to develop curriculum, including curriculum delivered via different modalities; -Ability to participate in recruitment and articulation activities with local schools, colleges and universities
- Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
- Ability to maintain subject matter currency
- Ability to assess student, program, and institutional learning outcomes
- Knowledge of computers and willingness to adopt new technologies that support student success. Knowledge of and commitment to the California Community College mission
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