Head Cross Country Coach/Physical Education Instructor (Part-Time) Madera Community College

State Center Community College District; California; On-site; USD 34,000 - 69,000; Part time

Job summary

Madera Community College invites applications for a part-time Head Cross Country Coach/Physical Education Instructor. The role entails leading the Cross Country program on campus and at off-site locations, teaching courses, and directing all facets of the program.

We seek an equity-minded leader committed to student success, collaboration with faculty and staff, and community partnerships to support a diverse student population.

Qualifications

• Master’s in physical education, exercise science, kinesiology and two years of directly related professional experience
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the above and master’s in any life science and two years of directly related professional experience
• A valid California Community College Credential
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency)

Responsibilities

• Teaching a part-time schedule of Cross Country courses as assigned
• Providing direction as a head coach for all facets of a successful college Cross Country program
• Recruitment of players, identify, and recommend student‑athletes in a manner that encourages diversity while maintaining a competitive team
• Academic success of student‑athletes; monitor the academic progress of student‑athletes and assist in ensuring academic success
• Rules compliance; manages the cross‑country program in full compliance with 3C2A, SCCCD Board rules and administrative regulations, and the Athletics Department policies and procedures
• Athletic Operations; scheduling contests, planning and supervising practices, games, and travel, and hiring assistant coaches

Job description

Head Cross Country Coach/Physical Education Instructor (Part-Time) Madera Community College

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

Continuous Recruitment This posting has been created to establish an applicant pool for part-time faculty positions. Applications will be reviewed by members of the hiring department when vacancies arise.

Essential Functions of Position

At Madera Community College we value the ability to serve students from a broad range of cultural heritages, socioeconomic backgrounds, genders, abilities and orientations. We prioritize applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits a diverse student population brings to a community college. The successful candidate will be an equity-minded leader committed to student success achieved through collaboration with faculty, classified staff, administration, students and community partners who are also dedicated to closing equity gaps.

An equity-minded individual is a person who:

• Understands the importance of holding ourselves accountable as educators for closing equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices;
• Reframes inequities as a problem of practice and views the elimination of inequities as an individual and collective responsibility;
• Encourages positive race-consciousness and embraces human difference;
• Supports institutional practices that both develop and sustain culturally responsive teaching and learning environments; and
• Strategically builds support for and participation in equity-related initiatives across both our internal and external communities.

Madera Community College seeks leaders who value placing the student at the center of everything we do, mentorship and working in a collegial, collaborative environment. Leaders should be open and willing to participate in culturally relevant professional development that will help them prepare for the population of students who attend Madera Community College.

The ideal candidate will share Madera Community College’s commitment to educating its racially and socioeconomically diverse student population. Madera Community College is a Hispanic-Serving Institution, reflecting the great responsibility that the College has to the educational attainment and economic well-being of the surrounding community. The successful candidate will join a college dedicated to the students it serves.

Providing instruction in Cross Country on the Madera Community College campus and/or at off‑site community campus locations, the instructor will be responsible for:

• Teaching a part-time schedule of Cross Country courses as assigned;
• Providing direction as a head coach for all facets of a successful college Cross Country program;
• Recruitment of players, identify, and recommend student‑athletes in such a manner that encourages diversity while maintaining a competitive team;
• Academic success of student‑athletes; monitor the academic progress of student‑athletes and assist in ensuring academic success;
• Rules compliance; manages the cross‑country program in full compliance with 3C2A, SCCCD Board rules and administrative regulations, and the Athletics Department policies and procedures;
• Athletic Operations; scheduling contests, planning and supervising practices, games, and travel, and hiring assistant coaches;
• Community and college involvement; perform public relations functions positively, promoting athletes to the media, alumni, and community; work collaboratively with college administration to cultivate and encourage donor relations to ensure the fundraising efforts are successful; maintain positive relationships with all feeder programs;
• Using a variety of pedagogies and integrating a wide range of instructional delivery systems including innovative and creative uses of technology for face‑to‑face, on‑line, and/or hybrid formats;
• Communicating effectively with students, faculty and staff;
• Using effective teaching methods appropriate to the subject matter, adherence to institutionally approved curriculum course outlines of record;
• Evaluating student progress through tests and examinations, written assignments, oral responses, etc. in keeping with course objectives;
• Providing course syllabi to students;
• Maintaining classroom records in accordance with District Policy;
• Turning in all required student grading and evaluation reports in a timely manner;
• Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and times, including classes as needed;
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of instructors as required by Administrative Regulation 7122; and
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

All candidates must have evidence of responsiveness to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity‑minded practice within the classroom; and

• Master’s in physical education, exercise science, kinesiology and two years of directly related professional experience;
• Bachelor’s degree in any of the above and master’s in any life science and two years of directly related professional experience;
• A valid California Community College Credential;
• The equivalent education and/or experience (requires an equivalency).

(Note: If the degrees posted on your transcript(s) do not match exactly as stated above, you must petition for equivalency.)

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience and skill incorporating elements of diversity, equity, and inclusion into all areas of responsibility;
• Recent experience working with African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups in higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes;
• Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
• Related work and professional experience;
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds, students with disabilities;
• Experience working with traditionally underrepresented student populations, such as students of color and foster youth, and the ability to support students across sociocultural and socioeconomic diversities;
• Experience in facilitating multicultural and cross‑cultural communication with sensitivity to and an understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, gender, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students;
• Experience with, and sensitivity to, under‑prepared and high‑need students at the community college;
• Successful cross‑country coaching experience at the high school, community college, or university level;
• Knowledge and understanding of all aspects of the specified sports program;
• Knowledge of athletic recruitment methods and techniques;
• Knowledge of 3C2A and guidelines governing the recruitment and retention of student‑athletes;
• Demonstrated ability and desire to work collaboratively with faculty and staff to enhance instruction, curriculum, student learning support and student success;
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers, and other technologies, which are utilized in providing high‑quality instruction and support to students;
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff;
• Knowledge