Nursing Instructor (Full-Time, Categorically Funded) Madera Community College

State Center Community College District; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Madera Community College is seeking a Nursing Instructor to lead the LVN-to-RN program, delivering theory, clinical instruction, and curriculum development. This full-time position emphasizes equity-minded practice and student success through collaboration with faculty and clinical partners.

The ideal candidate will hold a California RN license and a master’s in health education or health science, with prior teaching experience and a commitment to serving a diverse student body.

Qualifications

• Evidence of responsiveness to diverse student populations and commitment to equity-minded teaching.
• Full and valid California RN license or eligibility to practice as required by state law.
• Experience teaching nursing courses or related health education subjects.

Responsibilities

• Teach courses in the LVN-to-RN program with theory, skills labs, and clinical components.
• Develop and update curriculum, assessments, and student learning outcomes.
• Provide effective didactic and clinical instruction using approved syllabi and teaching methods.
• Lead or participate in program reviews and NCLEX-RN preparation activities.
• Hold regular office hours and support student success and mentorship.
• Collaborate with clinical facilities, faculty, and community partners.

Skills

RN license

Teaching experience

Curriculum development

Equity-minded leadership

Student mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s in nursing

Master’s in health education or health science

Job description

Nursing Instructor (Full-Time, Categorically Funded) Madera Community College

Please see Special Instructions for more details.

This is a full-time categorically funded position contingent upon funding. The District may fill more than one position from this pool.

Announcement Information

Posting Number

Posting Number AA2026-2123

Title

Title Nursing Instructor (Full-Time, Categorically Funded) Madera Community College

Campus Location

Campus Location Madera Community College

Start Date

Start Date 01/01/2027

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. For the 2025-2026 academic year, we enrolled over 13,000 students in which 69% identify as Latinx, 11% as Asian/Pacific Islander, 3% as Black/African American, 16% as White, 1% as American Indian/Alaska Native, and 2% as multiracial. 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 primarily in the LVN -to-RN Associate Degree Nursing Program at Madera Community College, the Nursing Instructor will be responsible for teaching, curriculum development, student assessment, and participation in program and college activities. Teaching assignments may also include courses in the Vocational Nursing (VN) Program, consistent with program needs, faculty qualifications, and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Teaching courses primarily in the LVN -to-RN Associate Degree Nursing Program, including instruction in theory classes, skills labs, simulation labs and hospital clinical laboratory experiences across nursing specialties as assigned. Teaching assignments may also include courses in the Vocational Nursing (VN) Program, consistent with program needs, faculty qualifications, and applicable regulatory requirements;
• Providing subject matter expertise and delivering didactic and/or clinical instruction according to an approved course syllabus using accepted and effective teaching methods while promoting student retention and satisfaction;
• Taking leadership and team member responsibility in designated clinical settings to ensure valuable clinical experiences for all students;
• Effectively delivering class instruction utilizing course syllabi and delivering learning-centered instruction by effectively planning and preparing for instruction and student success;
• Developing, implementing, evaluating, and modifying curriculum, assessment of student learning outcomes, and student preparation for the NCLEX -RN Licensure examination within the Department of Nursing to improve student learning;
• Objectively evaluating student performance in theory as well as skills lab and clinical classes in a timely fashion and conveying feedback to students utilizing the college provided learning management system;
• Holding regularly scheduled office hours and being available to students to promote academic success;
• Communicating effectively with students, patients, families, health care givers and peers;
• Collaborating with community and campus organizations to promote the nursing profession and the college nursing program;
• Maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position and currency in teaching nursing;
• Satisfactorily completing facility orientation requirements, and meeting all required competency standards of the facility, prior to teaching the clinical course;
• Serving on and attending department, college, and district committees as needed;
• Participating in program review, student learning outcome development, and assessment to improve student learning;
• Teaching assignments in a variety of instructional settings and schedules, including weekdays, evenings, and weekends, as well as face-to-face, online, hybrid, and off-campus instruction, including clinical facilities, based on program needs;
• Otherwise fulfilling all of the duties and responsibilities of faculty 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

• State of California license as a registered nurse;
• Bachelor’s in nursing and master’s in health education or health science;
• At least one-year continuous full-time experience in direct patient care practice as a registered nurse within the past five years;
• Completion of at least one year’s experience teaching courses related to registered nursing or completion of a post-baccalaureate course which includes practice in teaching registered nursing;
• The minimum qualifications as set by the Board of Registered Nursing, whichever is higher.

Note: A valid California Community College Credential is acceptable. Applicants who possess this credential must also meet the above requirements.

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;
• Experience working with students of various cultural, gender, age, socioeconomic, and ethnic backgrounds including students with disabilities;
• Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
• Recent clinical nursing experience, preferably in an acute care setting, relevant to the assigned area of instruction;
• Possession of or ability to obtain Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) certification as applicable, and other health documentation and certifications required by assigned clinical facilities;
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with students and staff;
• Demonstrated ability to work with computers, and other technologies, which are utilized in providing high-quality instruction and support to students;
• Demonstrated ability or potential to engage students through effective, student-centered teaching practices;