Part-Time Instructor — Disability Services & Self-Advocacy

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Santa Barbara (CA); On-site; Full time

Job description

Part‑Time Instructor Pool – Disability Services (Noncredit)

Salary: $73.59 hourly
Job Type: PT Noncredit Faculty
Job Number: 7-2022-PP74
Closing: Continuous
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Department: Disability Services and Programs for Students

Basic Functions

Immediate need for Fall 2022 DSPS related course titled Self-Advocacy Skills for Educational and Vocational Settings. Ongoing need for other related courses and assignments.

Provide quality instruction for the Work Readiness and Career Planning Certificate Program for Adults with Disabilities, which will offer vocational training courses through the School for Extended Learning for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

The starting noncredit adjunct rate from salary table 25 is $63.45 per hour – Lecture and $47.59 per hour – Lab. If you have an advanced degree, the rate is $66.15 per hour – Lecture and $49.61 per hour – Lab.

Representative Duties

Course content will include: career exploration and planning, self‑advocacy and self‑determination, and work readiness skills related to communication, technology, and time‑management.

Create and maintain an environment which emphasizes self‑determination and high expectations for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Primary duties of adjunct faculty are related to curriculum and teaching.

Adjunct instructional faculty are required to be available to students outside of class.

Education and Experience

The candidate must meet one of these criteria:

• CRITERIA (1) – A bachelor's degree with any of the following majors: education of students with specific or multiple disabilities; special education; psychology; physical education with an emphasis in adaptive physical education; communicative disorders; rehabilitation; computer‑based education; other computer‑related majors which include coursework on adapted or assistive computer technology for students with disabilities; other majors related to providing specialized instruction or services to persons with disabilities.
• CRITERIA (2) – An associate degree with one of the majors specified above and four years of experience providing specialized instruction or services to persons in the disability category or categories being served.
• CRITERIA (3) – An associate degree or certificate of training and four years of occupational experience related to the subject of the course taught, and two years of experience providing specialized instruction or services to persons in the disability category being served.