Part-Time Instructor of Respiratory Care - School of Health Professions at Yosemite Community College District
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Application Deadline
6/30/2025 11:55 PM Pacific
Date Posted
5/13/2025
Contact
Recruitment Department
209-575-6900
Number of Openings
1
Salary
Pay Range
$71.89 - $114.93 Per Hour
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Salary: $71.89 to $114.93 Hourly
Length of Work Year
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Employment Type
Part Time
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Modesto Junior College
Part-Time Instructor of Respiratory Care - School of Health Professions
Salary: $71.89 to 114.93 Hourly
Closing Date: 06/30/2025
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Under supervision of the Dean of Health Professions, teach Respiratory Care students in clinical and lab environments in accordance with course descriptions, outlines and class schedules; evaluate progress of students, advise students concerning educational matters, and participate in activities that strengthen student success. The Respiratory Care Instructor may not have any other responsibilities while supervising the clinical training.
The successful candidate will join a Respiratory Care department that continues to create curriculum responsive to student needs, increasing student completion through the implementation of strategies geared to increase student equity.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Associate Degree; AND must be a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT); AND minimum of 6 years’ experience as a Registered Respiratory Therapist; AND current license or eligibility for licensure to practice Respiratory Care in California. Bachelor’s Degree Preferred.
- Knowledge of and ability to appraise the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students. Sensitivity to the needs, problems and challenges associated with the diversity of the community college student population.
DESIRABLE CHARACTERISTICS
- Ability to serve as a professional role model to assist students to develop professional and ethical values and to maintain high standards of respiratory care practice.
- Ability to effectively instruct, supervise and evaluate students in the clinical aspects of respiratory care.
- Ability to work effectively in a close, collaborative team environment with other respiratory care faculty.
- Ability to develop curriculum or services that stress innovation and improve student equity.
- Enthusiasm for the learning process.
- Commitment to supportive relationships with students and colleagues.
- Participate in professional growth and remain current in subject area and major state initiatives.
- Ability to operate effectively in an environment of change and ambiguity.
- Vision and energy to plan and organize programs to enhance student success.
- Willingness to participate effectively in shared governance and to work collaboratively.
- Personal qualifications such as effective interpersonal communication skills, participation in community affairs, ability to conduct effective public presentations.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in Respiratory Care
- Education and/or experience in teaching in Respiratory Care at the community college level, with a particular emphasis in basic skills.
- Current knowledge of Respiratory Care clinical practices
- Current understanding of assessment processes for improving student success at the clinical level.
- Competent in new pedagogies, such as respiratory care clinical practices, and other pedagogies directed at improving student success and student equity.
- Recent experience working with African American/Black, Hispanic, Native American, and other minoritized students in the classroom, and an understanding of how historical patterns of exclusion of these groups within higher education shape patterns of participation and outcomes;
- Willingness to examine and remediate one’s instructional, relational, and clinical practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
- Experience and skill with addressing issues of equity in the clinical setting;
- Experience and expertise in culturally responsive teaching in Respiratory Care as it relates to the relevancy of respiratory students’ lives, interests, and communities;
- Demonstrated ability to address equity gaps within coursework and the clinical;
- Demonstrated knowledge of the Hispanic-Serving designation for institutional, departmental, and instructional practices.
GENERAL JOB DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Part of the teaching assignment may be in person, online, in the evening, and/or on Saturdays and Sundays to include off campus assignments. All part-time faculty are expected to participate actively in their disciplines, department activities, and the general intellectual life and governance of the college. Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Provide effective clinical instruction, consistent with the approved Respiratory Care curriculum, at MJC and the clinical site.
- Assist in the development of lesson plans and student evaluation methods.
- Implement program philosophy, objectives, policies and curriculum.
- Supervise student practice of new skills.
- Assist students with remedial skills practice as needed and communicate progress to Respiratory Care faculty team.
- Serve as skills evaluator.
- Provide for orientation of students in the hospital setting.
- Assist with program-related activities
- Informing students of course requirements, evaluation procedures, and attendance requirements.
- Preparing and grading class assignments and examinations and informing students of their academic progress.
- Maintaining attendance, scholastic, and other records and submitting them according to published policies and deadlines.
- Developing, implementing, and assessing student-learning outcomes for clinical using the results for improvement.
- Engaging in data inquiry and self-assessment to develop strategies for student success, persistence, and equity.
- Participating in professional development activities to fulfill mandatory FLEX requirements
- Maintaining current knowledge in the subject matter area and effective teaching/learning strategies to meet the needs of all learning styles.
- Maintaining appropriate standards of professional conduct and ethics.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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