Part-Time Instructor of Medical Assisting - School of Health Professions - Modesto Junior College at Yosemite Community College District
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Application Deadline
6/30/2025 11:55 PM Pacific
Date Posted
5/23/2025
Contact
Recruitment Department
209-575-6900
Number of Openings
1
Salary
Pay Range
$71.89 - $117.95 Per Hour
Add'l Salary Info
Salary: The Hourly Range: $71.89 to 114.93 Doctorate Range: $84.71 to 117.95
Length of Work Year
see in job descripton
Employment Type
Part Time
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Modesto Junior College
Part-Time Instructor of Medical Assisting - School of Health Professions - Modesto Junior College
Salary: The Hourly Range: $71.89 to 114.93
Doctorate Range: $84.71 to 117.95
(2024-2025 Certified Part-time Instructor/Overload Hourly Salary Schedule)
Closing Date: Monday, June 30, 2025
To apply, submit your application and required documents on-line via our applicant system at: http://50.73.55.13/counter.php?id=303105
Under supervision of the Dean of Health Professions, teach Medical Assisting courses 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 Medical Assisting program is a one year hybrid program with face-to-face in person labs.
The successful candidate will join a Medical Assisting 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
- Any bachelor’s degree and two years of professional experience, or any associate degree and six years of professional experience OR the equivalent. Current Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) certification by American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA) is also required
Baccalaureate degree.
- Five (5) years or more experience as a certified medical assistant
- At least two (2) years in a teaching position in an accredited medical assisting program. (This can include part-time instruction.)
- Membership in the AAMA.
- Knowledge of CAAHEP accreditation standards as well as California state laws which govern the practice of medical assisting.
- Possess computer skills to develop online education courses and innovative instructional approaches.
- Ability to effectively instruct, supervise, and evaluate students in both the classroom and practicum settings.
- Commitment to instill critical thinking and assessment skills
- Commitment to maintain program outcome measures which exceed minimum CAAHEP standards.
- Ability to work effectively in a close, collaborative team environment with faculty and staff.
- Ability to assume the positions of program director or practicum coordinator
The professional experience required must be directly related to the faculty member’s teaching assignment. This is a hybrid program and applicants must possess an online teaching certificate from a recognized online instruction program such as @ONE 12-Weeek Course (onefortraining.org), the Online Learning Consortium (onlinelearningconsortium.org), or equivalent.
Determined by California State Chancellor’s Office. Click link below for discipline applicable Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges (cccco.edu)
The District has adopted an equivalency procedure that enables consideration of applications by individuals who may not directly meet the qualifications listed above. For more information on equivalency, you may access the link below:
https://www.yosemite.edu/recruitment/equivalency_policy_and_procedures
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.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL STANDARDS
Mobility: ability to sit or stand for long periods, move about an office, and reach above and below desk level.
Dexterity: fine manipulation sufficient to operate a keyboard, handle individual papers, write and take notes.
Lifting: occasional lifting of papers, files, equipment and material weighing up to 25 pounds.
Visual Requirements: close vision sufficient to read files, documents, and computer screens and do close-up work; ability to adjust focus frequently.
Hearing/Talking: ability to hear normal speech, speak and hear on the telephone, and speak in person.
Emotional/Psychological Factors: ability to make decisions and concentrate; frequent contact with others including some public contact; frequent deadlines and time-limited assignments.
- Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position.
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 Vocational Nursing practice.
- Ability to effectively instruct, supervise and evaluate students in all aspects of Vocational Nursing
- Ability to work effectively in a close, collaborative team environment with other Vocational Nursing 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.
- Personal qualifications such as effective interpersonal communication skills, participation in community affairs, ability to conduct effective public presentations.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Education and/or experience in teaching in Medical Assisting at the community college level
- Current knowledge of Medical Assisting practices.
- Current understanding of assessment processes for improving student success at the course, program, and degree level.
- Competent in new pedagogies, such as Vocational Nursing 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 classroom practices to more effectively engage and support racially minoritized students;
- Experience and skill with addressing issues of equity in the classroom;
- Experience and expertise in culturally responsive teaching in Medical Assisting, especially as it relates to the relevancy of Medical Assisting students’ lives, interests, and communities;
- Demonstrated ability to address equity gaps within coursework and the classroom;
- 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:
- Teach lower division courses and clinical in Medical Assisting
- 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 Medical Assisting faculty team.
- Serve as skills evaluator.
- Maintain a comprehensive system of records for students in the clinical setting which may include student evaluations, grade book, clinical grids, competency testing, submission of clinical clearance records, positive attendance records, computer training records, semester checklists, etc.
- Assist with coordinating scheduling of pre and post conference meetings.
- Provide for orientation of students in preparation for clinical 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 courses and programs and 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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