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Job Description
PT Instructor History (U.S. History)
Continuous Applicant Pool Santa Monica College Salary:
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Part Time Faculty Job Number:
00183
Location:
1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405,
CA Closing:
Job Duties Teach U.S. History courses, including syllabus preparation and text selection. Maintain weekly office hours. Participate in department, College, faculty organization, and professional development activities. Perform related duties as assigned. Minimum Qualifications Master's Degree in History OR A Bachelor's Degree in History AND a Master's Degree in one of the following disciplines: Political Science Humanities Geography Area Studies Women's Studies Social Science Ethnic Studies OR the equivalent Applicants must meet the minimum qualifications of a History faculty discipline at the college. Please refer to the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges handbook (Download PDF reader) to review the minimum qualifications for faculty disciplines. Preferred Qualifications Experience teaching U.S. History courses at the community college level. Additional Information The Santa Monica College History Department is actively recruiting instructional faculty for the upcoming 2026-2027 academic year. The Santa Monica College History Department is a community of instructors and scholars that seeks to understand the past and strives to introduce students to history and to develop in them a historical sense. Our lively departmental culture includes scholarship awards, a history club, internships, and active faculty participation in local, state, regional, and international academic organizations. We study history from all parts of the globe - ranging from the United States to Asia to the Middle East. We are preparing our students for their careers in education, politics, law, public administration, librarianship, and many other disciplines. Students are challenged with critical reading, good writing, and the analysis of historical texts.
COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND DIVERSITY
With the goal of ensuring the equal educational opportunity of all students, Santa Monica College embraces diversity among students, faculty, staff, and the communities we serve as an integral part of our history, a recognition of the complexity of our present state, and a call to action for a better future. Embracing diversity means that we must intentionally practice equity and respect toward one another, and understand that discrimination and prejudices create and sustain privileges for some while creating and sustaining barriers for others. In order to embrace diversity, we also acknowledge that institutional discrimination and implicit bias exist, and that our goal is to eradicate those vestiges from our system. Our commitment to diversity requires that we strive to eliminate those barriers to equity, and that we act deliberately to create a safe and positive environment where individual and group differences are valued and leveraged for our growth and understanding as an educational community. To advance the goals of diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice for the success of students and employees, we must honor that each individual is unique and that our individual differences contribute to the ability of the college to prepare students on their educational journeys. This requires that we develop and implement policies and procedures, encourage individual and systemic change, continually reflect on our efforts, and hold ourselves accountable for the results of our efforts in accomplishing our goals. We are invested as a community in cultivating and maintaining a climate where equity and mutual respect are both intrinsic and explicit by valuing individuals and groups from all backgrounds, demographics, and experiences. Individual and group differences can include, but are not limited to the following dimensions: race, ethnicity, nationalorigin or ancestry, citizenship, immigration status, sex, gender, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, religion, creed, military or veteranstatus,socioeconomicstatus,andanyotherbasisprotectedbyfederal,stateorlocallaw or ordinance or regulation. We acknowledge that the concept of inclusion and diversity is ever-evolving, thus we create space to allow our understanding to grow through the periodic review of this statement. In service of these goals, Santa Monica College is committed to fostering an employment environment that offers equal employment opportunity for all and an educational environment that ensures the equal educational opportunity of all students. ApplicationRequirements A completed application consists of the following: OnlineDistrict Application Resume Transcript Pay Philosophy Starting salary for part-time faculty is based on educational achievement and relevant prior employment experience up to but not beyond Step7. Further step advancement shall occur at the beginning of the intersession or semester following completion of multiples of 30 LHE at Santa Monica College. The part-time faculty salary schedule can be accessed at: https://www.smcfa.org/contract. Diversity Statement Recent experience working with African American, Latinx, Native American, and other racially minoritized students in the classroom, and a willingness to use culturally responsive instructional practices. Demonstrated sensitivity to issues of diversity and ability to motivate and teach community college students of diverse ethnic and racial backgrounds, sexual orientations, genders, cultures, and learning styles, as well as students with disabilities or varied levels of academic preparation. Please review our
Diversity Report:
Faculty/Staff Diversity Reports - Santa Monica College (smc.edu) Equity Statement Santa Monica College encourages candidates who are equity-minded to apply. SMC is a minority-serving, Hispanic-serving institution. We actively seek to attract candidates from minority groups that value equity, diversity and inclusion. Equity, diversity and inclusion are built into the culture at SMC and are an essential component of the work that we do. SMC is committed to racial and socio-economic diversity as it is a reflection of our student population and we strive to hire candidates that share this commitment. Equal Employment Opportunity Disclosure The Santa Monica Community College District is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. All qualified applicants for employment, as well as District employees, shall have full and equal access to employment opportunities. No person shall be subjected to unlawful discrimination in any program or activity of the District. The District's Board Policy 3420 (Equal Employment Opportunity) may be accessed at : https://www.smc.edu/administration/governance/board-of- (Download PDF reader) trustees/documents/board-policy-manual/board-policies/chapter-3-general-institution/BP-3420- (Download PDF reader) EEO.pdf (Download PDF reader) Equivalency Statement The Santa Monica Community College District, in its desire to select outstanding faculty members from the largest possible pool of qualified applicants, recognizes the fact that candidates may attain expertise in a discipline through a variety of means. Certain combinations of education, experience and other accomplishments in the field may be judged by the District as equal to the stated minimum qualifications for this position. Candidates who feel they possess such equivalent qualifications are encouraged to apply and provide appropriate documentation of their qualifications. If you are applying for the recruitment through equivalency based on work experience, you will be required to submit proof of your work history. For further details regarding equivalency criteria, please download the Equivalency Application Statement Form available at : https://www.smc.edu/administration/human-resources/employment/documents/equivalency- (Download PDF reader) statement-for-application.pdf (Download PDF reader) Conditions of Employment Appointment is subject to verification of official transcripts, current or previous employment, tuberculosis, and fingerprint clearance. The selected candidate must provide identification and work authorization. For more information about
