Chabot College

Part-Time Instructor, ESL

Salary: To Be Determined Based on PT Faculty Salary Schedule

Start Date: Spring 2020

Closing Date: Open Until Filled

Location: Hayward, CA

To apply, please send required application materials by email to the contact listed below in this job announcement.

The ESL program at Chabot includes four levels of instruction focusing on academic language skills in reading, writing, grammar, and oral communication. The program also offers support courses with tutoring and lab components for students.

Representative Duties

1. Ability to teach beginning through college level, grammar, reading, and composition;

2. Ability to motivate students from a variety of cultural, educational, socioeconomic and language backgrounds;

3. Commitment to working successfully as a team with colleagues and other instructors in curriculum development, assessment, and related issues in the ESL program;

4. Ability to work with colleagues in a variety of disciplines to support the academic and vocational needs of non-native speakers;

5. Sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students including those with physical or learning disabilities;

6. Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing;

7. Ability to adapt instructional techniques to accommodate varied learning styles;

8. Willingness to participate in campus professional activities, which may include, but are not limited to, committee membership, staff development, collegial meetings and community outreach;

9. Flexibility to teach late afternoon, evening, weekend, distance learning, and/or off campus classes when scheduled as part of the regular teaching assignment;

10. Ability to interact successfully with others.

Minimum Education and Experience

Master’s in TESL, TESOL, applied linguistics with a TESL emphasis, linguistics with a TESL emphasis, English with a TESL emphasis, or education with a TESL emphasis OR

Bachelor’s in TESL, TESOL, English with a TESL certificate, linguistics with a TESL certificate, applied linguistics with a TESL certificate, or any foreign language with a TESL certificate AND Master’s in linguistics, applied linguistics, English, composition, bilingual/bicultural studies, reading, speech, or any foreign language OR the equivalent.

Desirable Qualifications

1. Experience teaching all levels of ESL to diverse student populations;

2. familiarity and experience in using computer-assisted language learning techniques;

3. additional education or training in an area of specialization.

Please send cover letter and resume by email to the attention of Jamal Cooks, Dean, Language Arts at jcooks@Chabotcollege.edu or 510 723-6805.