SOLANO COMMUNITY COLLEGE invites applications of interested and qualified instructors to teach Fire Technology courses, under the direction of the Dean of Applied Technology & Business.

Assignments may be split between day and evening, including weekend days, as well as between the main campus and the Vacaville and Vallejo Centers.

For your information, the District may cancel classes or change instructors as enrollment needs are determined. If this occurs, the District will notify affected parties and pay employees for actual services rendered. Part-Time / Adjunct faculty are paid for classroom instruction hours (lecture and lab) only.

Paid office hours are available to adjunct faculty in fall and spring semesters who teach a 40% assignment or more.

Teach Fire Technology classes in Introductory Fire Science and Levels I and II Fire Fighting courses including, but not limited to: Fundamentals of Fire Technology, Fire Protection Chemistry, Safety and Emergency Action, Systems and Equipment, Service Operations, Hazardous Materials, Hazardous Substance Management, Wild land Fire Control, Emergency Care of Sick and Injured, Fire Service Principles, Pump Operations, Fire Prevention, and Fire Service Instructor and other courses within the Fire Technology program.

Provide instruction in accordance with established course outlines and expectations; inform students about course requirements; prepare and grade assignments and examinations; meet administrative timelines and submit completed and required documents and reports; and maintain required student attendance and scholastic records.

This position will teach components of the Firefighter 1 Academy and/or courses in the Fire Technology major.

Any bachelor's degree and two years of full-time experience in the discipline,

OR

Any associate's degree and six years of full-time experience in the discipline,

Individuals must hold appropriate certification by the State Fire Marshal's Office associate with the class(es) being taught.

NOTE: All degrees must be from accredited institutions.

Knowledge of teaching; multiple teaching methods which include critical thinking and problem solving strategies; and college academic requirements and standards.

Candidates must possess: a commitment to encouragement of learning and an enthusiastic attitude toward teaching; sensitivity to teach students from diverse cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds who may have wide ranges of abilities, including the disabled.