Associate Faculty, Agriculture Tractor Operations (part-time)

This is a posting to gather a pool of qualified applicants for academic year 2026-2027.

Any degree & professional experience

Associate Degree: 6 years or Bachelor’s Degree: 2 years

Where years of professional or occupational experience are required, the requirement refers to the stated number of years of full-time experience or the equivalent in part-time experience.

Salary based on education and experience

Placement of all associate faculty will be determined by Class (column) and Step as described below:

Class 0: Faculty Intern as defined by § 53500.

Class I: AA + 6 years occupational experience; and BA + 2 years of occupational experience.

Class II: MA; BA + 30 units post BA; BA + 4 years occupational experience; AA + 8 years occupational experience.

Class III: MA with 50 units post BA; BA + 50 units post BA; BA + 6 years occupational experience; AA + 10 years occupational experience.

Class IV: MA with 70 units post BA; BA + 70 units post BA; BA + 8 years occupational experience; AA + 12 years occupational experience.

3.10.1 For all Classes, all degrees and units must be from regionally accredited (or equivalent) institutions of higher education.

3.10.2 For Classes III and IV, all units beyond a Bachelor’s Degree must be upper division or graduate level semester units (or equivalent) earned subsequent to the granting of the Bachelor’s Degree.

3.10.3 For Classes III and IV, all units beyond a Bachelor’s Degree must be upper division or graduate level semester units (or equivalent) earned subsequent to the granting of the Bachelor’s Degree.

3.10.4 Nursing faculty and those faculty whose initial assignment is in disciplines the Minimum qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges identifies as “disciplines in which a master’s degree is not generally expected or available” may be credited in class placement for years of full-time, paid occupational experience.

3.10.4.1 Full-time, paid occupational experience as an apprentice qualifies for credit toward column placement.

3.10.4.2 Experience as a teaching or laboratory assistant does not count towards initial salary placement.

3.10.4.3 Experience years as an intern paid or unpaid do not count as occupation years.

3.10.5 Step Placement: Up to two steps may be credited to a faculty member for prior teaching experience. Maximum step placement for teaching experience is step 2.

3.10.5.1 Credit for college teaching experience will be computed as one step for each one year of experience.

3.10.5.2 Credit for high school teaching experience will be computed as follows one step for each two years of experience.