Job Details

Employment Opportunity

Full-time, tenure track faculty position.

Starting Salary Range: $54,397 to $83,440 per year, salary placement determined by documented education and experience; maximum initial salary step placement on the faculty salary schedule is step 9.

Cabrillo College provides a doctoral stipend of $3,632 per year for eligible faculty.

Benefits: Cabrillo College currently provides a benefit stipend that employees apply towards benefit selections for medical, dental, life and long-term disability insurance.

Days Per Year: Faculty enjoy a 175-day work schedule.

Beginning Date: Position scheduled to begin on Monday, August 20, 2018, pending funding and Governing Board ratification. Assignments may include distance education courses, may be scheduled over summer and/or winter months, and may be scheduled at various campus locations days, evenings, and/or weekends.

About the College: Situated on Monterey Bay in the county of Santa Cruz, California, Cabrillo College is one of the most highly regarded community colleges in the state for its success in the area of transfer and career education, and currently serves approximately 12,000 students each semester. Cabrillo College transfers many of its students to three nearby universities - the University of California at Santa Cruz, San Jose State University in the heart of Silicon Valley, and California State University at Monterey Bay. Cabrillo's career education is closely connected to the nearby Silicon Valley business environment as well as that of the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Cabrillo focuses on student-centered learning and has a tradition of collegial governance.

Faculty at Cabrillo College have a long history of shared governance and participation in all levels of decision-making at the college. Cabrillo provides an excellent opportunity to learn, collaborate, create, and make a difference in the lives of its students and community.

About the Department: Cabrillo College's HAWK (Health, Athletics, Wellness, and Kinesiology) Division seeks a dynamic and innovative individual to join its staff as a kinesiology instructor and intercollegiate head football coach. The department philosophy encourages students to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve and maintain optimal health and well-being. Cabrillo College offers intercollegiate athletic programs that reflect the interests and abilities of the college's student body and local high schools. Student health and welfare, sound academic progress, and ethical conduct are the foundation of the athletic program. The department functions within the rules and regulations of the Coast Athletic Conference and the California Community College Commission on Athletics. There are four contract instructors in the Kinesiology, three who are intercollegiate coaches. Cabrillo College supports 15 athletic programs (seven men's and eight women's).

About the Position: Cabrillo College expects and supports excellence. New faculty members are expected to enhance Cabrillo's state-wide reputation as a leader in shared governance through involvement in division, campus-wide and state committees. Professional responsibilities include writing curriculum, program development, committee membership, student outreach, and attendance at department and division meetings.

Examples of Duties

Coaching Assignments:

The coaching assignment is for an intercollegiate head football coach. Duties will include, but are not limited to, consulting with the football staff and associate dean of athletics to prepare the equipment and supply budget and to request and coordinate transportation needs. Additionally, the assignment includes developing daily and weekly practice plans, scouting opponents, developing game plans, and analyzing opponents' game tapes. To support the football program, the coach must promote football in Santa Cruz County and the Cabrillo College recruitment district, recruit players, participate in athletic department public relations and fundraising projects, and attend athletic department and division meetings.

Teaching Assignments:

The typical teaching assignment consists of seven, three-hour classes per week per semester. During the semester of competition, coaching is 50% of the assignment. The teaching assignment will include football and may include, but not be limited to, first aid, weight training, athletic conditioning and other kinesiology courses.

Minimum Qualifications

Required Education from a U.S. Department of Education recognized accredited organization and licensure qualifications:

• Master's degree in kinesiology, physical education, exercise science, education with an emphasis in physical education, kinesiology, physiology of exercise or adaptive physical education OR
• Bachelor's degree in kinesiology, physical education, exercise science, education with an emphasis in physical education, kinesiology, physiology of exercise or adaptive physical education AND Master's degree in any life science, dance, physiology, health education, recreation administration or physical therapy OR
• The equivalent OR
• A lifetime California Community College Instructor credential in Physical Education.

Equivalency

Candidates without the specified degrees listed above must complete and submit a Supplemental Application for Equivalency Determination (Download PDF reader). Additionally, candidates must provide documentation, as part of this application process, sufficient to convince the committee that the candidate possesses the equivalent of these minimum qualifications, including the depth and breadth of discipline knowledge plus general education.
*NOTE: Graduate students currently working on a Master's degree are encouraged to apply, with the understanding that:

• The graduate student MUST complete the Supplemental Application for Equivalency Determination form AND
• The degree must be completed and confirmed by July 1, 2018

Required Professional Expertise:

• Currency and depth of knowledge in the applicable professional field
• Knowledge of and commitment to teaching strategies and practices that enhance student success at community colleges, including effective use of technology
• Effective oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to teach the courses or perform the duties effectively as described above
• Demonstrated ability to communicate well with students of diverse academic, ethnic, socioeconomic, and cultural backgrounds; gender identities, sexual orientations; and students with disabilities
• Evidence of professional activities and service beyond the primary teaching assignment
• Development and review of curriculum as well as including assessments of learning
• Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with others

Desired Qualifications/Performance Expectations:

• Recent, successful teaching experience in kinesiology at the community college level and coaching experience at the high school, college, or university level
• Expertise in at least three areas of physical education other than football
• Demonstrated ability to experience teaching diverse student populations
• Successful online teaching experience
• Knowledge of:
  • Current theories and principles of intercollegiate football
  • Skill learning progressions from beginning to advanced levels
  • Conditioning and weight training principles
• Ability to:
  • Employ innovative teaching techniques and methodologies
  • Recruit local high school athletes within California community college parameters
  • Coach student athletes
  • Safely lift up to 40 pounds
• Credential and/or experience in personal training, physical fitness or wellness programming
• Experience developing and marketing new programs to diverse populations
• Innovative ideas to expand the program
• Development and review of curriculum as well as including assessments of learning

Additional Information

Selection Process: A search committee will review complete applications. Meeting minimum qualifications does not ensure an interview. Therefore, it is critical that candidates submit a detailed and complete application. When filling out the online application, it is important that you fill out all sections completely. Do not leave blank spaces, or notes saying "see resume". When adding attachments, please redact ALL of the following items which appear on any attachment before you submit it: social security number, birth date, age, gender, birthplace and personal photos. The application and supporting materials will be used to assess each candidate's qualifications as they relate to the assignment. A limited number of candidates will be invited for an interview slated for late February 2018. A teaching demonstration will be part of the interview.

To be considered, each candidate MUST SUBMIT:

1. Completed online Cabrillo College Application
2. Cover Letter, which states how the candidate specifically meets the required qualifications
3. Current job-related resume, including teaching experience, and/or related work experience.
4. Verification of education qualifications (Foreign transcripts must be translated to determine equivalency to U.S. standards (Download PDF reader). Any fee for such translation is paid by the applicant.):
   • Transcripts from all colleges attended (unofficial transcripts, copies and downloads are acceptable). If selected, it is the responsibility of the candidate to provide official transcripts, diplomas, degrees or other documents as may be required OR
   • Copy of a lifetime California Community College Instructor credential in Physical Education, front and back (if applicable) OR
   • An attached Supplemental Application for Equivalency Determination (Download PDF reader) form and supporting documentation. (This is only necessary if candidate does not possess and submit proof of specified degrees listed in minimum qualifications OR possess and submit copy of a valid lifetime credential.)
5. Three (3) recent job related letters of recommendation which address the candidate's ability to perform the duties of this position.
6. A brief (not to exceed two {2} pages), clearly identified, separately attached statement outlining your philosophy of coaching and its relationship to education.

If any of the required materials are not submitted with your application packet, your application will be deemed incomplete and will not be forwarded to the committee for screening.

Please notify Human Resources if you require any special accommodation(s) in meeting these requirements.

Selection Procedure: Candidates selected for employment with Cabrillo College must agree to be fingerprinted and cleared, provide current Tuberculosis test results, provide proof of eligibility for employment in the United States and present a valid Social Security card upon hire.
Application Deadline: Application materials MUST be successfully submitted by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, January 09, 2018.

Please note: Cabrillo College will be closed beginning Friday, December 22, 2017 and will re-open on Tuesday, January 2, 2018.

Cabrillo College seeks applications from all qualified individuals. It is the continuing goal of Cabrillo College to hire and retain staff that reflect the rich diversity and cultural heritage of the college district and its student body.