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Required Application Materials All applicants are required to submit:
* A completed online District application form (go to to complete the application and to apply for this position).
* A resume that details all relevant education, training, and other work experience.
* A cover letter of no more than 3 pages that addresses the applicant’s cultural competence, sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty and staff as well as the applicant’s qualifications as they relate to the requirements, knowledge, skills, and abilities listed in this announcement.
Candidates for interview will be selected from among those who most closely meet the requirements and knowledge, skills and abilities. Meeting the minimum qualifications does not guarantee an interview. As part of the interview process, candidates may be asked to demonstrate job-related knowledge and skills.
Position Information
Posting Number: 20141926S
Position Title: Instructional Aide II (Part-time)
Location: Cañada College
Position Number: 3C0217
Percentage of Full Time: 48%
FLSA: Non-Exempt (accrues overtime)
Months per Year: 10
Min Salary: $28,027.20 (annual)
Max Salary: $35,956.80 (annual)
Who We Are
The San Mateo County Community College District is committed to achieving educational equity for all students. As outlined in the District’s Strategic Plan, “success, equity, and social justice for our students are longstanding goals.” The District’s “Students First” Strategic Plan is focused on "Student Success, Equity and Social Justice.”
The Position
This is paraprofessional work in the College for Working Adults Program involved with assisting faculty in the delivery of classroom instruction and/or laboratory teaching. Under direction, the employee performs a variety of preparatory work and planning, and at the direction of faculty prepares materials for use in the classroom and/or laboratory. Public contact is extensive and primarily includes students, faculty and staff, but can also include vendors and staff from other educational institutions and agencies.
Duties and Responsibilities
* Exchanges information with students, faculty and staff regarding subject-matter, resources, materials, policies and procedures associated with the classroom or laboratory setting.
* Confers with faculty regarding curriculum, student materials for use in the classroom or laboratory, computer hardware, software, other learning tools, equipment and supplies, student assignments and progress, tests and student test scores, proctoring and scoring tests, student attendance, purchase or modification, inventory and storage of equipment, and other technical information related to the services and programs offered.
* Attends meetings, conferences, and workshops to obtain current procedural and other information and participates in division and department planning activities as needed.
* Makes presentations to small and large groups to publicize services and programs as assigned.
* Under direction of faculty or as the result of a student learning plan, tutors students on problem areas of a designated subject area, demonstrates subject-matter skills, directs students in practical laboratories, and demonstrates equipment techniques.
* Demonstrates safety procedures for use of classroom and laboratory equipment and supplies.
* Troubleshoots operational problems with laboratory and classroom equipment.
* Researches background of subject-matter to maintain current information and as directed by faculty, compiles and organizes lesson plans and materials for faculty presentation.
* Recommends the modification or purchase of laboratory and classroom equipment.
* Maintains a library of teaching and learning materials.
* Uses a variety of computer software to organize and maintain learning resources and related data, faculty materials, tests, and related data, prepare routine correspondence, reports, publicity and other materials.
* Proctors and scores tests as directed and supervised by faculty.
* Performs other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
* A Bachelor’s degree, preferably in the applicable designated subject area OR an equivalent combination of education and experience.
* Successful work experience of increasing responsibility, preferably in a classroom or laboratory setting, that has included tutoring students.
* Demonstrated cultural competence, sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds of community college students, faculty and staff.
* Experience with directing the work of others.
* Skill in oral communication, including public speaking.
* Skill in written communication.
* Experience with research, compiling data for and preparation of statistical, narrative, and other reports.
* Skill in multi-tasking, prioritizing workloads, and working independently.
* Skill in the use of a variety of computer software to prepare correspondence and reports from rough draft.
* Skill in setting up and maintaining online and manual files.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
* Working knowledge of the specific subject matter(s) taught in the classroom or laboratory.
* Skill in working with diverse adult learning styles.
* Skill in clear and direct oral communication, including public speaking.
* Skill in establishing and maintaining respectful, sensitive communication and working relationships with people at all levels within an organization who are diverse in their academic, socioeconomic, ethnic, neurodivergent, and LGBTQIA+ backgrounds.
* Skill in directing the work of others.
* Skill in written communication.
* Skill in performing routine research within a designated subject matter area.
* Skill designing lesson plans using original research and subject matter knowledge and materials.
* Skill in using a variety of computer software to prepare a variety of correspondence, reports, publicity, and other materials.
Physical Requirements
This classification requires communication with individuals, small groups and large groups; work in close proximity with individuals; comparing data, and interpreting data to others; flexibility, tact and patience; manual dexterity; bending; pulling; pushing; and reaching in order to perform the essential functions.
Preferred Qualifications
Benefits include paid holidays, vacation and sick leave. Optional tax-deferred flexible benefit 403(b) and 457 plans are available. Classified employees participate in the Public Employees’ Retirement System, a defined-benefit retirement plan through the State of California.
Open Date
Open Date 12/12/2024
First Review Date
First Review Date 01/10/2025
Close Date
Open Until Filled Yes
EEO Statement
The San Mateo County Community College District is an Equal Opportunity Employer that seeks to employ individuals who represent the rich diversity of cultures, language groups, and abilities of its surrounding communities.
Accommodations
Applicants who have disabilities may request that special accommodations be made in order to complete the selection process. Accommodation requests and a copy of the Americans with Disabilities Act applicant procedures can be made by completing our: Applicant Reasonable Accommodation Request Form .
Annual Security Report
San Mateo County Community College District’s (SMCCCD) 2024 Annual Security Report (ASR), required by the Clery Act, includes statistics for the previous three years (2021–2023) concerning reported crimes that occurred on campus; in certain off-campus buildings owned or controlled by SMCCCD; and on public property within, or immediately adjacent to and accessible from SMCCCD.
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