Noncredit Students with Disabilities Associate (Part-time) Instructor Pool

Minimum Qualifications
The transcripts you are attaching to provide evidence that you meet the minimum qualifications below must state the degree title major and date awarded. Noncredit Specialized Instruction for Students with Disabilities Section 53414(e): (1) The minimum qualifications for providing credit specialized instruction for students with disabilities (see Credit Specialized Instruction for Students with Disabilities Section 53414(d) below); OR (2) Bachelors degree with any of the following majors: education of students with specific or multiple disabilities; special education; psychology; physical education with an emphasis in adaptive physical education; communicative disorders; rehabilitation; computer-based education; other computer-related majors which include course work on adapted or assistive computer technology for students with disabilities; other majors related to providing specialized instruction or services to persons with disabilities; OR (3) Associates degree with one of the majors specified above; AND four years of experience providing specialized instruction or services to persons in the disability category or categories being served; OR (4) For noncredit vocational courses an associates degree or certificate of training; AND four years of occupational experience (occupational experience does not include teaching experience) related to the subject of the course taught; AND two years of experience providing specialized instruction or services to persons in the disability category being served. Credit Specialized Instruction for Students with Disabilities Section 53414(d): (1) Masters degree or equivalent foreign degree in the category of disability special education education psychology educational psychology or rehabilitation counseling; AND (2) Fifteen semester units of upper division or graduate study in the area of disability to include but not be limited to: a. Learning disabilities; b. Developmental disabilities; c. Deaf and hearing impaired; d. Physical disabilities; or e. Adapted computer technology. OR a valid appropriate California teaching Credential authorizing instruction in special education in a community college. AND have sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic socioeconomic cultural disability and ethnic backgrounds of community college students. *Applicants wishing to claim equivalence to the minimum qualifications should follow the instructions and guidelines at .