Funeral Services Education Adjunct Assistant Professor

Position Summary

The Los Rios Community College District is seeking qualified candidates for this part-time, temporary (Adjunct) faculty position.

Adjunct positions are filled as needed through ongoing recruitment. Applicants are contacted and hired year-round based on college needs.

• The adjunct faculty member shall be responsible for the following : teaching assigned classes under the supervision of the area dean;
• helping students fulfill their maximum potential in mastering course content; assessing student learning outcomes; maintaining a thorough and up-to-date knowledge in their regular teaching field;
• continuing professional development; utilizing current technology in the performance of job duties; maintaining standards of professional conduct and ethics appropriate to the professional position;
• assisting with articulation and curriculum development and review; serving on college committees and participating in faculty governance including accreditation and student co-curricular activities;

assuming other responsibilities as assigned by the area dean; fulfilling other duties and responsibilities of an adjunct faculty member.

The Department's primary focus is on :

• Explaining the importance of funeral service professionals in developing relationships with the families and communities they serve.
• Identify standards of ethical conduct in funeral service practice.
• Interpreting how federal, state, and local laws apply to funeral service in order to ensure compliance.
• Applying principles of public health and safety in the handling and preparation of human remains.
• Demonstrating technical skills in embalming and restorative art that are necessary for the preparation and handling of human remains.
• Demonstrating the skills required for conducting arrangement conferences, visitations, services, and ceremonies.
• Describing the requirements and procedures for burial, cremation, and other accepted forms of final disposition of human remains.
• Describing methods to address the grief-related needs of the bereaved.
• Explaining management skills associated with operating a funeral establishment.
• Demonstrating verbal and written communication skills and research skills needed for funeral service practice.

As an accredited mortuary college program, the department maintains a focus on :

• Preparing students to be members of a human services profession
• Preparing students students to be members of the community in which they serve
• Participating in the relationship between bereaved families and those engaged in the funeral services profession.
• Offering professional knowledge of and compliance with federal, state provincial / territorial, and local regulatory guidelines
• Being sensitive to the responsibility for public health, safety and welfare in caring for human remains

The Funeral Service Education Program at American River College is accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education (ABFSE), 992 Mantua Pike, Suite 108 Woodbury Heights, NJ 08097 (816) 233-3747.

Web : https : / / abfse.org / index.html . The program consists of a combination of general education and funeral service education courses with related laboratory experience.

Position Salary Information :

Initial maximum salary placement is based on academic degree, upper / graduate level units earned, and / or related professional occupation al experience per the Los Rios College Federation of Teachers Contract (the initial maximum placement is Class V, Step 1).

For more information on the step placement process, please click here .

Typical Duties

The instructional assignment may encompass teaching courses across all levels in this discipline. Specific courses offered may vary by campus.

Courses for this assignment may include :

• FSE 300 Introduction to Funeral Service
• FSE 310 Funeral Directing I
• FSE 312 Funeral Directing II
• FSE 320 Funeral Service Law and Ethics
• FSE 330 Merchandising in the Funeral Service Industry
• FSE 335 Funeral Service Management
• FSE 340 Pathology for Funeral Service
• FSE 350 Restorative Art
• FSE 360 Embalming I
• FSE 365 Embalming II
• FSE 370 Funeral Service Counseling

The instructional assignment may include, but is not limited to, providing funeral service education to students in the Funeral Service Education Program.

Instructional subject areas may include, but will not be limited to :

• Funeral Service Directing
• Merchandising
• Counseling
• Management
• Law and Ethics
• Embalming

To view a complete list of courses for each discipline, please visit the Programs and Majors webpage specific to each campus :

• ARC Programs and Majors
• CRC Programs and Majors
• FLC Programs and Majors
• SCC Programs and Majors

Minimum Qualifications

Have a bachelor's degree or higher AND two years of professional experience directly related to the assignment; OR have an associate degree AND six years of professional experience directly related to the assignment;

OR the equivalent*. All degrees must be from an accredited institution completed by time of hire.

• Hold at the time of hire, and maintain during period of employment, a valid California Embalmer's License OR, a valid California Funeral Director's License, or its legal equivalent.
• Have an equity-minded focus, responsiveness, and sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, including those with physical or learning disabilities as it relates to differences in learning styles;

and successfully foster and support an inclusive educational and employment environment.

• NOTES :
• If your degree title differs from the minimum qualifications listed above, you are requested to apply under the "equivalent" provision.
• Applicants applying under the "equivalent" provision must attach details and explain how their academic preparation and / or professional experience is the equivalent of the degrees / minimum qualifications listed above.

Please visit our website for a sample letter and information on the equivalency determination process.

If you have already been granted equivalency for this discipline, you must attach a copy of your determination form or letter.

Application Instructions

Applicants applying to this position are REQUIRED to complete and submit :

• A Los Rios Community College District Application
• Resume or Curriculum Vitae
• Letter of Interest
• Unofficial Transcripts from College / University

NOTES :

• Applications submitted without all required documents, listed above, will be disqualified.
• Applicants indicating "see resume" on the application will not have that referenced experience considered for minimum qualifications, which may lead to the application being disqualified.
• Only information (education, experience, etc.) listed on the application will be considered for minimum qualifications.
• Applicants, including current Los Rios Community College District employees, are required to provide official transcripts, if required to meet the minimum qualifications for the position.
• Applicants are required to submit official transcripts within 60 days of the time of hire.
• Graduate advising documents and grade reports will not be accepted as official transcripts.
• Individuals who have completed college or university course work at an institution in a country other than the United States must obtain a complete evaluation of foreign transcripts, degrees, and other relevant documents.
• A foreign transcript evaluation is required any time foreign course work is used to meet minimum qualifications and / or salary placement even if the foreign transcript has been accepted by a college or university in the United States.
• Foreign transcript evaluations are ONLY accepted from AICE (Association of International Credential Evaluations, Inc.) or NACES (The National Association of Credential Evaluation Services) agencies or evaluators.

For additional information on foreign transcript evaluations click here .

Do not submit additional materials that are not requested.