Position Summary

Join our Racial Equity-Centered College!
Pierce College District is student-centered and mission-driven to ensure that all our students thrive and reach their fullest potential. As an institution committed to antiracism, we are action-oriented and intentional in dismantling every systemic barrier that prevents Black and Brown student excellence and liberation.
As Pierce College deepens its commitment to racial equity, it is of the highest priority that we focus our tenure-track and permanent status faculty hiring process to seek faculty with the expertise to lead our institution in serving Black and Brown students. This cluster hire is an opportunity for the college community to continue to act upon our values but more importantly for the empowering of our students' self-efficacy, for cultivating sense of belonging, and for the diversity of our entire student body, especially Black and Brown students, being reflected in a position of power in the classroom. We are fortunate that the Washington state legislature recognizes this through SB 5194 in its efforts to address student areas of inequities with the funding of additional faculty positions. Learn more about this year’s faculty cluster hire here: https://www.pierce.ctc.edu/hr-faculty-cluster-hire.
We are excited to invite you to bring your lived experiences and authentic selves to contribute to discourse and action in supporting Black and Brown students.
About the Program
The Pierce College music program is a vibrant and growing program with excellent facilities, talented students, and a reputation in the community for creative programming and excellent performance. As a leading program amongst community colleges in the state of Washington, our faculty collaborate across the state in music curriculum and degree planning. The music department is fully engaged in the equity work of the college to serve our diverse community of learners to thrive in an evolving world. The ensembles and performances not only provide our students with the experience of performing diverse repertoire, but also provide our community a space for expansive and inclusive artistic expression.
This position will lead instrumental ensembles and instrumental lessons for the college. A successful candidate will conduct the symphonic concert band with a focus on Black and Brown excellence. Leadership in the recruiting and supporting of instrumental lesson faculty and orchestra conducting are also part of this role.
Department faculty collaborate across the fine and performing arts with other faculty and students, and work closely with student programming and activities for funding and event planning. The successful candidate will join a dynamic district music department that includes choral and instrumental performance courses, private instruction courses, music theory curriculum, and music lecture courses. The successful candidate will also be joining committed equity educators within the division and the college as we engage the arts to celebrate excellence in cultural expression while also interrogating past cultural inequities.
The department prepares students to transfer as music majors through the Associate of Art Music (MRP/DTA) which includes music theory and performance courses. The program serves music majors, students seeking humanities electives, and community members. Additionally, the department has multiple performance groups including: Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, Concert Band, String Orchestra, and Chamber Ensembles. The Pierce College Concert Band has been a staple of the music community for over 50 years.
About Pierce College
Pierce College is an innovative community college striving to re-envision our institution through an antiracist framework to advance equity in student engagement and learning. We value student learning experiences that foster inclusion and intercultural engagement in the classroom and that expand into our local and global communities. Faculty, staff, and administrators work collaboratively to lead initiatives that advance equitable student success: from closing areas of inequity to building guided career pathways. The college serves over 15,000 students in basic skills, transfer, and professional technical programs. Through continuous efforts, we have improved retention rates by 17% and graduation rates by 89%. This year, Pierce was again named a top community college by several national organizations.
Pierce College employees and students live and work in various communities that offer the diverse cultural and environmental benefits of rural, suburban, and urban lifestyles in the Pacific Northwest. As part of the community and technical college system in Washington State, the District includes Pierce College Fort Steilacoom, Pierce College Puyallup, Pierce College at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, as well as other extended learning sites.

Essential Functions

• Designing and teaching a variety of courses in the department, specifically instrumental ensembles and music lecture content, in a manner that promotes Black and Brown student excellence;

• Conducting symphonic concert band;

• Designing and teaching a variety of courses in the department, specifically instrumental ensembles and music lecture content, in a manner that promotes Black and Brown student excellence;

• Creating race-conscious course assessments and evaluations, assessing data, and engaging in continuous improvement of courses based on that analysis in order to advance student achievement of outcomes, success in subsequent courses, and impact on retention, graduation, and successful transition to employment or further education;

• Continuously innovating inclusive pedagogy and active learning experiences (campus, online, hybrid) in response to assessment and evidence/data analysis;

• Demonstrating cultural humility and intercultural engagement, including an awareness and understanding of historically marginalized populations, and the creation of an educational environment that affirms the identities and communications of students of color;

• Incorporating appropriate and engaging technology across modalities;

• Creatively designing learning experiences that extend beyond delivering content and assist students in achieving course, program, and degree outcomes, including the college's five core abilities of Intercultural Engagement; Critical, Creative and Reflective Thinking; Information Competency; Global Citizenship; and Effective Communication;

• Contributing to a collaborative and innovative department, division, and institution;

• Leading efforts to increase student success in performing arts, including closing areas of inequity, particularly with regard to race and ethnicity;

• Teaching, advising, and mentoring students holistically from recruitment to completion and transition to employment or further education;

• Recruiting instrumental music students and engaging in music education within the K-12 schools in our service area in a manner that promotes Black and Brown student excellence;

• Engaging in shared governance including district-wide efforts to build an antiracist institution focused on action to advance access, retention, and success for our most marginalized and vulnerable students and employees;

• Actively engaging with cohort peers as part of the First-Year Faculty Cohort in the first year of the tenure process, which will provide opportunities to engage with practices that enable Black and Brown student excellence.

Qualifications

• Graduate Degree in Music, Music Performance, Music Education
• Experience conducting instrumental ensembles

Application Process

To be considered for this position, applicants must include the following items in their application package:

• Letter of formal application that addresses how your experience and education qualifies you to perform the assigned responsibilities (Cover Letter).
• Responses to the following: Provide specific examples how you fulfill at least two of the following criteria: (a) Have experience or have demonstrated commitment to teaching, mentoring and/or engaging in services for Black and Brown students; (b) Have demonstrated knowledge of barriers for Black and Brown students and experience in addressing disproportionate impact at an institution; (c) Have experience in or have demonstrated commitment in facilitating Black and Brown students’ navigating a higher education institution; (d) Have experience or have demonstrated commitment to integrating elements of culturally relevant and inclusive pedagogy. (Supplemental Question).
• Detailed curriculum vitae of all educational and professional experience, which includes a list of courses taught (Curriculum Vitae).
• Unofficial copies of all college and university transcripts that include degree received and confer date. International transcripts must include a foreign transcript evaluation. For a list of approved credential evaluation services visit: https://www.naces.org/members. (Unofficial transcripts acceptable for application process; official transcripts required prior to hire) (Transcripts).
• A list of four current professional references with name, relationship to candidate, address, email address, and telephone number. Letters of recommendation will not be accepted in lieu of a list of professional references (References).

• If selected for an interview, a link to unedited conducting videos of a performance (10 minutes minimum) and a rehearsal (15 minutes minimum) from the past five years will be requested (Conducting Video)

Terms of Employment
This position, which is contingent upon funding, is a full-time, tenure-track assignment of 174 contracted days per year with the tenure process starting in September 2023, and with the opportunity to start working an earlier quarter. Assignment may include district discipline/program coordination, as well as evening, hybrid, and/or online teaching. This is a District position with a "home" campus assignment. Initial placement of this position will be at the Puyallup campus. Candidates will be working for a District Dean and will be required to attend district meetings as well as collaborate with colleagues across the district and across departments.
Salary & Benefits
Initial salary placement is based on the current full-time faculty salary schedule and is dependent upon education and experience. Salary placement for newly hired full-time faculty will be at one of five levels based upon qualifications including teaching experience and credentials. The five levels range from $63,237 to $68,264 per 174-day academic year. Opportunities for summer employment and other assignments are in addition to the base salary. Ensemble conducting is an additional annual stipend of $3,600 per ensemble. Faculty may choose to teach private instruction lessons as well in addition to the base pay.
Washington State offers one of the most competitive benefits packages in the nation, worth an additional value equivalent to approximately 35% of your salary. A comprehensive health care benefits package for you and your dependents includes medical, dental and vision insurance. Life and long-term disability insurance plans; vacation, sick and personal leave; reduced tuition; and retirement benefits are also provided. For more information, please visit our Benefits and Leave website at: https://www.pierce.ctc.edu/hr- benefits.
Reasonable Accommodation
Applicants with disabilities who require assistance with the application and employment process will be accommodated to the extent reasonably possible. Requests should be made to the District Human Resources Office by calling 253-964-7342. Persons who are deaf or hard of hearing may dial 711 to place a call through Washington Relay, the state's free telecommunication access service.
Screening & Interview Process
Only those candidates who have complied with the application process and meet the required qualifications will be considered. Following the review of application materials, the most qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview. Check the email account you used for the application process for communication regarding the status of your application. Application materials submitted to Pierce College are the property of the College and will not be returned.
Conditions of Employment
Pierce College is a “fully vaccinated campus” under the state’s higher education guidance, which means that COVID-19 vaccination (or allowable exemption) is currently required for all employees and students. Pierce College will maintain our existing vaccination policies and practices through the 2023 winter term for all employees, and for students in courses with a grounded component. More information can be found here: Vaccination Requirements.
Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington State Law RCW28B.112.
An offer of employment will not carry with it any responsibility or obligation on the part of the District to sponsor an H-1B visa. In compliance with the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, proof of authorization to work in the United States will be required at the time of hire.

Pierce College has adopted a Drug Free Workplace policy. As a condition of employment, employees must agree to abide by the requirements established in that policy.
Bargaining Unit
This position has been designated as a bargaining unit position represented by the Pierce College Federation of Teachers (PCFT).
Equal Opportunity
The Pierce College District is an equal opportunity employer. The Board of Trustees and Pierce College District are committed to providing equal opportunity and will not discriminate in terms and conditions of employment and personnel practices for all persons without regard to race, color, national origin, age, perceived or actual physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, creed, religion, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or use of a trained guide dog or service animal.
For more information or assistance regarding your application, contact Human Resources at: jobs@pierce.ctc.edu.
Questions regarding equal employment opportunities or discrimination may be directed to the following:
Sean Cooke, Title IX Coordinator (253) 840-8472
Tami Jacobs, ADACO/Section 504 Coordinator (253) 964-6581
Holly Gorski, Vice President for Human Resources (253) 964-6519
Paula Henson-Williams, District Affirmative Action Officer (253) 864-3229

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $63,237.00 - $68,264.00 per year

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