Job Description
Las Positas College
Livermore, CA
PT Instructor, Music – Music Technology
Salary: $2,075.12/CAH - $2,322.27/CAH
Start Date: Fall 2025
Closing Date: June 30, 2025
Location: Las Positas College, 3000 Campus Hill Dr., Livermore, CA 94551
Job Summary
The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District is seeking a PT Instructor, Music – Music Technology for Las Positas College. Applicants will be expected to provide instruction in MUS 35 Introduction to Music Technology and MUS 36 Intermediate Music Technology.
Duties and Responsibilities:
(1) Teach courses covering the following fundamental aspects of music technology: computer skills, software-based sequencing, synthesis, MIDI, sampling, notation, principles of sound, microphones, introduction to digital audio, signal processing, mixers and mixing, recording principles, cables and interconnects, and audio in live performance;
(2) Oversee equipment and software in Recording Studio and Keyboard/Music Technology Lab. Help with studio design for new Recording studio project (to be completed Spring 2027). Oversee studio use by students;
(3) Assist in expanding Music Technology program with new curriculum and attend annual CTE Commercial Music Advisory Board Meetings.
Minimum Qualifications:
Master's in music OR Bachelor's in music AND Master's in humanities OR the equivalent.
Evidence of understanding of and responsiveness to the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, racial and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, as these factors relate to the need for equity-minded practices within the classroom.
Applicants applying under the "Equivalent" provision must provide details that explain at time of application how their academic preparation is the equivalent of the degree listed above.
Desirable Qualifications:
1. An active career (current or past) in music technology;
2. Successful track record of teaching music technology, preferably at the college level;
3. Overall high levels of engagement with the campus and student body.
Physical Demands and Working Environment:
Individuals with disabilities who are unable to carry out the physical activities of the position will receive reasonable accommodations to enable them to perform the essential functions of the positions.
Notification to Applicants:
The Chabot-Las Positas Community College District reserves the right to close or not fill any advertised position.
TO APPLY, please send the following application materials to the contact listed below:
1. Cover Letter
2. Resume
3. URL Links to samples of recording projects
4. College Transcripts (Unofficial copies accepted for application purposes; however, official copies must be submitted if hired.) Any degrees earned outside of the United States must have a U.S. evaluation (course by course) of the transcripts and must be submitted with the application. (Please use to obtain evaluations.
5. PT Faculty Application (Application procedures also included below.)
Contact Name: Daniel Marschak
Email: dmarschak@laspositascollege.edu
Phone: 925 424-1116
Department: Music
Special Instructions to Applicants:
The Board of Trustees has updated Board Policy 7330 to incorporate information on COVID vaccination requirements, which are currently suspended. Accordingly, employee(s) must comply with the Board Policy found at: .
It is the policy of this District to provide equal opportunity in all areas of employment practices and to assure that there shall be no discrimination against any person on the basis of sex, ancestry, age, marital status, race, religious creed, mental disability, medical condition (including HIV and AIDS), color, national origin, physical disability, family or sexual preference status and other similar factors in compliance with Title IX, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, other federal and state non-discrimination regulations, and its own statements of philosophy of objectives. The District encourages the filing of applications by both sexes, ethnic minorities, and the disabled.
Joining Our College Community
We seek equity-minded applicants who demonstrate they understand the benefits diversity brings to an educational community.
We look for applicants who:
1. Value and intentionally promote diversity and consciousness of difference
2. Demonstrate cultural humility and an ongoing desire to improve cultural competence
3. Are dedicated to addressing issues of social justice
4. Accept their shared role and responsibility in addressing opportunity and achievement gaps experienced by students
5. Have experience and success in closing student equity gaps and engaging in equitable practices, or are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about implementing practices that achieve these goals
6. Actively seek to identify, disrupt, and remove institutional and/or systemic barriers that adversely impact historically marginalized communities
7. Empower the underrepresented and underserved
8. Foster students' potential to become global citizens and socially responsible leaders
9. Believe that all people have the right to an education and work environment free from fear, harassment, or discrimination.
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