Qualified candidates must have any bachelors degree or higher and two years of professional experience OR Any associate's degree and six years of professional experience OR the equivalent Preferred Qualifications: Possession of a valid credential authorizing the full-time teaching of ASL at the California community college level OR a masters in American Sign Language, Deaf Studies, or a related discipline OR a bachelors in American Sign Language, Deaf Studies, or a related discipline, and two years of teaching experience OR an associates in American Sign Language or Deaf Studies, and six years of teaching experience; OR the equivalent. Candidates must possess a commitment to encourage learning and an enthusiastic attitude toward teaching, as well as the sensitivity to teach students from diverse cultural, ethnic, and socio-economic backgrounds who may have wide ranges of abilities, including the disabled.