Adjunct Faculty, Personal Success Program
- Employer
- College of Lake County
- Location
- Illinois, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
- Date posted
- Oct 17, 2024
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Business & Management, Marketing & Sales
- Employment Level
- Adjunct
- Employment Type
- Part Time
Job Details
Adjunct Faculty, Personal Success Program
Internal Position Title: Adjunct Faculty, Personal Success Program
Posting Number: F01028
Department:: Personal & Prof Development
Position Type: Part-Time Faculty
Job Family:
Summary:
The Personal Enrichment and Professional Development department is seeking Adjunct Faculty to deliver high-quality noncredit courses in our Personal Success Program. The program provides vocational skills training and personal enrichment opportunities for students with mild to moderate disabilities. The Personal Success Program allows students who may not otherwise enter post-secondary education both the opportunity to enhance their Personal & Professional Development skills and experience college life.
Examples of recent offerings include Reading for the Workplace, Expressive Art Therapy, Introduction to Web Design, Introduction to Spanish for the Workplace, and Pet Care. Adjunct Faculty may design noncredit courses that explore a wide variety of Personal & Professional Development options for the special needs community.
CLC is a comprehensive community college located in northeastern Illinois committed to being an innovative educational institution providing life-changing paths for our students by offering exceptional learning experiences. CLC achieved a milestone in 2023 with its designation as a Leader College. This national recognition awarded by the Achieving the Dream Network is the result of improved student outcomes through the CLC's relentless commitment to transformational change and the implementation of innovative practices within the student success model over the past few years.
CLC aspires to be a place where every student succeeds, every employee thrives, so that every business achieves and every community grows. Our mission is to be innovative and value-driven in supporting student success through developing and encouraging employees of all backgrounds on their journey toward achieving personal and professional growth.
Required Qualifications:
- Experience teaching, preferably students with mild to moderate cognitive and/or other disabilities
- Developed and/or implemented curriculum, preferably in special educational
- Current licensing or certification if required to teach in the assigned subject area.
- Ability to work effectively and constructively with persons of diverse cultures, gender identities, language groups, and abilities; demonstrate sensitivity to and ability to work with the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students, faculty, and staff, including those with disabilities; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.
- Competency in technologies commonly used in college level instruction, dependent on subject area.
Desired Qualifications:
Posting Date: 05/16/2024
Closing Date:
Expected Start Date: 06/03/2024
Special Instructions Summary:
Pay Rate: Per Adjunct contract
Full-Time/Part-Time: Part Time
Location Grayslake
Total Hours Per Week: Variable by agreement
Work Schedule:
Per schedule
Software Testing Required:
Interview Process Requirements: None
EEO Statement:
The College of Lake County is an equal opportunity employer and has a strong commitment to diversity. In that spirit, it seeks a broad spectrum of candidates including minorities, women and people with disabilities.
Summary of Essential Functions:
- Teach assigned classes as scheduled
- Implement and/or develop, and maintain curriculum and instructional materials
- Provide instructional and social support to students
- Attend PSP adjunct meetings as scheduled
To apply, visit https://jobs.clcillinois.edu/postings/27380
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Company
College of Lake County is a comprehensive community college committed to equitable high-quality education, cultural enrichment and partnerships to advance the diverse communities it serves in northeastern Illinois. The college is implementing transformative change through an ambitious and aspirational body of work outlined in its 2024 Strategic Plan to become an organization where every student succeeds and every employee thrives, while supporting every business to achieve and every community to grow. As the community’s open access higher education organization, CLC aims to be the leader in providing innovative education and workforce solutions. College of Lake County commits to meet the ever-changing needs of the diverse communities of Lake County by delivering affordable and accessible education and services across three campuses, a specialized Advanced Technology Center and online programming. CLC offers more than 170 degrees, certificates and noncredit course options in nine fields of interest to meet the transfer and career needs of over 35,000 community members and 15,000 students annually. CLC prioritizes success outcomes for students providing holistic supports that help students achieve their academic, personal and career growth with personalized support from initial onboarding through graduation. CLC has robust co-curricular programming to engage students outside the classroom including 12 intercollegiate sports teams, more than 40 clubs and organizations, growing global education programming, and a performing arts center. CLC also offers GED, English as a second language, personal enrichment and summer camp experiences to nearly 700,000 Lake County residents.
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