Adjunct Faculty, Talent Development Solutions - Digital Literacy

College of Lake County•Grayslake, IL

19h•$50

About The Position

The Talent Development Solutions department at the College of Lake County provides training and development services to employers. This Digital Literacy Adjunct Faculty role will develop and facilitate digital literacy programs for employers serving audiences and/or with staffing that includes neurodivergent adults.

Requirements

Experience teaching and/or supporting neurodivergent adults, in a developmental, educational, or corporate training environment.
Experience working with adults of diverse backgrounds.
Digital literacy skills and abilities.
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.
Ability to provide get to teaching sites on campus or at employer sites.

Nice To Haves

Experience in instructional design and curriculum development in educational and/or professional settings.
Current licensing or certification if required to teach in the assigned subject area.

Responsibilities

Teach courses as scheduled each academic semester.
Provide instructional support to the students.
Refer students, when appropriate, to sources of specialized services within the College.
Provide the Division and the students a syllabus that includes course objectives and learning outcomes, attendance policies in line with those of the college, texts and readings, timelines and evaluation criteria, and any other information required by College, Division, or departmental policy.
Observe and evaluate student performance in meeting course objectives and learning outcomes through assignments, projects, discussions or examinations.
Provide feedback in a timely manner on student progress.
Deliver course content using a variety of teaching styles.
Maintain office/discipline/grade/division records as required by the College.
Be available for student consultation through phone or email.
Use the appropriate College policies and procedures to resolve and document student complaints, concerns and problems.
Assist in developing and administering discipline-appropriate measures of student academic achievement, use departmental testing instruments as provided.
Administer other instruments designed to measure student learning outcomes as requested and required by the department.
Provide all results as requested.
Conduct all classes in accordance with an established and current course syllabus and approved textbook (and/or related instructional material).
Meet all classes for the scheduled time.
Submit all grades (mid/final) electronically prior to the required deadlines.
Provide the Registrar appropriate grade records.
Encourage students to submit course evaluations, review course evaluations when available and use feedback to improve course delivery.
Revise and update course content as needed.
Participate, when appropriate, in the formation and meetings of program advisory boards, college, division, and department committees.
Maintain a high level of professional ethics.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Director or Manager.

Benefits

competitive salary
excellent benefits that includes Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois health, Delta Dental and Superior Vision insurance plans
tuition support for employees and qualified family members
three retirement plans
disability
group and supplemental life insurance
health and dependent care flexible spending account plans
a compressed work week in the summer (Closed Fridays!)
generous vacation, sick and personal time off
14 paid holidays each year