Adjunct ESL Faculty - Credit

Duties and Responsibilities

• Construct a course syllabus for each course assigned, consistent with the generic course syllabus, stipulating course objectives, content and grading criteria.
• Prepare course presentations and instructional materials using active learning methods and a variety of instructional strategies, deliver instruction to students with those presentations and materials at each class session delivered in person on campus or online.
• Meet with courses and laboratories at scheduled times.
• Instruct, advise, consult with and evaluate the performance of enrolled students.
• Maintain clear records on student performance involved with the evaluation and grading of student performance.
• Participate in department meetings and comply with department decisions regarding instructional matters.
• Participate in department and institutional assessments of student learning and in department and institutional surveys.
• Comply with institutional procedures.
• Attend and participate in divisional meetings, committee, task force, and other institutional organization meetings, as assigned.
• Schedule office hours with at least one office hour held weekly for every three credit hours taught.
• Engage in professional development activities to maintain professional skills and currency in the profession and improve the quality of student learning.

Job Requirements

• Master's Degree in TESL, TESOL, TEFL, Applied Linguistics, or a related field that includes 18 graduate semester hours in TESL or TESOL
• PREFERRED: Availability to work both daytime and evenings
• PREFERRED: Experience teaching Composition courses
• PREFERRED: Experience teaching at a Community College

Additional Information

• This position requires availability to teach in the evening and/or on the weekends.
• This position requires availability to teach on both the Des Plaines and Skokie campuses.
• This position requires availability to teach online.