Adjunct Faculty, Community Education: Gifted Youth Program

Job Summary

The College of Lake County (CLC) offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a supportive environment for its employees. CLC serves youth, job seekers, working adults, and lifelong learners by providing inclusive pathways to growth and connection. The College's mission is to empower individuals to find their people and purpose through dynamic programming and community engagement.

Job Description

Community Education seeks innovative and engaging instructors to develop curriculum and teach classes for gifted middle school students. This CLC initiative focuses on inspiring intellectual, academic, and social-emotional growth through challenging and stimulating courses offered across various campuses and extension sites. The program values professionals and educators with expertise in STEM, the arts, humanities, and other creative subjects.

Required Qualifications

• Experience teaching middle school students, including cluster grouping, pull-out, and/or full-time gifted class structures.
• Ability to differentiate instruction for advanced-level students focused on content acceleration, rigor, depth/complexity, and higher-order thinking skills.
• Strong instructional and curriculum design skills including curriculum compacting, tiering assignments, and project-based learning.
• A clear background check, along with substantiated subject-matter expertise, effective communication skills, and a commitment to inclusive, learner-centered instruction.
• A documented record of successfully supporting learners in understanding and mastering new ideas and skills.
• Competency and/or commitment to learn and use technologies commonly used in instruction at CLC.
• Ability to work effectively and constructively with persons of diverse cultures, gender identities, language groups, and abilities.

Desired Qualifications

• Gifted Endorsement, Degree in Gifted Education or equivalent specialized training coursework.
• Proven competency in serving gifted and talented students' social and emotional needs, including emotional intensities/empathy, peer relationship challenges, and/or the need for meaning/purpose.
• Skilled in response-techniques to gifted and talented students’ intellectual and developmental needs, such as twice-exceptional, asynchronous development, and/or perfectionism.

Pay

$40.00 - $60.00/hour

Schedule

Schedule varies. Days, evenings, and Saturdays are possible. Possible class locations include CLC Grayslake Campus, Southlake Campus (Vernon Hills), Lakeshore Campus (Waukegan), Braeloch Facility, CLC Advanced Technology Center (Gurnee), or a CLC extension site located in communities across Lake County. Delivery modes include in-person, virtual live via Zoom, asynchronous, or a hybrid of the aforementioned. In-person is most common.