Adjunct Faculty Pool - First Year Seminar

Duties and Responsibilities

• Planning and teaching classes as assigned and as outlined in the course descriptions and course syllabi and departmental guidelines.
• Begging and ending all classes as scheduled and covering all relevant learning outcomes for each course.
• Maintaining academic standards and classroom behavior to ensure an environment conducive to learning, communicating with students weekly, and answering student emails in a timely manner.
• Evaluating students using a variety of methods and informing each student of scores received on each assessment in a timely manner.
• Using Cleveland State email for administrative purposes and responding to student questions via Cleveland State email in a timely manner.
• Meeting deadlines for all administrative requests such as submitting personnel paperwork, acknowledging contracts, academic activity and assessment reports, and final grades.
• Submitting requests through the department chair, program coordinator/director, or lead teacher for equipment, supplies, textbooks, and other instructional aids.

Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in a qualifying field from an accredited institution or Master’s degree from an accredited institution with 18 graduate semester hours in any combination of related qualifying fields.
• Applicants should be able to demonstrate a recent working knowledge of Cleveland State Community College’s campus and culture.
• Experience with alternative delivery instructional modes (hybrid, online, interactive, etc.) is preferred but not required.

Availability/Closing Date

This posting is not a guarantee of an open position. Applications for adjunct faculty positions are accepted on a continuous basis and reviewed by the department when openings become available. Future teaching assignments are on a term-by-term basis, which may include fall, spring and summer. Postings close yearly on October 31; to maintain your application within the system, you will need to re-apply each year.

Application Packet

• A cover letter
• A transcript
• A resume/CV
• Three references

Pay Rates

• Master's degree: $550 per credit hour
• Master's plus 30 semester hours (ABD): $575 per credit hour
• Doctorate: $600 per credit hour