Agriculture Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct Faculty appointments are located on Parkland College's campus in Champaign, Illinois.

Pay

Salary range of $1,406.00 - $1,586.00 per Equated Contact Hour (ECH).

Responsibilities

• Performs professional duties in accordance with the established policies and procedures of the college.
• Provides classroom instruction in accordance with the stated philosophy, objectives, and established course outlines of the college.
• Informs students of course regulations, evaluation procedures, and other information pertinent to the course; prepares a course syllabus for each course and distributes it early in each term.
• Is available for student advising and mentoring.
• Maintains regular office hours to ensure availability for student consultation; provides assistance to students in a timely manner.
• Maintains accurate scholastic records of students; submits required reports on student progress according to published deadlines.
• Performs other duties as assigned by the department chair.

Requirements

• AAS in Agriculture OR Bachelor’s in Agriculture or related discipline OR Master’s in Agriculture or related discipline.
• Prospective new hires will successfully complete a post-offer, pre-employment criminal background check with fingerprinting. The background check review includes, but is not limited to, exclusionary offenses per the Illinois School Code and Title IV of the Higher Education Act.
• Ability to learn the Parkland information system and new programs as technology changes.
• Maintains all professional credentials required to teach in area of discipline.
• In an effort to comply with SURS return-to-work restrictions for employers (40 ILCS 5/15-139.5), candidates must either not be a SURS annuitant or must be willing to suspend their SURS annuity upon employment. This applies to all SURS annuitants except those receiving their annuity under either the Self-Managed Plan (SMP) or by lump sum payment.

Schedule

• Part-time, on-campus appointment covered by the Parkland College Part-Time Faculty collective bargaining unit.
• Hiring needs are dependent on student enrollment and course schedules.
• Courses may be scheduled during days, evenings, weekends, or online.

For more information, visit the Agricultural Technologies Department website.