Adjunct - Community Leadership

City Colleges of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

Kennedy-King College (KKC), part of City Colleges of Chicago, seeks a part-time Adjunct to teach Community Leadership in Spanish to a Spanish-speaking cohort. The successful candidate will teach, communicate, and engage students effectively in Spanish while fostering an inclusive learning environment.

Responsibilities include delivering instruction, facilitating discussions, and providing academic support in Spanish for a cohort of Spanish-speaking students.

Qualifications

• Must be able to teach, communicate, and engage students effectively in Spanish.
• Commitment to inclusive and supportive learning environment.

Responsibilities

• Deliver instruction and facilitate classroom discussions in Spanish.
• Provide academic support to a cohort of Spanish-speaking students.
• Contribute to student success by focusing on learning outcomes and college mission.

Skills

Spanish language teaching

Education

Master’s in Social Science

Job description

ADJUNCT - COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

KENNEDY-KING COLLEGE

Kennedy-King College (KKC), Career and Technical Education (CTE),is seeking a part-time faculty member to teach Community Leadershipfor a Spanish-speaking student cohort. The successful candidatemust be able to teach, communicate, and engage students effectivelyin Spanish while fostering an inclusive and supportive learningenvironment. If you have a passion for teaching and learning andare committed to the mission of the community college, considerjoining our team. This position supports academic student successby focusing on student learning of the skills, abilities, andgeneral education outcomes expected of a graduate. The idealcandidate values students’ ideas and opinions and demonstratescompassion for the unique KKC student population through anapproachable, welcoming, empathic, accessible, and caringteaching style.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Support academic student success specifically focusing onstudent learning of the skills, abilities, and general educationoutcomes expected of a graduate.
• Seek and work to find new ways to present materials to makesure that every student understands the key concepts.
• Create an academic environment within the classroom thatpromotes “inquiry, creativity, practice, and social responsibilityin ways consistent with the college mission.
• Facilitate learning in and out of the classroom using multiplemethods that are cognitively challenging, requiring thinking andanalysis, not only rote, receptive memorization.
• Set high expectations for all students and understand that howthose expectations affect student learning and achievement. Makesdecisions about development and delivery of instruction focus on“what is best for students”.
• Understand the importance of SLOs in course design, contentdelivery, assessment, and/or improvement.
• Display the capacity to reflect on one’s practice to engage ina process of continuous improvement of learning within theclassroom and professionally.
• Express the importance of being engaged in the activities ofthe college in matters beyond direct teaching responsibilities,such as policy decisions, advising, curriculum development, tenure,committee work, accreditation, administrative responsibilities,student activities, and service.
• Deliver instruction, facilitate classroom discussions, andprovide academic support in Spanish for a cohort ofSpanish-speaking students.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s in Social Science or 5 years of experience incommunity organization.https://www.ccc.edu/departments/Benefits/

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