Adjunct Faculty - Understanding Learning Strengths and Challenges; Spring Semester 2027; In-Person, On-Campus

Lesley University; United States; On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Lesley University in Cambridge, MA seeks an adjunct faculty member to teach Understanding Learning Strengths and Challenges for Spring Semester 2027. The position is in-person on-campus with two sections on Wednesdays and requires participation in virtual staff meetings on Thursdays.

The course targets first-year Threshold Program students and aims to boost self-awareness, self-determination, and self-advocacy through structured curriculum and active engagement.

Qualifications

• A Bachelor's degree in Special Education or a closely related field (required)
• Master's degree (preferred)
• Prior experience working with children or adults with disabilities in a school setting
• Ability to develop and administer curriculum to students with diverse learning challenges
• Demonstrated commitment to communicative, student-centered, inclusive, and equitable teaching practices
• Prior experience success using digital technology to achieve program goals
• Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

• Teach Understanding Learning Strengths and Challenges for Spring Semester 2027
• Deliver a 75‑minute weekly course (two sections: Wednesdays 8:00–9:15am and 9:35–10:50am)
• Participate in virtual staff meetings Thursdays 10:00–11:00am
• Develop and administer curriculum for students with diverse learning challenges
• Assess student progress and provide feedback as appropriate

Skills

Curriculum development

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Inclusive teaching practices

Digital technology use

Education

Bachelor's degree in Special Education

Master's degree (preferred)

Job description

The Opportunity

Lesley University's Threshold Program seeks a highly qualified adjunct faculty member to teach: Understanding Learning Strengths and Challenges; Spring Semester 2027; In-person, On-Campus. The two sections available are: Wednesdays from 8:00am - 9:15am, Wednesdays from 9:35am - 10:50am. Candidates must also be available to participate in virtual staff meetings on Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Course Description

This is a semester-long course designed for first-year students in the Threshold Program. Students meet for 75 minutes once per week. This course aims to increase students' self-awareness of their own individual strengths and challenges and, through this, to increase their self-determination and self-advocacy.

Qualities & Capabilities

• A Bachelor's degree in Special Education or a closely related field (required)
• Master's degree (preferred)
• Prior experience working with children or adults with disabilities in a school setting
• Ability to develop and administer curriculum to students with diverse learning challenges
• Demonstrated commitment to communicative, student-centered, inclusive, and equitable teaching practices
• Prior experience success using digital technology to achieve program goals
• Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills

Why Lesley

Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Lesley University is highly regarded for its graduate and undergraduate programs in the human arts of education, the arts, and applied social sciences. Lesley fosters a highly creative environment in which innovative ideas thrive, theory is integrated with practice and its 6,400 students and 90,000 alumni are empowered to improve and enrich communities. Lesley is committed to the ongoing pursuit of strategic diversity initiatives that help to position diversity, equity, and inclusion as fundamental to institutional and academic excellence at Lesley. In doing so, Lesley strives for a campus culture and community that fosters a true sense of belonging for all, provides opportunity for everyone to participate equally and fully in the Lesley experience, and helps to develop each individual's capacity to confidently and competently engage within and across difference. Given an evolving national context and the rapid change in the demographic profile of our country, the University has made a significant commitment to addressing and enhancing its campus climate and diversity capabilities as an institution.

At Lesley University we strive for a supportive and equitable environment where people -- regardless of race, ethnicity, color, sex, physical ability, religion, national origin or ancestry, age, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, veteran or military status, membership in uniformed services, and all other categories protected by applicable state and federal laws -- can participate equally and fully as their true selves in all aspects of university life. Accordingly, the University prohibits discrimination based on these protected categories in any education program or activity that it operates, including in admission and in employment. We are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout the fabric of our institution. Individuals may submit concerns or questions related to discrimination to the University's Director of Equal Opportunity. Please visit the Office of Equal Opportunity's webpage for the University's entire notice of nondiscrimination and for additional information. Lesley University Adjunct Faculty positions are governed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). To view our compensation targets for this position, please visit this link.

At our core, we are a caring and compassionate community bound together by our passion for improving the lives of others through education, mental health, and the arts. At Lesley, we believe actively advancing our own and all others' potential leads to a just and humane world. Lesley is the only university in the country focused on advancing human potential through the life-time cultivation of professionals in education, mental health and the arts. We share an eagerness to build just and humane communities in a stressful and rapidly changing world.