Adjunct Instructor – Medical Laboratory Sciences (MLS)

City Colleges of Chicago; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 36,000 - 43,000; Part time

Job summary

City Colleges of Chicago’s Malcolm X College seeks Adjunct Instructors for Medical Laboratory Sciences. Courses span MLA and MLT programs to prepare students for entry-level lab roles.

We value educators who design engaging, inclusive learning and foster critical thinking in healthcare careers. Ideal candidates will have classroom teaching experience, national certifications (PHLEB/MA/MLT/MLS or equivalent), and comfort with Brightspace and online teaching.

Qualifications

• Design courses to meet learning outcomes and promote active student participation.
• Experience with formative and summative assessments to ensure learning outcomes.
• Excellent oral and written communication; work with diverse groups.
• Online teaching experience via Zoom preferred.
• Content expertise aligned with the discipline taught.

Responsibilities

• Design courses to meet learning outcomes and promote students’ active participation in their own learning.
• Create an effective learning environment that fosters students’ intellectual curiosity and helps students to problem solve using discipline-specific thinking strategies.
• Employ a variety of formative and summative assessments to ensure that classroom instruction leads to student learning and the attainment of the student learning outcomes for the course.
• Help students reach their academic, personal and career goals and foster a safe environment that respects the diversity of people and ideas by modeling respect for all students and conveying confidence in every student’s ability to learn.
• Contribute to and provide leadership in the student’s academic and professional communities and promote collaboration and teamwork among members of these communities.
• Present effective instruction to students based upon approved course syllabi.
• Assess and grade students based upon legitimate assessment factors.
• Maintain and submit student attendance records and student grades.
• Hold one hour of student conference time per week for every course section taught.

Skills

Course design

Learning outcomes alignment

Online teaching (via Zoom)

Communication skills

Education

Associate degree in Medical Laboratory Science or related health science

Tools

Brightspace LMS

Job description

City Colleges of Chicago’s Malcolm X College seeks Adjunct Instructors for Medical Laboratory Sciences. Courses span MLA and MLT programs to prepare students for entry-level lab roles.

We value educators who design engaging, inclusive learning and foster critical thinking in healthcare careers. Ideal candidates will have classroom teaching experience, national certifications (PHLEB/MA/MLT/MLS or equivalent), and comfort with Brightspace and online teaching.