Adjunct Instructor - Psychology Criminal Justice - CTU Online

pec; United States; Hybrid; USD 456,000 - 832,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible schedule

Tuition reimbursement (possible)

Job summary

Colorado Technical University is seeking a part-time adjunct faculty member to deliver instruction across graduate and undergraduate levels. Faculty will prepare engaging materials, align courses with CTU curricula, and foster student success in a flexible, online and campus setting.

Responsibilities include mentoring students, maintaining office hours, and collaborating with program chairs and staff. Candidates should bring prosecutor or law enforcement experience and strong teaching with LMS

Qualifications

• JD from a nationally accredited institution for graduate level teaching.
• JD from a nationally accredited institution for undergraduate level teaching.
• Experience as a prosecutor, US Attorney, or with state/federal law enforcement.
• Demonstrated knowledge of current trends in criminal justice.
• Significant practitioner experience in criminal justice.
• Experience teaching non-traditional students.
• Experience teaching with an online LMS and rubrics for feedback.

Responsibilities

• Prepare engaging instructional materials aligned with CTU curricula and outcomes.
• Deliver courses (including labs/work integral to courses) per CTU standards.
• Engage students to promote participation with professionalism.
• Relate industry experience to CTU's Professional Learning Model and trends.
• Maintain accessibility and timely responsiveness via CTU channels.
• Establish weekly office hours for student support.
• Assess student performance and provide constructive feedback.
• Document student course activities and outcomes.
• Collaborate with CTU teams to support at-risk students.
• Refer students to co-curricular resources and services.
• Participate in academic governance and assessment processes.
• Complete required faculty certifications and trainings.
• Provide documentation of licensures, certifications, and experience.

Skills

Organizational skills

Communication

Teamwork

Office apps

Education

Juris Doctor degree

Tools

Learning Management System (LMS)

Job description

Consistent with and supportive of CTU's mission (to provide industry-relevant higher education to a diverse student population through innovative technology and experienced faculty, enabling the pursuit of personal and professional goals), Adjunct Faculty members provide quality and innovative instruction and meaningful engagement with our students to successfully achieve the relevant course, program, and degree level outcomes and support their academic success.

Responsibilities

• Prepare relevant, insightful, and engaging instructional materials and utilize existing course materials that support learning by CTU's student population.
• Provide instruction in assigned courses (including applicable laboratory or work that is integral to the courses) that aligns with CTU's curricula and outcomes, instructional modalities, course technologies, and faculty expectations.
• Engage and communicate with students to encourage their course participation and learning while maintaining mutual respect and professionalism.
• Relate professional/industry experience to CTU's Professional Learning Model by the continuation of professional/technical skills development, introduction of professional/industry perspectives into courses, and active awareness of professional/industry trends and opportunities.
• Maintain accessibility for and provide timely responsiveness to students, academic/faculty leadership, and University staff by telephone, CTU e-mail, and other appropriate means of communication.
• Establish and maintain weekly office hours for student questions/support.
• Assess student performance on course assignments and provide assignment feedback to support continued student growth and development.
• Maintain appropriate documentation of student course activities.
• Work with appropriate CTU teams (e.g., advising, academic/faculty leadership, and University staff) and leverage appropriate information to identify and support students who may be exceptional or challenged in their coursework and/or educational endeavors.
• Refer students to appropriate co-curricular and extra-curricular resources (e.g., advising, tutoring, library, learning centers, and career services).
• Participate in and contribute to CTU's academic governance through attendance at appropriate University/college/program meetings and participation in the academic assessment and institutional effectiveness process (including completion of appropriate surveys and participation in continuous improvement initiatives).
• Successfully complete required new faculty certification training, course-specific technology/pedagogical training, annual ethics and information technology policy training, and annual faculty development requirements.
• Provide periodic required documentation of ongoing and updated licensures, certifications, immunizations (as appropriate to the specific college/program), scholarship, and academic/professional experience (e.g., CVs/resumes).
• Work closely with Program Chair and/or Lead Faculty (as appropriate).
• Perform other responsibilities and abide by the appropriate policies and procedures contained in CTU's Faculty Handbook.

Required Skills

• Strong organizational and time management skills, with proficiency in meeting deadlines and urgency in responding to questions/requests.
• Strong interpersonal and oral presentation/written communication skills.
• Proficiency in working effectively, cooperatively, and flexibly in a team environment.
• Proficiency with standard office and mobile applications (i.e., word processing, presentations, e-mail, calendaring, teleconferencing, text messaging, personal computers, and smart phones/tablets).

Required Experience

• To teach at the graduate level, a Juris Doctor degree from a nationally accredited institution.
• To teach at the undergraduate level, a Juris Doctor degree from a nationally accredited institution.
• Experience as a prosecutor, US Attorney, or experience as a present or past state or federal law enforcement officer or agent.
• Demonstrated knowledge of current trends in the field of criminal justice.
• Significant experience as a practitioner in the criminal justice field.
• Teaching non-traditional students (e.g., working adults)
• Teaching with an online learning management system
• Application of rubrics to feedback and grading

What we offer*

CTU generally compensates its Adjunct Faculty on a per quarter credit hour rate that takes into consideration a variety of factors, including campus (online and campus), degree level (undergraduate and graduate), and faculty rank (Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor).

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $331.50 - $603.64 credit hour

Benefits:

Flexible schedule

Tuition reimbursement (possible)

*Most benefits apply to full‑time employees. Some benefits apply to part‑time employees as well. Benefits may vary by location and position and are subject to change at any time. Ask your recruiter for full details and information about eligible dependents.

About Colorado Technical University (CTU)

For 55 years, Colorado Technical University has helped students fit a real‑world education into their busy daily lives. With nearly 80 degree programs and concentrations in which students can pursue a variety of degrees at the Associate, Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral level. CTU providesflexible online classes, accessible through the Virtual Campus and the innovative, award winning CTU Mobile app. CTU has two brick and mortar campus locations in Colorado Springs and Denver South, Colorado. With the help of faculty and industry professionals, CTU has awarded over 109,000 degrees to traditional campus and online students since 1965. For more information about CTU, visit www.coloradotech.edu.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Colorado Technical University is committed to a policy of equal employment opportunity and considers all persons without regard to age, color, disability, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal, state or local law.