Dynamic African American Studies Adjunct Instructor

City Colleges of Chicago; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 58,000 - 68,000; Part time

Job summary

City Colleges of Chicago’s Malcolm X College seeks adjunct instructors to teach African American Studies. The role focuses on engaging students with diverse needs through effective teaching strategies and critical thinking.

The department emphasizes accessible liberal arts education and hands-on problem solving, with a commitment to open access and professional growth for part-time faculty. Salary ranges reflect collective bargaining and experience.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in African American Studies or related discipline.
• Knowledge of Brightspace Learning Management System preferred.
• Experience with online teaching (via Zoom) and/or online teaching certification strongly preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate with diverse group of staff and students, required.
• Experience with a diverse, multi-lingual student population is desired, as is a commitment to the open access mission of the community college.

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

Teaching in higher ed

Communication skills

Online teaching

Diversity & inclusion

Education

Master's in African American Studies

Tools

Brightspace LMS

Zoom

Job description

City Colleges of Chicago’s Malcolm X College seeks adjunct instructors to teach African American Studies. The role focuses on engaging students with diverse needs through effective teaching strategies and critical thinking.

The department emphasizes accessible liberal arts education and hands-on problem solving, with a commitment to open access and professional growth for part-time faculty. Salary ranges reflect collective bargaining and experience.