Adjunct Faculty - Earth Science

Category: Adjunct Faculty

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Department: Academic Affairs

Locations: Des Plaines / Skokie, IL

Posted: Mar 2, 2026

Closes: Open Until Filled

Type: Part Time Faculty

Position : 197646

Educate. Empower. Transform

At Oakton College, we know education changes lives - and that starts with the people who make it happen. For more than 50 years, we've built a welcoming and inclusive community where students from all backgrounds and experiences thrive.

We're looking for passionate educators, professionals and leaders to join our team. Whether in the classroom, student support, or behind the scenes, your talents and expertise will make a difference and shape the future.

We provide dynamic learning environments that empower students and employees alike with campuses in Des Plaines and Skokie and a Health Careers Education Center in Evanston.

As a proud institution accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, Oakton is more than a college - it's a place where innovation, equity and lifelong learning drive everything we do. We value diverse perspectives and embrace new ideas and are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and student‑centered culture.

Oakton College is looking to develop a pool of adjunct instructors to teach.

Part‑time faculty are paid on a lecture hour equivalents (LHE) basis. For most courses, the LHE is the same as a credit hour. For others, the LHE represents additional work for teaching the class, such as grading papers for Composition classes or teaching a class with a laboratory section (computers, languages, and the sciences); in those cases, the LHE represents a figure higher than the credit hour.

All part‑time faculty start at the beginning pay rates, regardless of the level and type of experience obtained elsewhere. For the 2025‑26 academic year rates are $1221/LHE for faculty without doctorates and $1294/LHE for faculty with doctorates.

Part‑time faculty advance one step within the salary schedule with the successful completion of 2 fall & spring semesters where 3+ LHEs are taught in each semester. Part‑time faculty are hired on a semester‑by‑semester basis. A reasonable effort is made to assure the assignment of courses to more senior part‑time faculty who are fully qualified by virtue of their education, training, work experience as related to current technology and pedagogical techniques, and who have had a history of successful performance at Oakton College.

All assignments are conditioned on sufficient enrollment. Once a course starts, the part‑time faculty member is expected to complete the course.

• Strong communicators and effective classroom facilitators who enjoy teaching in a student‑centered environment.
• Culturally competent, integrating and transforming knowledge about individuals and groups of people into specific standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services.
• Current and skilled in the use of evolving technologies, active in promoting critical thinking, and committed to challenging students to be knowledgeable, ethical, and capable global citizens.
• Enthusiastic faculty who are committed to innovation in college‑level teaching and learning and interested in non‑traditional delivery of instruction.
• Professionally competent, with strong leadership qualities, participation in professional development activities, and engagement in institutional and departmental service.
• Master's degree in earth science, geology, geography, meteorology, atmospheric science, or oceanography, with 18 graduate semester hours of coursework related to the course assignment.
• Preferred:
  College teaching experience;
  Doctoral degree in the same fields.

• Construction of a course syllabus, consistent with the generic course syllabus that stipulates course objectives, content, and grading criteria.
• Preparation of course presentations and instructional materials for lecture, and laboratory and clinical functions (as appropriate).
• Delivery of instruction, including being prepared for and meeting courses and laboratories (if appropriate) at scheduled times.
• Consulta…