Instructor, Biology

Why Choose the College of Lake County for Your Next Opportunity?

The College of Lake County (CLC) offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits that include Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois health, Delta Dental and Superior Vision insurance plans, tuition support for employees and qualified family members, three retirement plans, disability, group and supplemental life insurance, health and dependent care flexible spending account plans, a compressed work week in the summer (Closed Fridays!),

generous vacation, sick and personal time off and 14 paid holidays each year. Some benefits will not be available for part‑time or part‑time under 20 hours employees (ex: health insurance).

Instructor, Biology

Biological & Health Sciences Division

Faculty

Full‑Time Faculty

The College of Lake County (CLC) is seeking an Instructor, Biology for the instruction of first- and second-year college-level courses to a diverse student body at our Grayslake, Lakeshore, and Southlake campuses as well as local business, community, and industry partners. The faculty member will develop, prepare, and revise instructional materials as well as participate in program evaluation and curriculum planning and development.

The instructor will participate in department, division, and general faculty meetings, serve on division and college committees, and participate in other forms of college service. Instructors are required to maintain an active program of professional development related to institutional objectives. The instructor will utilize appropriate technology to deliver instructional materials, maintain grades, provide timely communications with students, etc. The instructor shall maintain appropriate office hours for student access.

Maintains current knowledge of subject matter via professional organization membership, attendance of seminars, conferences and classes, and professional publications.

The college is implementing transformative change through an ambitious and aspirational body of work outlined in its 2030 Strategic Plan to become an organization where every student succeeds and every employee thrives while supporting every business to achieve and every community to grow. As the community’s open‑access higher education organization, CLC aims to be the leader in providing innovative education and workforce solutions.

The Faculty Success Framework illustrates the fundamental elements of a faculty member’s career  purpose is to support a culture of continual faculty development and to provide full but flexible paths for faculty to both consistently contribute to student success efforts and cultivate professional fulfillment. Our Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning Excellence outline the qualities we expect CLC faculty will exemplify in their professional and pedagogical engagement with students.

College of Lake County is committed to a diverse workforce that represents our student body. Our search process is designed to promote increasing the diversity of our full‑time faculty. Search committee members are committed to diversity and this serves as the basis of a successful search at CLC.

The Biology department at College of Lake County serves three primary groups of students: students planning to transfer to a four‑year institution to pursue a degree in biology or a pre‑professional degree, students meeting prerequisites for applied health programs, and students fulfilling a life science general education course. The department is comprised of sixteen full‑time faculty members and twenty‑five adjunct faculty members.

The department offers more than twenty different courses covering a wide array of topics. Currently the department is seeking a qualified applicant to primarily teach Environmental Biology and General Biology.

• Posting Date: 01/08/2026
• Expected
  
  Start Date:
  
  08/10/2026
• Compensation Grade:
  Column A
• Full-Time/Part-Time:
  Full time
• Location:
  
  Grayslake Campus
• Total Hours Per Week: 40

• Selects, prepares, maintains, and updates current curriculum, course outlines and printed and non‑printed instructional materials.
• Prov…