Adjunct Faculty, "Sustainable and Resilient " Graduate Course - Institut
Listed on 2026-02-01
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Education / Teaching
University Professor, Adult Education, Academic, Online Teaching
Overview
The Institute for Sustainable Practice seeks eligible scholars and practitioners to fill an adjunct teaching role for the Spring 2026 “Sustainable and Resilient Cities” graduate course. The primary function of this position is to: (1) create unique graduate course content; (2) edit and customize current course content to the selected adjunct’s teaching style, and (3) teach the stated graduate sustainability course for eight, evening lecture/assessment class meetings in January–March, 2026.
A successful course evaluation outcome may lead to teaching this course annually and other graduate teaching opportunities.
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Adjuncts will review, learn, edit, and utilize all existing, published course content in the Canvas learning management system (LMS) and course reading materials. Approximately 90 percent of the course content may be provided by the Institute.
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The adjunct will develop and record unique course content, instructional aids, notices, reminders, and one local immersion experience.
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All adjunct professors in sustainability must be willing to lecture and engage graduate students in the following integrated teaching formats. These formats operate as a single, 8-week course experience and are integrated into each live lecture class meeting using classroom technology managed by the institute. Students may choose the format or a mix of formats that best support their learning needs and schedule, as long as they complete all course assessments by the posted deadlines.
Format 1 is a live lecture by the adjunct where students attend in person in a classroom;
Format 2 is the same live lecture that is simultaneously viewed on Zoom by students attending virtually online;
Format 3 engages students who view recorded live lectures, and Format 4 is a hybrid student experience of some or all of the prior formats. The institute provides online course templates, a learning management system (Canvas), and manages the "plug-and-play" class technology and lecture recordings.
Required:
A master of science in urban and regional planning, urban studies, engineering, master of business administration; other relevant masters degrees approved by the Institute; OR a terminal degree (JD or PhD) from a relevant sub-discipline focusing on urban sustainability and resilience.
Preferred:
Sustainability and resilience certification and evidence of other related third-party coursework (e.g., American Institute of Certified Planners, LEED GA/AP, Sustainable Sites, Certified Energy Manager, Certified Climate Change Professional, Certified GIS Professional, etc.).
Required:
Ten or more years’ experience in one or more of the following areas: applied practice, business, and/or policy of urban design, construction, development, redevelopment, building science, community and building energy management, landscape systems, and local/regional planning, where sustainability and resilience were a focal point. A portion of this experience can be substituted with graduate education as noted above.
Preferred:
Professional experience in applying sustainability and resilience in urban contexts; experience teaching, presenting, managing, and/or training urban practitioners or graduate students; experience in live lecture and online teaching; sustainability research; and applied urban planning and policy, consulting, and/or organizational or business management experience related to urban sustainability and resilience.
In addition to the prior stated experience and education, candidates should have a strong desire to teach and mentor adult, graduate students and possess the basic curiosity and ability to possess or learn a variety of teaching methods, tools, and information technologies such as:
- effective use of a personal laptop with software that can develop, publish, and convey course content and materials, lectures and presentations, and basic, timely…
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