Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration (PTAHR-25) Job at Oakton College in D

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Location: Des Plaines / Skokie, IL   Category: Adjunct Faculty   Posted On: Fri Apr 25 2025

Job Description: Applicants must be strong communicators and effective classroom facilitators who enjoy teaching in a student-centered environment. Oakton emphasizes candidates committed to working in a culturally competent environment. Cultural competence integrates and transforms knowledge about individuals and groups of people into standards, policies, practices, and attitudes used in appropriate cultural settings to increase the quality of services. Applicants should be current and skilled in evolving technologies, promote critical thinking, and challenge students to be knowledgeable, ethical, and capable global citizens. Oakton seeks enthusiastic faculty committed to innovation in college-level teaching and learning, and interested in non-traditional delivery of instruction. The College expects faculty to be professionally competent, have strong leadership qualities, participate in professional development activities, and engage in institutional and departmental service.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Construct a course syllabus for each course assigned, consistent with the generic course syllabus, stipulating course objectives, content and grading criteria.
• Prepare course presentations and instructional materials using active learning methods and a variety of instructional strategies, deliver instruction to students with those presentations and materials at each class session delivered in person on campus or online.
• Meet with courses and laboratories at scheduled times.
• Instruct, advise, consult with and evaluate the performance of enrolled students.
• Maintain clear records on student performance involved with the evaluation and grading of student performance.
• Participate in department meetings and comply with department decisions regarding instructional matters.
• Participate in department and institutional assessments of student learning and in department and institutional surveys.
• Comply with institutional procedures.
• Attend and participate in divisional meetings, committees, task forces, and other institutional organization meetings, as assigned.
• Schedule office hours with at least one office hour held weekly for every three credit hours taught.
• Engage in professional development activities to maintain professional skills and currency in the profession and improve the quality of student learning.

Job Requirements:

Required Qualifications:

• Associate degree in relevant engineering or technology discipline and a minimum of 2000 hours (1 year) of work experience in the field
• HVAC Certification and a minimum of 4000 hours (2 years) of work experience in the field

Preferred Qualifications:

• Additional field experience
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering or vocational/technical education or other related discipline
• ICE, NATE, or other relevant certifications
• College or trade school teaching/training experience

Additional Information:

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 or teaching a class with a laboratory section. All part-time faculty start at the beginning pay rates, regardless of prior experience. For the 2024-25 academic year, rates are $1191/LHE for faculty without doctorates and $1262/LHE for faculty with doctorates. Part-time faculty advance one step within the salary schedule after 2 fall & spring semesters with 3+ LHEs taught in each semester. Part-time faculty are hired on a semester-by-semester basis. A reasonable effort is made to assign courses to more senior part-time faculty who are fully qualified and have 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. Please contact hr@oakton.edu with any questions or submission issues. Oakton is accessible by public transportation.

Benefits: See https://www.oakton.edu/about/offices-and-departments/human-resources/

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Part-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Higher Education

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