Location: Des Plaines and Skokie, IL Category: Adjunct Faculty Posted On: Fri Oct 14 2022 Job Description: HUM 125 credit hours (lecture: 3 | lab: 0) Course examines music through a basic stylistic survey. Content includes the vocabulary of sounds (rhythm, pitch, intensity and timbre), instruments and forms as illustrated by music from medieval times to the present. Music of Western civilization emphasized and compared to music from other cultures.
Course introduces world music. Content includes musical performance, instruments, basic music theory, and the cultural significance of music; several Asian, Middle Eastern, and African cultures will be considered. 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. Those rates for the 2022-23 academic year are $1173/LHE for faculty without doctorates and $1243/LHE for faculty with doctorates. The salary will change due to Faculty contract negotiations being completed. 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. Applicants must be strong communicators and effective classroom facilitators who enjoy teaching in a student-centered environment. Oakton especially values candidates committed to working in a culturally competent environment. Cultural competence integrates and transforms 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. Applicants should be current and skilled in their use of evolving technologies, active in promoting critical thinking, and committed to challenging our students to be knowledgeable, ethical, and capable global citizens. Oakton seeks enthusiastic faculty who are 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:
Job Requirements: Master's degree in the specified area, or master's degree in a related area, with at least eighteen graduate semester hours in the specified area (based on course content) Prior college teaching experience is preferred. Additional Qualifications or Position Requirements Unique to This Search Ability to teach music appreciation courses, Introduction to Music and Introduction to World Music Prefer ability to teach interdisciplinary courses (HUM 124) in African American Culture and the Arts. Additional Information: 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 Community College. Please contact Matthew Robitaille at mrobitai@oakton.edu if you have any questions or experience problems in submitting your application.
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