Adjunct Faculty Hospitality and Culinary Management

Why choose the College of Lake County for your next opportunity

The College of Lake County (CLC) offers a competitive salary excellent benefits that includes 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 parttime employees (ex: health insurance).

CLC is a comprehensive community college located in northeastern Illinois committed to being an innovative educational institution providing lifechanging paths for our students by offering exceptional learning experiences. CLC achieved a milestone in 2025 with its designation as a Leader College of Distinction. CLC is part of the Achieving the Dream (ATD) Network made up of 300 colleges committed to supporting student success at their institutions and promoting economic vitality throughout their communities. CLC has been a member of the ATD Network since 2019 and has held Leader College status since 2023.

CLC aspires to be a place where every student succeeds every employee thrives so that every business achieves and every community grows. Our mission is to be innovative and valuedriven in supporting student success through developing and encouraging employees of all backgrounds on their journey toward achieving personal and professional growth.

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• Teach culinary arts baking and pastry and/or hospitality management classes.
• Develop instructional materials. Assess student learning and assign grades. Attend required Adjunct meetings in the Fall and Spring semesters. Participate in college governance and other aspects of academic life. Maintain current knowledge of subject matter.
• Faculty members are expected to maintain current in compliance training including compliance under Title IX Responsible Employee and if applicable Clery Act Campus Security Authority.
• Select prepare and maintain current curriculum course outlines and printed and nonprinted instructional materials.
• Teach courses as scheduled each academic semester.
• Provide instructional support to the students. Refer students when appropriate to sources of specialized services within the College.
• Provide the Division and the students a syllabus that includes course objectives and learning outcomes attendance policies in line with those of the college texts and readings timelines and evaluation criteria and any other information required by College Division or departmental policy.
• Observe and evaluate student performance in meeting course objectives and learning outcomes through assignments projects discussions or examinations. Provide feedback in a timely manner on student progress.
• Deliver course content using a variety of teaching styles.
• Maintain office/discipline/grade/division records as required by the College.
• Be available for student consultation through phone or email.
• Use the appropriate College policies and procedures to resolve and document student complaints concerns and problems.
• Assist in developing and administering disciplineappropriate measures of student academic achievement use departmental testing instruments as provided. Administer other instruments designed to measure student learning outcomes as requested and required by the department. Provide all results as requested.
• Conduct all classes in accordance with an established and current course syllabus and approved textbook (and/or related instructional material). Meet all classes for the scheduled time.
• Submit all grades (mid/final) electronically prior to the required deadlines. Provide the Registrar appropriate grade records.
• Encourage students to submit course evaluations review course evaluations when available and use feedback to improve course delivery.
• Revise and update course content as needed.
• Participate when appropriate in the formation and meetings of program advisory boards college division and department committees.
• Maintain a high level of professional ethics.

Required Qualifications

• Associates degree in Culinary Arts Food Service Management Hospitality Management Nutrition Management or related discipline.
• Five 5 years of experience as a working chef or hospitality professional supervising a kitchen/hospitality staff.
• Ability to work effectively and constructively with persons of diverse cultures gender identities language groups and abilities; demonstrate sensitivity to and ability to work with the diverse academic socioeconomic cultural and ethnic backgrounds of community college students faculty and staff including those with disabilities; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

Desired Qualifications

• Demonstrated professional learning or certification inevidencebased studentfocused pedagogical teaching and assessment practice such as ACUE workshops and data use
• Bilingual in Spanish and English

Per Load Hour Compensation Schedule

$1323

$1373

$1414

This posting will be used to obtain a pool of qualified candidates. As teaching needs arise applications will be reviewed for possible interviews. The number of adjunct faculty hired varies from semester to semester depending upon the needs of the department. Adjunct faculty hires and assignments are coordinated by the department chairs.

The Faculty Success Framework illustrates the fundamental elements of a faculty members career atCLC. Its 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 (CLCCARES) outline the qualities we expectCLCfaculty will exemplify in their professional and pedagogical engagement with students.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis. Your application can remain under consideration for the academic year. You may check your status at any time by logging into with your username and password. Thanks for being patient with the adjunct faculty hiring process.

EEO Statement

College of Lake County is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a policy of nondiscrimination. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race color religion sex (including pregnancy sexual orientation or gender identity) national origin age 40 or older) disability and genetic information (including family medical history).