Instructor, Nurse Assisting

at College of Lake County in Grayslake, Illinois, United States

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The College of Lake County ( CLC ) is seeking an Instructor, Nurse Assisting 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. CLC is a comprehensive community college committed to equitable high-quality education, cultural enrichment, and partnerships to advance the diverse communities it serves in northeastern Illinois. CLC 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.

The college is implementing transformative change through an ambitious and aspirational body of work outlined in its 2024 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. http://dept.clcillinois.edu/res/CLCWebsite/Reports/Strategic\_Plan.pdf

The Nurse Assisting program, a 7-credit, 4-month long certificate program trains, students to become assistants to licensed nurses and provide trustworthy care to elderly individuals. This program provides on-the-job knowledge and compassionate skills students need to succeed in the rigors and stresses associated with a career in health care. After students complete this program, they are eligible to sit for the Illinois Nurse Aide Competency Examination ( INACE ) to become a Certified Nurse Assistant ( CNA ). The CNA certification is a prerequisite for the Nursing Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) program (https://www.clcillinois.edu/programs/biodv/nursing/nursing-aas-career-degree) . Nurse Assisting classes are offered at the Grayslake, Lakeshore and Southlake Campuses. This position will be housed at the Lakeshore Campus.

The Faculty Success Framework illustrates the fundamental elements of a faculty member’s career at CLC . 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 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 the increase of diversity of our full-time faculty.

+ Associate’s degree, Registered Nurse in Illinois AND must have completed an approved IDPH Train the Trainer, Alzheimer AND Manual Skills Evaluator Course.

+ Instructors need to be approved by the IDPH prior to teaching.

+ Proven ability to work effectively and constructively with persons of diverse cultures, 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.

+ Prior college-level teaching experience

Interviews will begin immediately and continue until this position is filled. Additional applications may be considered after the closing date. This position may remain open until filled.

Applicants selected for an interview will be required to submit a minimum of two (2) letters of recommendation.

This is a full-time, tenure-track faculty position. Salary placement is commensurate with education and experience. An optional contract for the summer session offers the potential for significantly greater earnings.

The minimum 2024 – 2025 academic year (fall and spring semester) base salary range was $69,117 with a master’s degree to $83,790 with a doctorate in the subject field.

Faculty may be assigned to any of the three campuses; Grayslake, Lakeshore or Southlake. New faculty hires are required to attend orientation the week (August 5-9) before the start date of August 12, 2024.

Foreign Transcripts: Transcripts issued outside the United States require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from a certified transcript evaluation service verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA .

Please note: Foreign transcripts require a course-by-course degree analysis with an equivalency statement from a certified transcript evaluation service. We only accept evaluations from a NACES approved organization: IEE : Foreign Credential Evaluations | Evaluation Company & NACES Member (myiee.org). (https://myiee.org/?utm\source=bing&utm\medium=cpc&utm\_campaign=GENERIC%20%3E%20SEARCH&utm\term=credential%20evaluations&utm\content=Credential%20Evaluation)

Class assignments/subject varies according to course schedule. Ability to teach days, evening and weekends as determined by the needs of the program in any given semester. Ability to teach at all campus locations as well as approved clinical sites as needed.

The College of Lake County is an equal opportunity employer and has a strong commitment to diversity. In that spirit, it seeks a broad spectrum of candidates including minorities, women and people with disabilities.

+ Selects, prepares, maintains, and updates current curriculum, course outlines and printed and non-printed instructional materials.

+ Provides students and the academic division a syllabus that clearly states 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, academic division, or department.

+ Meets all classes at assigned times. If unable to meet an assigned class, reports absence to supervisor and academic division staff in an appropriate manner.

+ Teaches assigned courses in subject field each academic semester to meet the needs of students, the department and the community. Delivers course content using a variety of teaching styles at various times and campus locations.

+ Provides instructional support to the students. Assists in student advisement and refers students, when appropriate, to sources of specialized services within the College. Is available for student consultation through phone, email or appropriately established office hours (in-person or online).

+ Participates in developing and administering department and college-wide assessment of student learning. Uses departmental testing instruments as provided and administers other instruments designed to measure student learning outcomes as requested and required by the department, academic division or College. Provides all results as requested.

+ Evaluates student performance in meeting course objec