"Adjunct Faculty-ECE 257 - Practicum 1 Clinical Supervisor"

Job Description

The Early Childhood Education Department is seeking a practicum clinical supervisor to provide mentorship, guidance, and evaluation for teacher candidates during their capstone, semester-long in-classroom experience. This position serves as a critical link between the ECE Department and the field placement site, ensuring that practicum students (aka student teachers) successfully apply theoretical knowledge and develop professional teaching competencies.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Mentor and coach student teachers:
• Conduct regular observations of student teachers in early childhood settings (birth to grade kindergarten)
• Provide timely, constructive, and individualized feedback on lesson planning, instructional strategies, classroom management, and interaction with young children.
• Support student teachers in reflecting on their practice, documenting their work, and growing their professional skills.
• Evaluate performance:
• Conduct formal, data-based evaluations throughout the student teaching period, including mid-term and final assessments, based on professional teaching standards.
• Maintain clear records on student performance involved with the evaluation and grading of student performance.
• Must be available to work weekday, daytime mornings and have their own means of transportation.

Job Requirements

Required: Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education or related field and a minimum of 2000 hours (1 year) of work experience in the field and experience working with children

Preferred: Master's degree in Early Childhood Education or closely related field

• Current IL Professional Educator Licensure with Early Childhood Endorsement
• 5+ years of ECE teaching experience in a DCFS licensed child care setting or public school based PK program
• Familiarity with Illinois Early Learning Standards
• Community college teaching 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 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. For the 2025-26 academic year rates are $1221/LHE for faculty without doctorates and $1294/LHE for faculty with doctorates.

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.

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 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 if you have any questions or experience problems in submitting your application.

Oakton is accessible by public transportation.

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Based on the needs of the college and with Administrator approval, some positions at the college may have a hybrid schedule option available after 30 working days.

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