Salary: See Position Description
Location : Quad Cities Campus - Moline, IL
Job Type: Adjunct / Part-Time Faculty
Job Number: 22-00211
Department: Arts, Design, & Performing Arts
Opening Date: 05/14/2024
Closing Date: Continuous
Work Hours: varies
Application materials required: Cover Letter, Resume, Transcripts
General Information & Responsibilities

Black Hawk College seeks Adjunct Faculty/Part-time Instructor for Applied Music (Guitar).
Review of applications will begin immediately.
Description of Duties
Faculty member is expected to encourage learning by preparing appropriate syllabi; by developing lectures, discussions, and other presentations or activities to enhance the students educational experience; develops, and executes appropriate methods of evaluating students performance; develops, secures, and maintains the equipment and other instructional materials essential to the presentation of the classroom material.
Education & Experience

Master of Music degree or Master of Arts in Music degree is required; Doctorate in music degree desired. Degree type and area dependent on position being filled; some college teaching experience is preferred. Experience directing choral or instrumental ensembles may be required depending on the position opening. Must possess demonstrated oral English proficiency for classroom instruction
Supplemental Information

Applications accepted online through the Black Hawk College website or through .

Candidates are encouraged to upload/attach a cover letter and resume/CV with the online application. Candidates needing assistance with the online application process should refer to the online help guide available at .

Any instructor hired at Black Hawk College will be required to submit official transcripts at his/her own expense. Transcripts, once submitted, become property of Black Hawk College.
Pay is commensurate with education and experience.
Black Hawk College does not sponsor employment visas.

Black Hawk College is an AA/EEO employer.
While you contribute your talent and enthusiasm to BHC, as an eligible employee you will have access to outstanding health benefits, ample time off, a pension plan, educational opportunities, and much more. In this section, you will find an overview of our comprehensive and generous benefit programs. Be sure to check out the Compensation section as well.
Core Benefits for Qualifying Adjunct Faculty (To qualify for benefits, an adjunct faculty member must qualify for membership in the Adjunct Faculty Bargaining Unit at the beginning of the second consecutive semester of teaching six (6) equated credit hours or more per semester (fall/spring or spring/fall) or have 160 contact hours per semester (fall/spring or spring/fall.)
Tuition Waiver
Employee Assistance Program
Flexible Spending Account / Dependent Care Account
Sick Leave
Retirement Pension Plans
State University Retirement System of Illinois (SURS): Employees working in a regular and continuous position or one in which services are expected to be rendered on a continuous basis for at least four months or one academic term, whichever is less, may be eligible to enroll in SURS. To learn more about SURS, visit
Optional 403b Tax-Deferred Investment Program: Employees may set up a 403b plan through Empower Retirement.