LEAD Faculty Fellow at Harper College in Palatine, Illinois

Job Description:

Overview

The LEAD (Leveraging Equity in Academia through Diversity) Faculty Fellowship supports the actualization of Harper College's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion institutional priorities and goals. This fellowship will equip candidates with the teaching experiences, professional development opportunities and mentorship connections for successful career matriculation and retention in Higher Education as faculty members. This is a full-time, paid position that seeks to increase the faculty diversity at Harper College and to expose our students and colleagues to a rich, more diverse environment.

LEAD Faculty Fellows will have a reduced teaching load during the first year and move towards a full teaching load during the second year. Fellows will observe and shadow senior faculty members, participate in ongoing goal setting and feedback sessions with mentors, engage with shared-governance committees and the faculty senate, interact with faculty and staff campus-wide and participate in a range of professional development opportunities. This fellowship will begin in August 2023 and is a two-year appointment. The option to apply for a full-time tenure-track faculty position at the end of the appointment will be contingent upon current vacancies. We encourage applicants from racially underrepresented backgrounds to apply. Special consideration may be given to applicants with a background in Career and Technical Programs, Health Careers, Liberal Arts, or STEM.