Part-Time Information Literacy Instructor
Adjunct / Professor
Job Family STAFF - Part-Time Instructor Grade HK Salary $25.00 - Base Rate Department Learning Resources Reports To Learning Resources Director Closing Date Open Until Filled FLSA Status Exempt - Not Eligible for Overtime Compensation First Review Date October 28, 2026
Position Overview
The Part-Time Information Literacy Instructor teaches credit instructional sessions designed to develop information literacy skills for all discipline courses.
What you will be doing
The final candidate is to successfully complete a background screening and reference check process.
EQUAL ACCESS/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Miami Dade College is an equal access/equal opportunity institution which does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, marital status, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran's status, ethnicity, pregnancy, sexual orientation or genetic information.
To obtain more information about the College's equal access and equal opportunity policies, procedures and practices, please contact the College's Civil Rights Compliance Officer: Cindy Lau Evans, Director, Equal Opportunity Programs/ ADA Coordinator/ Title IX Coordinator, at (305) 237-2577 (Voice) or 711 (Relay Service). 11011 SW 104 St., Room 1102-01; Miami, FL 33176. CRCTitleIXADA@mdc.edu
Position Overview
The Part-Time Information Literacy Instructor teaches credit instructional sessions designed to develop information literacy skills for all discipline courses.
What you will be doing
- Teaches lecture and laboratory sections
- Develops teaching and learning strategies to optimize student performance for face to face and online non-credit courses
- Develops instructional curricula
- Develops assessment strategies to measure student progress and to adjust instruction accordingly
- Incorporates and/or develops the use of emergent technology in instruction
- Maintain accurate attendance records
- Complies with departmental and College policies and procedures
- Performs duties as assigned
- Masters Degree from a regionally accredited institution in Library Science or related field
- Prior experience teaching adult learners
- Prior experience teaching information literacy
- Knowledge and understanding of College organization, goals, and objectives, and policies and procedures
- Possess excellent communication skills (verbal and written)
- Ability to work with discipline faculty to identify needs and determine best course of action
- Possess skills in designing instruction for online environments and incorporating the use of emergent technologies
- Knowledge of information literacy skills necessary for finding information appropriate in a college classroom
- Knowledge of current information sources-both online and off
- Ability to design curricula to teach targeted information literacy skills and/or use of specific sources as well as to assess the skills taught
- Ability to design hands-on, group instruction targeted to a particular need for information
- Ability to know how students learn in online and F2F environments
- Ability to work in a multi-ethnic/multi-cultural environment
- Ability to work a flexible schedule that may include evening and weekend assignments
The final candidate is to successfully complete a background screening and reference check process.
EQUAL ACCESS/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Miami Dade College is an equal access/equal opportunity institution which does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, marital status, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran's status, ethnicity, pregnancy, sexual orientation or genetic information.
To obtain more information about the College's equal access and equal opportunity policies, procedures and practices, please contact the College's Civil Rights Compliance Officer: Cindy Lau Evans, Director, Equal Opportunity Programs/ ADA Coordinator/ Title IX Coordinator, at (305) 237-2577 (Voice) or 711 (Relay Service). 11011 SW 104 St., Room 1102-01; Miami, FL 33176. CRCTitleIXADA@mdc.edu