Job no: 493705
Work status: Regular/Continuing
Location: LCC West
Categories: Adjunct Faculty
Work type: Part Time
Title: Adjunct Instructor - Physical Fitness & Weight Training
Posting Closes at 11:55 PM on: 5/21/2027
Hours Per Week: Up to 30 Hours
Compensation Type: PT Faculty-Pay Based on PT Salary Schedule
New Hire Starting Pay: Rate of pay is based on the required qualifications of this position.
Employee Classification: Adjunct Instructor
Level: Adjunct-BD
Division: HHS Division - 405000
Department: Fitness - 405530
Campus Location: LCC West Campus
Position Type: Regular/Continuing
Bargaining Unit: MAHE
To view the applicable labor contract, visit the Labor Relations web site.
For information about the benefits offered, please visit the Benefits web site.
***LCC's Fitness program is currently looking for faculty to teach physical fitness courses to students pursuing the Electrical Utility Lineworker Program. Teaching duties will be primarily on LCC's West Campus***
*Adjunct Positions are filled by semester on an as needed basis. Applicants in this applicant pool are reviewed when the department has an immediate need to fill a vacancy. Review of applications will then stop for the semester once the vacancy has been filled.*
Adjunct (part-time) faculty in this position teach courses in didactic and lab formats at all levels of Physical Fitness training. Depending upon program needs and the candidate’s qualifications, teaching assignments will be primarily on LCC’s downtown Lansing campus with the possibility of West campus, East campus, and/or online assignments. An on-campus presence and traditional in-person teaching is required. Adjunct faculty are expected to work collaboratively with senior department faculty, department coordinators, and the Program Director to develop course content consistent with official course syllabi and industry standards. Duties include planning & preparation of course materials, delivery of instruction to students, assessment and grading, and assisting students outside of class. Additional responsibilities may include participation in course assessment, department/program meetings, advisory board meetings, professional development activities, and other duties as needed. Faculty must demonstrate a commitment to the diversity of a multi-cultural population, as well as work effectively in a team-based environment, seek continuous improvement and adherence to the community college philosophy.
Adjunct faculty in this position must be qualified to teach in one or more of the following courses and subject areas:
• Total Fitness – Fitness, Nutrition, Weight Control, Life Fitness (PFFT 100, 101, 102, 103)
• Introduction to Fitness (PFFT 109)
• Core Strength & Flexibility Training (PFFT 113)
• Advanced Circuit Training (PFFT 114)
• Fire Academy Fitness Training (PFFT 119)
• Aerobic Exercise (PFFT 120)
• Step Aerobics (PFFT 122)
• Beginning Yoga (PFFT 170)
• Lineworker Fitness (PFFT 181, 182, 183)
• Weight Training (PFWT 112, 123, 124)
Part-time Teaching Faculty Assignments/Workload
Teaching Load Limits. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each part-time Teaching Faculty member shall be accountable for teaching workload subject to the following limits:
a. Adjunct Instructors shall not exceed twelve (12) workload hours of teaching during Fall Semester and twelve (12) workload hours of teaching during Spring Semester, together with all associated preparation (including customary updates/maintenance of assigned courses), assessment and evaluation, and student consultation/office hours; and
b. Adjunct Instructors shall not exceed ten (10) workload hours of teaching during Summer Semester, together with all associated preparation (including customary updates/maintenance of assigned courses), assessment and evaluation, and student consultation/office hours.
c. The limits for Adjunct Instructors in Physical Fitness and Wellness, and in Performing Arts, will be 14 workload hours during Fall Semester, 14 workload hours during Spring Semester, and 12 workload hours during Summer Semester.
d. Increases in workload will not change the part-time status of bargaining unit members.
Professional Activities and Duties
In addition to or in lieu of teaching assignments, part-time Teaching Faculty may be given non-teaching assignments such as course development or revision, curriculum development, student advising, leadership assignments, etc., provided their workload does not regularly exceed the nominal equivalent of thirty (30) clock hours per week or 1560 clock hours in an academic year.
Nothing contained in this section is intended to modify the minimum workload opportunities or obligations of part-time Teaching Faculty as set forth in Article XIII. Employment Practices.
General Adjunct Instructor Requirements
Primary duty and responsibility of teaching students in instructional settings
Functioning as the principal source of instruction and the faculty of record in the instructional setting for a course, class, workshop, etc., offered for academic credit (i.e., designated by the College as responsible for the course, class, workshop, etc., including assigning the grade).
Being responsible for curriculum planning and development; preparation and delivery of course content in accordance with student needs; comprehensive assessment and grading in the assigned course, class, workshop, etc., offered for academic credit.
Regular on campus presence is expected for all LCC employment. Any flexible work schedules and/or hybrid work schedules approved by the College are subject to change based on the needs of the LCC community.
LCC policy requires all LCC employees to be residents of the State of Michigan and to perform all work (with limited exceptions) within the State of Michigan.
Final candidates will be subject to a criminal background check as part of the employment process.
