Adjunct faculty

Adjunct Faculty – Didactic Courses

Primary Function: To teach, tutor, instruct or lecture in the activity of imparting knowledge within a specified area of expertise or academic discipline: to prepare research and organize specific course(s) within one's area of expertise as contracted.

Responsibilities:

• Prepares comprehensive syllabus for each course in keeping with Department/College guidelines, including a clear statement of objectives and procedures for each course and provision of relevant criteria and processes for evaluation of student performance.
• Requests, through appropriate and advance departmental requisition or procedures, all required textbooks and related materials, including audio-visual equipment.
• Requests library holdings and acquisitions that are adequate to any and all course requirements.
• Holds classes as scheduled, requesting prior approval by supervisor (i.e., Chair, Dean or Program Director) of cancellation and/or arrangement of a substitute if necessary.
• Confines lectures and related classroom activities/instruction to topics which fall within one's competence and that are germane to the course.
• Evaluates thoroughly, including the placement of appropriate comments and the earned grade on the assignment and promptly returns all written work required of students.
• Administers final examinations at the times and places indicated in the final examination schedule.
• Respects the intellectual integrity of students and colleagues, encouraging informed dialogue and protecting responsible dissent.
• Protects the academic, as well as the personal, privacy of students.
• Notifies the supervisor (i.e., Chair, Dean, or Program Director) in a timely manner of any requirements for physically handicapped or linguistically deficient students.
• Meets with students regarding their course-related questions or concerns so that their needs are fairly served.
• Strives constantly to improve one's teaching methods.
• Maintains and improves ones competence and knowledge within one's academic discipline or area of expertise.
• Gives fair and adequate notice to any student whose conduct may be cause for administrative withdrawal from the course.
• Assists students professionally through the prompt writing of letters of recommendation, when requested or inform students whenever such accommodation cannot be granted.
• Shows respect for the rights of the instructors with adjoining or succeeding classes.
• Adheres to the deadline published in the Academic Calendar of the College for submitting final grades to the Registrar.
• Post final grades on banner by registrar due date. Provide syllabus to the Administrative Assistant.

Professional Certification: A minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree, Master's preferred and/or 5 years clinical experience in related field and valid ARRT, ARDMS, NMTCB or CMD registration as applicable.

Terms of Contract: Summer 2026

Work Shift: Workday Day (United States of America)

Worker Sub Type: Regular

Employee Entity: Thomas Jefferson University

Primary Location Address: 901 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospital campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.