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POSITION OFFERED: Adjunct Teaching Faculty – Health
EMPLOYMENT DATE: 08/24/2026 - 12/11/2026
TERM OF EMPLOYMENT: Adjunct, Non-renewable
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Department of Health is accepting applications for the position of adjunct for Fall 2026 to instruct HLTH230, Healthcare Ethics. Candidates will be considered for other courses as their credentials allow.
Course Description: This course focuses on the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of practicing human service and health professionals as it relates to legal, moral, and ethical actions in the rapidly changing health care environment. Codes of Ethics for individual health service and healthcare disciplines are used as guides to examine implications for legal and ethical decision-making. Students will explore ethical theories and principles and analyze how personal, professional, and societal values affect their approach to health care and are reflected in professional codes of ethics. This discussion-focused course investigates theories of ethical decision making to address increasingly difficult situations that are often encountered by professionals in human services and healthcare fields.
Course Description: This course focuses on the rights, responsibilities, and obligations of practicing human service and health professionals as it relates to legal, moral, and ethical actions in the rapidly changing health care environment. Codes of Ethics for individual health service and healthcare disciplines are used as guides to examine implications for legal and ethical decision-making. Students will explore ethical theories and principles and analyze how personal, professional, and societal values affect their approach to health care and are reflected in professional codes of ethics. This discussion-focused course investigates theories of ethical decision making to address increasingly difficult situations that are often encountered by professionals in human services and healthcare fields.
Teaching assignments may involve teaching day, evening, online, hybrid, and HyFlex courses. For Fall 2026, courses are taught both in person and asynchronously.
Adjunct instructors will be expected to:
• Provide excellent teaching and instruction
• Create, submit, and follow a syllabus that aligns with the course’s Master Course Syllabus
• Use the Learning Management System to provide course materials to students
• Be available to students through office hours, timely grading, and responsive communication
• Read and abide by the policies listed in the Teaching Manual
• Submit all records by their respective deadline, including progress reports, student concern notices, and grades
• Understand and enact mission and values of TC3, and the equity, diversity, justice and inclusion plan.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree in Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Coaching or in a related field with . Relevant experience teaching the course skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Experience teaching in an accredited higher education institution, especially a community college, is preferred.
EXPECTED HIRING SALARY RANGE: For Adjunct Faculty, rates are found in the most recent adjunct contract. For each credit, the Fall 2026 entry pay rate is $1,146 - $1,209 dependent upon qualifications.
Review of applicants will begin ASAP. NOTE: This is a part-time (Adjunct) faculty position. Adjunct positions are ongoing-recruitment pooled positions. Your materials will be retained in our active files and be considered on an as-needed basis. Candidates must hold and be willing to maintain NYS residency to be considered for this position.
Note: Additional application materials/essays will be requested. All employment offers are contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.
Tompkins Cortland Community College is a culturally diverse campus with over two decades of strong partnerships with international colleges and universities and a commitment to preparing our students for citizenship in a global society. Tompkins Cortland Community College is accredited by the Board of Regents of the State of New York and by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and awards associate degrees in career-oriented and liberal arts/sciences programs of study. Enrollment is approximately 3,500 students. To learn more about the College, visit our website at www.tompkinscortland.edu. Visa sponsorship not available. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. AA/EOE
Location: Tompkins Cortland Community College is located in the naturally beautiful and culturally rich Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, near Syracuse, Rochester, Ithaca, and Binghamton. The area is host to many colleges, including Cornell University, as well as excellent healthcare, museums, festivals, and business enterprises.
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The State University of New York | Tompkins Cortland Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Salary : $1,146 - $1,209