Adjunct Faculty – Child Development and Family Studies

Title: Adjunct Faculty – Child Development and Family Studies
- Spring 2027

Employee Classification: Adjunct Faculty

Campus: University of North Texas
- Dallas

Division: DAL-Academic Aff & Stdnt Success

Sub Division-Department: DAL-School of Human Services

Department: DAL-School of Human Services-519000

Job Location: Dallas

Salary: $3,500.000

FTE: .48

Retirement Eligibility: Not Retirement Eligible

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UNT Dallas is bridging the gap between education and workforce readiness through our innovative Classroom to Career initiative. This initiative integrates experiential learning—such as internships, service learning, and project-based collaborations with industry partners—into every student’s academic journey. By emphasizing high-impact practices, we prepare students with both disciplinary expertise and the essential skills employers value most: communication, adaptability, teamwork, and leadership. Our graduates don’t just earn degrees;

they launch purposeful, career-ready futures. We seek faculty across all disciplines who are eager to contribute to this transformative, campus-wide initiative actively.

The College seeks adjunct faculty to teach undergraduate courses in Child Development and Family Studies. Instructors prepare students to support children and families across early childhood education, human services, and community settings. Candidates with practitioner experience and a commitment to all individuals, first-generation, and working-adult students are especially welcome.

Qualified individuals are being sought to establish a pool of readily available talented people from which these vacancies are filled as they occur. The adjunct instructor is responsible for teaching undergraduate courses. The ideal candidate is enthusiastic about teaching and student success.

• Master’s degree in Child Development, Family Studies, Human Development and Family Sciences, Early Childhood Education, or closely related field, with at least 18 graduate semester hours in the teaching discipline.

• Knowledge of child development theory, family systems, and developmentally appropriate practice.
• Strong knowledge of lifespan development, child development theories, and developmental stages from infancy through adolescence.
• Understanding of parenting, family…