Working as an adjunct in the Department of Educational Leadership begins with your application. Your first step is to apply for the adjunct position, which is a pool of all applicants seeking to be hired by the department as part-time lecturers.
Apply at jobs.charlotte.edu
For teaching in Summer 2025, Fall 2025, and Spring 2026, visit this page to apply.
Include your full legal name (including middle name), as this will be used to perform a required background check.
Applicants being considered for hire will have their application status moved to Recommend for Hire.
Two letters of reference must be shared with the department's Business Services Coordinator and Department Chair upon a successful background check.
Your official electronic transcript must be shared with faculty-recruit@charlotte.edu.
Applicants recommended for hire are required to submit the following documents to the Business Services Coordinator and Department Chair of Educational Leadership.
Required documents and actions include:
Your CV - emailed to the Business Services Coordinator
Your official, non-student electronic transcript of your highest degree (sent to faculty-recruit@charlotte.edu)
2 letters of recommendation (professional or academic) - emailed to the Business Services Coordinator
Sign your letter of appointment, sent to you by the Business Services Coordinator
Visit HR before or no later than your first day of work for I-9 verification (legally required - compensation is withheld if you do not complete the I-9 verification)
Forward the I-9 verification email you receive after your appointment with HR to the department's Business Services Coordinator.
AA-34 Verification of Credentials - Completed by the Business Services Coordinator
The following documents may also be required depending on your employment type:
AA-21 Faculty Qualifications Report - required if your terminal degree does not align with the required degree type for teaching in the College of Education
Unpaid Adjunct Access Form - required to grant email and account access if you are paid via a CP-30
Offer of Unpaid Adjunct Form - acts as your contract as an adjunct if you are paid via a CP-30
Supervisor Approval Form - required if you are a permanent employee at UNC Charlotte
PD-7 - required if you are a post-doc teaching as an adjunct
The BSC and Department Chair coordinate with the Graduate School and HR to complete your hiring actions.
After your application is submitted, you will undergo a Criminal Background Check (CBC), which is required of all applicants to UNC Charlotte jobs. The CBC is completed using your full legal name. Upon successful completion of the CBC, we are able to move forward with your hiring actions. There is no cost associated with the CBC.
Carefully review the instructions below to be prepared for the CBC email:
Academic Affairs will initiate an email through the Criminal Background Check screening vendor, Infomart, using the email address that you on your job application in NinerTalent.
You will be sent an electronic invitation via email asking you to complete the online consent form. It is extremely important that the Criminal Background Check Application include your middle name. If you do not have a middle name, you should type "none" in the area where the middle name would be listed.
Once Academic Affairs is notified of satisfactory results, you will be notified via email that the Criminal Background Check is complete.