The Adjunct Faculty Experience

1. The Adjunct Faculty Experience
Jeff Freels
Susan Rexroad
Sadiya Wims
CTCH 602 Trio Presentation
November 22, 2010

2. Learning Outcomes
By the end of this presentation, students will be able to:
Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of being an adjunct
instructor.
Identify institutional resources available to adjunct instructors.
Objective
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Objective
2

3. • Low pay, few benefits
• Will your class make?
• Tenuous employment
• Life on an island
Disadvantages of being an adjunct

4. • Flexible and fun
• Experience
• Development
• Responsibility
Advantages of being an adjunct

5. • Mentors
• Information Technology
• Professional Development
• Security
Where do adjuncts turn for help?

6. Who you gonna call?
In this case, probably not the
Ghostbusters.

7. Call your mentor for:
• Protocol, questions, course materials
Call your course coordinator for:
• Syllabi, exams, course materials

8. Mentors at GMU
• Center for Teaching and Excellence
http://cte.gmu.edu/Programs_Support/faculty_mentoring.html
• Contact your department

9. Mentors at NVCC
• Contact your department
• GMU/NVCC Fellowship
• Evening Administration (planned)
http://www.nvcc.edu/annandale/eveadm/

10. Information Technology at GMU
• Collaborative Learning Hub
http://ittraining.gmu.edu/workshops.cfm?function=calendar
• for Blackboard, Microsoft Office, etc.
• ITU Support
http://itusupport.gmu.edu/about.asp

11. Information Technology at NVCC
• Technology Applications Center (TAC)
for Blackboard, Safe Assign, etc.
http://tac.nvcc.edu/tactraining/fa10/
• IT Helpdesk

12. Professional Development @ GMU
• Center for Teaching and Excellence (CTE)
• Adjunct orientation
• New to Teaching @ Mason
http://cte.gmu.edu/Teaching/new_faculty.html
• Your department for conferences

13. Professional Development @ NVCC
• Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
• Workshops and conferences
• Adjunct orientation
http://www.nvcc.edu/faculty-and-staff/teaching-support/cetl/

14. Security @ GMU & NVCC
• Campus police
• Dean of Students

15. Mentors
Information technology
Professional development
Security

16. Quiz and Assessment