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« on: July 12, 2007, 08:00:00 AM » |
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This came up on another thread -- how did you get your first adjunct position?
I found mine through an ad on an association web site.
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spicoli
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« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2007, 12:59:30 PM » |
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While a grad student at large state RI, I answered an email from a local slac looking for adjunct to teach intro course. That one class led to others at the same university as well as others.
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« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2007, 01:29:34 PM » |
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Use the network of academics that you know. Most adjunct positions I know of are either saved for grad students or are gotten through word of mouth.
Hope this helps,
CTG
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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2007, 01:34:25 PM » |
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Um...let's see. My very first adjunct position, I think I got because I saw an ad on a university web site, applied for and got the job--I didn't even have my Master's degree at that point, but I was finishing my thesis at the time.
Years later, I got one adjunct position because I went to grad school with one of the influential faculty/admin people in the department (I hate that kind of thing, but I needed money to eat and I knew this person respected my abilities).
I got the one I am just leaving (for a full time faculty job) by cold-emailing the person who could hire me at the place I hoped to teach. I was called in for an interview, was able to show a very good teaching portfolio--complete with sample syllabi, student evaluations from grad school teaching, examples of courses I had designed myself, and clear demonstrations of how I can teach to different types of student populations-- and got the job right there.
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cuyler
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« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2007, 02:46:10 PM » |
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About a month before the semester began, I brought my c.v. into the department chairman's office at the local university and asked if they needed anyone to teach a couple of courses. The chairman graciously (or in desperation) talked with me for 15 minutes about my degrees and experience, and then offered me three courses.
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« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2007, 04:16:00 PM » |
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I sent out a mass mailing in early March to fifteen or twenty area schools that offered the survey class. I was ignored by most and rejected via form letter by a couple in the central city area. About seven schools responded over the next eighteen months or so, and I've ended up working at two of them. The tricky part is angling to teach a variety of courses and not just the same one over and over. I've had some success there, but largely through luck.
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« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2007, 06:39:39 PM » |
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For my first gig, I received a phone call for an area school. The person they'd lined up bailed on them, so they contacted my adviser (at another area school) who recommended me. I got others in a similar way that year.
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« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2007, 08:55:37 PM » |
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My first adjunct position I cold-called the department head, and they were interested in offering the class I wanted to teach. I had an interview and they ended up offering me more than that class.
The next adjunct position I received was b/c one of my friends (I went to graduate school with them) was leaving it and offered my name up as a replacement. Didn't even have to go in for an interview for that one.
If only FT positions were this easy! HA!
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« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2007, 09:55:11 PM » |
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I got my first adjunct position when the dean (a graduate of my department) called my chair in desperation when someone quit at the last minute.
I got my second adjunct position after calling, calling, calling, and sending in an application package to the only university in my new town.
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« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2007, 12:31:53 AM » |
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Via a large university's website, in late July. In my field (English), adjunct work teaching freshman comp is easy to come by if you have an MA and a year of TA'ing under your belt.
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« Reply #10 on: July 13, 2007, 11:59:59 AM » |
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I made 2 phone calls - 1 to a dean at my old grad dept.; the other to a dept chair at the U that hired me - 2 weeks before the semester started. Nothing like swooping in at the last minute.
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« Reply #11 on: July 13, 2007, 01:13:04 PM » |
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Through my department chair when I was ABD. Now I just go on a college's website and find the email of whoever is in charge of what I want to teach.
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« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2007, 11:55:05 PM » |
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I pestered the Dean of my alma mater until I was given a last minute class.
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2007, 07:42:02 AM » |
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I e-mailed the department head at a school nearby where I was moving to. Got hired 2 weeks before classes started and had to scramble to get things together, but well worth it!
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« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2007, 09:02:43 AM » |
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I went to a adjunct job fair at a community college.
Once I had more experience and guts, I just emailed chairs/program directors directly with a brief introductory email and my resume attached. I found out from chatting with other adjucnts about the best pay and working conditions. It was very easy to land jobs this way. My last adjunct job I got over email with no interview. I worked there a year and never met my supervisor in person (although she seemed very nice over email).
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