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[skinnymargarita]

Skinnymargarita,

Here's how it's done at my place.

You collect all of your materials and organize them according to a specified format, and you also write up a dossier "core," which includes both narrative statements and charts addressing your research teaching, and service.  This is also in a specified format. (You adhere closely to these specifications on pain of death.)  


You don't go to any meetings.  Everyone else does. :)

Wonderful. Sounds like a party lot of work. It was mentioned earlier that this only applies once you are hired for tenure. I am an adjunct at the U I hope will hire me in the future, someday there has to be an opening - these people there now can't live forever! I should probably keep everything now anyway as it may impact the future job of my dreams opening. It can't hurt and the cost is minimal. Although, at this point I have some digging to do. I never would have guessed how much work tenure would be!

[kedves]

I am an adjunct at the U I hope will hire me in the future, someday there has to be an opening - these people there now can't live forever!

This is going to sound mean, and I apologize for that, but--there probably will be a TT opening some day, and the chances are small that an adjunct will be hired for it.  It could happen, but it usually doesn't.  At the very least, you will need to have an offer somewhere else to seem desirable to the school at which you are an adjunct.  Waiting for this to happen is like waiting to win the lottery, but with a much higher ticket cost.

[skinnymargarita]

I am an adjunct at the U I hope will hire me in the future, someday there has to be an opening - these people there now can't live forever!

This is going to sound mean, and I apologize for that, but--there probably will be a TT opening some day, and the chances are small that an adjunct will be hired for it.  It could happen, but it usually doesn't.  At the very least, you will need to have an offer somewhere else to seem desirable to the school at which you are an adjunct.  Waiting for this to happen is like waiting to win the lottery, but with a much higher ticket cost.

Oh boy, am I in trouble! The only U within driving distance is where I adjunct. The only other option is online, divorce or move. Online works for me, but there usually isn't full time online hires from what I have seen. It is not fiscally responsible for me to quit my "day" job of K-12 teaching for adjunct positions which pay diddly squat less. I may need to win the lottery to get tt. I would be happy to get full time, even if not tt at the U, but we'll see! Thanks for the heads up. It has only been a year and a few months since I finished my EdD.

[msparticularity]

I am an adjunct at the U I hope will hire me in the future, someday there has to be an opening - these people there now can't live forever!

This is going to sound mean, and I apologize for that, but--there probably will be a TT opening some day, and the chances are small that an adjunct will be hired for it.  It could happen, but it usually doesn't.  At the very least, you will need to have an offer somewhere else to seem desirable to the school at which you are an adjunct.  Waiting for this to happen is like waiting to win the lottery, but with a much higher ticket cost.

Oh boy, am I in trouble! The only U within driving distance is where I adjunct. The only other option is online, divorce or move. Online works for me, but there usually isn't full time online hires from what I have seen. It is not fiscally responsible for me to quit my "day" job of K-12 teaching for adjunct positions which pay diddly squat less. I may need to win the lottery to get tt. I would be happy to get full time, even if not tt at the U, but we'll see! Thanks for the heads up. It has only been a year and a few months since I finished my EdD.

I'm in education, and also a former K-12 teacher. I want to agree that it is highly unlikely that you will get hired into a place where you adjunct--or at least not without a very substantial research record. I agree that keeping good records of your teaching--and your student evals--is very important for getting a job. However, you have said nothing about doing research and this is much, much more important for the vast majority of universities. Based upon a successful record as a course instructor, your current university may be very happy to keep you on into the distant future, but only for a course or two a semester and as an adjunct.

With an EdD and if you are not interested in research, you may have a better chance of moving upward in your district or at the state level. Depending upon your area of specialization, you might be able to work as a district or state-level curriculum coordinator, for example.

[skinnymargarita]

I am an adjunct at the U I hope will hire me in the future, someday there has to be an opening - these people there now can't live forever!

This is going to sound mean, and I apologize for that, but--there probably will be a TT opening some day, and the chances are small that an adjunct will be hired for it.  It could happen, but it usually doesn't.  At the very least, you will need to have an offer somewhere else to seem desirable to the school at which you are an adjunct.  Waiting for this to happen is like waiting to win the lottery, but with a much higher ticket cost.

Oh boy, am I in trouble! The only U within driving distance is where I adjunct. The only other option is online, divorce or move. Online works for me, but there usually isn't full time online hires from what I have seen. It is not fiscally responsible for me to quit my "day" job of K-12 teaching for adjunct positions which pay diddly squat less. I may need to win the lottery to get tt. I would be happy to get full time, even if not tt at the U, but we'll see! Thanks for the heads up. It has only been a year and a few months since I finished my EdD.

I'm in education, and also a former K-12 teacher. I want to agree that it is highly unlikely that you will get hired into a place where you adjunct--or at least not without a very substantial research record. I agree that keeping good records of your teaching--and your student evals--is very important for getting a job. However, you have said nothing about doing research and this is much, much more important for the vast majority of universities. Based upon a successful record as a course instructor, your current university may be very happy to keep you on into the distant future, but only for a course or two a semester and as an adjunct.

With an EdD and if you are not interested in research, you may have a better chance of moving upward in your district or at the state level. Depending upon your area of specialization, you might be able to work as a district or state-level curriculum coordinator, for example.

I don't want to give the impression that I am not interested in a job teaching at the university. The reason I got my doctorate was for that end. It is still my ultimate goal. If I need to research (I love research) to get the job, I will do it. I don't have any projects now, but have ideas and need some guidance in this. Who could mentor me in this as I don't really have colleagues? I know some instructors at the U I adjunct for that I could ask advice about research but I really don't have any idea what to do. My research for my dissertation was a self-written survey. I have access to students in my K12 job. My principal would likely support my research, hu has in the past when I did a couple of little studies at the school. I actually think hu likes it when I do research at school as it impacts learning positively. Thanks in advance for any help in this, my career probably depends on it!