Help! Want to be- education adjunct!!!

Discussion in 'Introductions' started by DeterminedAdjunct, Jul 8, 2009.

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  1. DeterminedAdjunct

    DeterminedAdjunct New Member

    Hi. I would like to teach as an online adjunct.oR EVEN face to face at a local college! I have over ten years of teaching in a k-12 setting. My master's degree is in curriculum and instruction. In addition to that I have 30 additional graduate level hours in "education." I need advice on how to start, where to start. I have applied to a lot of places and gotten close a few times but nothing definite yet. Many of my graduate level classes were taken online so I have experienced that side and think it could help me. I have taken online courses at different universities. Please provide information on teaching online or even face-to-face at the college level with my qualifications. Thanks,
    DeterminedAdjuct
     
  2. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

  3. DeterminedAdjunct

    DeterminedAdjunct New Member

  4. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    You're welcome. There are lots of threads related to adjunct teaching. Be sure to scroll through as many pages as you can. Even the information that is a year or two old can be quite relevant today. Good luck.
     
  5. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

  6. DeterminedAdjunct

    DeterminedAdjunct New Member

    thanks

    thanks, I appreciate all help and advice! I will keep you posted. It seems like a very difficult process but I'll keep after it. Hopefully, my persistence pays off............
     
  7. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator


    I have to send about 25 resumes and it took almost a year to get my first one. The second came about six months later. Just keep trying.
     
  8. icetnet

    icetnet New Member

    I hope that you find what you are looking for. If you don't want to participate with the students or even have to add any teaching beyond the canned classes, try Ellis University. You don't have to provide anything but grades to be an adjuct professor there.
     
  9. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    hmmmm. seems like a fairly nasty statement.
     
  10. icetnet

    icetnet New Member

    I apologize for my negativity. Every 300 level class that I have taken (save 1) had unresponsive staff. By unresponsive, I mean completely lacking in explaining or correcting misunderstood curriculum or examples even when directly asked.

    The writing and literature classes use peer critiquing without any instructor input. The grades on the final papers suffer because of this lack of interaction. I could go on, but suffice it to say that this is a "canned" (potentially sterile) environment.
     
  11. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    Well I don't know that you have to apologize but you might want to look at this from another perspective. An anonymous newbie shows up on a discussion board and in all of their posts (to date) trash a specific school. No way to verify anything. Every single post you've made is about your dislike for Ellis. You haven't reached the CapellaSucks level yet but you've got me thinking about it.

    Why did you stay at a school that you disliked so much? If your sole reason for being here is to trash any particular school then I think you'll receive a rather cool reception. You decide.
     
  12. maeissin

    maeissin New Member

    I don't know how it is elsewhere, but in California schools (except in some private schools) you need a minimum of a Master's in the area in which you expect to teach. Equivalencies may be worked out, but that's usually when they have a specific need -- something out-of-the-ordinary. As there are many people with your experience AND an MA or Ph.D. you're going to have to compete with a very wide field. I doubt that you're going to be luckily enough to find a position until you are able to convert those 30 post-grad hours into an MA (which shouldn't be that tough).
     

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