Best Practices for Supporting Adjunct Faculty

About the Authors iii

Preface x

Deepening Our Understanding of Adjunct Faculty, Richard E. Lyons 1

Ensuring an Effective Start for Adjunct Faculty: Orientation With Multiple Options, Kevin Yee 13

The Part-Time Faculty Institute: Strategically Designed and Continually Assessed, Marianne H. Hutti, Gale S. Rhodes, Joni Allison, Evelyn Lauterbach 31

A Proven Program for Supporting Adjunct Faculty Online, Daryl Peterson 49

Mentoring Adjunct Instructors: Fostering Bonds That Strengthen Teaching and Learning, Cynthia Zutter 68

A Mentoring Network for Adjunct Faculty: From Proposal to Pilot to Five-Year Plan, Gayle Nolan, Cynthia Siegrist, Nancy Richard 81

A Consortium Approach to Supporting Part-Time Faculty, Helen Burnstad, Ben Hayes, Cindy Hoss, Ann-Marie West 107

An Applied Course in Teaching That Serves the Home and Neighboring Institutions, Thomas Lux 118

The Associate Program: A Foundation for Professional Growth in Adjunct Faculty, Russell Richardson 132

Adjunct Faculty Associates Professional Development Program, Keith Barker, Dan Mercier 143

Supporting Adjunct Faculty Through Orientation and Mentoring Initiatives and an Online Professional Development Course, Jeanne C. Silliman 158

A Proven, Comprehensive Program for Preparing and Supporting Adjunct Faculty Members, Frank Harber, Richard E. Lyons 186

Initiating a Support System for Adjunct Faculty: The First Year, Laura Renninger, Shannon Holliday, Marie Carter 199

The Two-Year Effort to Build a Program That Provides Part-Time Faculty Pedagogical Support, Community, and a Sense of Mission, H. Edward Lambert, Milton D. Cox 217

Professional Development Geared to Part-Timers' Needs: An Adjunct Professor's Perspective, Jason Schwartz 241

Index 252