Can things get any crazier?
Oh boy I hope not.
It's bad enough that I'm in the middle of grading papers and exams, but then some bad news came across to me.
I was hired as an "Instructor" which is a semester-by-semester temporary full-time appointment (one of many "contingent" faculty positions). It can be renewed for up to eight semesters. My college tends to keep the people for the full eight semesters. Heck, why not? We are not tenure-track and we get paid a lot lower than people who are tenure-track. And the way I look at it, anything is better than being an adjunct (part-time professor).
However, our new president wants to get rid of this position and has stated that he will be limiting the term of the position to no more than four semesters. I heard those of us currently working will be "grandfathered" to the eight-semester track but there has not been any definite proof of this.
Now, I work in the summers. Do those count as "semesters?" No one can tell me. I hope not or I may be out of work at the end of this summer. And I have to teach over the summer (I need to pay for my scrapbooking supplies LOL).
So what does this mean? While in the midst of grading hell, and also physical therapy, I need to not only rewrite my CV, but also acquire more up-to-date references and my transcripts. This sucks. Oh and did I mention I need to do this by the end of this week?
Excuse me while I go lose my mind....
It's bad enough that I'm in the middle of grading papers and exams, but then some bad news came across to me.
I was hired as an "Instructor" which is a semester-by-semester temporary full-time appointment (one of many "contingent" faculty positions). It can be renewed for up to eight semesters. My college tends to keep the people for the full eight semesters. Heck, why not? We are not tenure-track and we get paid a lot lower than people who are tenure-track. And the way I look at it, anything is better than being an adjunct (part-time professor).
However, our new president wants to get rid of this position and has stated that he will be limiting the term of the position to no more than four semesters. I heard those of us currently working will be "grandfathered" to the eight-semester track but there has not been any definite proof of this.
Now, I work in the summers. Do those count as "semesters?" No one can tell me. I hope not or I may be out of work at the end of this summer. And I have to teach over the summer (I need to pay for my scrapbooking supplies LOL).
So what does this mean? While in the midst of grading hell, and also physical therapy, I need to not only rewrite my CV, but also acquire more up-to-date references and my transcripts. This sucks. Oh and did I mention I need to do this by the end of this week?
Excuse me while I go lose my mind....
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