Many regional universities hire part-time faculty, also. In fact, unfortunately, community colleges teach a majority of their credit-hours with part-time personnel, and many people cannot get full-time teaching jobs, though more than enough credit hours are taught by part-time to justify more full-time positions.
David McNeely ---- "Dixon wrote: > Have you tried teaching as an adjunct at a community college? I got some of > my first teaching experience (although I had TA'ed a little before that) > doing an evening class at Mesa Community College in Arizona. It didn't pay > all that much, but it did give me real classroom experience. Many community > colleges do hire adjuncts, so you might check in your area. > > I wouldn't think that not teaching would hurt your chances for research-based > postdocs. If you are able to land a postdoc position, you could look into > doing some teaching on a volunteer basis or as a part-time instructor. One > good way to gain a little more experience is to see if your major professor > can let you do some guest lectures in his/her class or perhaps lead some kind > of activity in lab. > > Anyway, just some ideas. Perhaps you've already tried these. > > Mark D. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ecological Society of America: grants, jobs, news > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Brian Bodah > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 1:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ECOLOG-L] Searching for Tips for Teaching Assistant Professorship > or Post Doc > > ECOLOGers, > I am a graduating Ph.D candidate who had the misfortune of earning my > degree through a research assistantship. I say this because my career goals > involve a teaching appointment. I've been applying for teaching positions > and post docs for several months now, but there's not a single one who will > consider someone without actual college level teaching experience. > Before attending graduate school I taught science in both the Massachusetts > and Minnesota state school systems, I have quite a bit of experience teaching > students from kindergarten - adult/continuing education level, but I have > never taught a college level course as I simply didn't have a teaching > assistantship. > If even post doc teaching positions will only consider former TAs, how is > someone supposed to overcome their lack thereof? I hold a master's level > certificate in environmental education and have taught in 2 different states, > yet this means nothing - that was simply wasted, irrelevant time/experience? > I don't think my case is extremely rare, there are many students who earn > their PhDs through RAs. I'm a very good teacher, but my PhD was paid for > through research. I've become quite disheartened in the search for a remedy > to this quandry. > Any help, suggestions, or guidance from the greater ECOLOG community > regarding a way to overcome this would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Brian Bodah, Ph.D. Candidate > Department of Biosystems Engineering > Washington State University -- David McNeely
