Anyone an adjunct instructor?

[DougK62]

I'm being interviewed shortly for a position at the local community college where I'd be teaching evening classes for C++ programming. I figure it might be a nice little supplement to my income. Has anyone done anything like this? I'm mainly looking for what kind of compensation you received and your general thoughts on the experience. Thanks.

 

[DougK62]

Anyone?

 

[Jumpem]

My current boss is a C++ adjunct at a state school nearby. I have no idea what he earns.

However, I had an adjunct teaching a class at a community college once and she said it was around $5k per class.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: Jumpem
My current boss is a C++ adjunct at a state school nearby. I have no idea what he earns.

However, I had an adjunct teaching a class at a community college once and she said it was around $5k per class.

You're in New York? So that probably means it's about $500 per class here in Indiana 😀

 

[Jumpem]

Originally posted by: DougK62

Originally posted by: Jumpem
My current boss is a C++ adjunct at a state school nearby. I have no idea what he earns.

However, I had an adjunct teaching a class at a community college once and she said it was around $5k per class.

You're in New York? So that probably means it's about $500 per class here in Indiana 😀

In western NY. The cost of living isn't that bad here. It's NYC where it's ridiculous.

 

[kranky]

I have a good friend who does that at a local university's business school. For him it's a lot of work because he tries very hard to do a great job. He arranges for people from other companies to come in and do case studies, he assigns difficult projects and helps the students with them, he gives them his cell phone number so they can reach him with questions and he makes up new tests each semester. On the other hand he has some colleagues who do just about nothing except show up for class. You'll have to decide for yourself how much effort you are willing to put into it. He probably works two hours outside of class for each hour of actual class.

With evening classes taught by adjuncts, there are rarely any office hours which are convenient for the students since most of them work full-time. Think about how you will be able to help students who need some extra attention.

One thing he doesn't like was not having a choice of textbook. You might be able to choose your own, though.

I think he makes about $50/class hour.

 

[oboeguy]

I taught pre-cal at CC in NYC. The rate was $50-something per hour. Now that's just official in-class hours; you don't get paid for prep and such. I believe it was like 5 hours per week, so $250+ per week. I think it came out to something like $270/week, now that I think about it.

 

[DougK62]

My interview is in a few hours. I'll update with news. Hopefully it'll interest me.

 

[dullard]

I just switched from full-time Post-Doc to engineer at a local company and part-time instructor at the University of Nebraska. The pay range is dramatic, and there was nothing set in stone. My adviser / boss / collegue / friend was a professor there and talked the department chair up to $10,000 per class. I think the original offer was going to be $5,000 per class. Just letting you know there is a lot of leeway. It just depends on how much the insiders like you and how much they need you. Community colleges would obviously pay less than a private university or a large state university.

I currently spend ~3 hours outside of class per hour within class. I do this since it is my first time teaching (not just a TA, but full control) and I want everything set up well. I expect the amount of time to drop to ~1.5 hours outside by the end of the semester when I'm settled in.

 

[DougK62]

My interview had to be rescheduled to next week.