Adjunct Essentials

No, adjunct contracts do not require faculty to meet with students. Individuals may choose to do so, but it is not mandatory.

First, check with your department to see if it has space allotted for adjunct faculty. If not, each college has adjunct space. We’ve compiled a partial list here, current as of July 2023*:

• CART

• • Theatre and Dance: Life 1305 and 1305, accessible with ID
  • SCM: Morehead Hall Room 205; 8 desks, 2 PCs, and a scanner. Adjuncts will also be able to connect to the SCM network printers on the first floor. All adjuncts will be given swipe access (with their ID). 
  • CALI: Chapin 321, extension 3401. Access to a computer and phone; limited storage; access is granted via University ID.
• CHSS: 
  • • Schmitt 230 (12-14 seat workspace with computers, printing and copying, as well as mailboxes; one set of small lockers that can be used if the person wishes to bring a lock).
    • Dickson 281 (10- unit adjunct suite with 10 semi-private workspaces with doors. There are computers at least 8 of the stations, as well as a printer. There is no secure private storage)
    • Dickson 129 — a faculty resource room (both full-time faculty and adjuncts) with 3-4 workstations with computers, two copy machines, mailboxes and a printer. No private storage. 

• CEEL and CCHL: University Hall, 3rd floor adjunct lounge (printer, phone, and storage): access via swipe

• CSAM:
  •  Earth and Environmental Studies: CELS 232 (2 desktop PCs, 6 desk spaces with file cabinets and 1 phone; access via swipe with ID card
  • School of Computing: CCIS 239

• SBUS
  • Accounting/Finance: SBUS 386
  • Economics and Hospitality: SBUS 522
  • Information Management/ Business Analytics: SBUS 408
  • Management: SBUS 438
  • Marketing: SBUS 588

• NURS

If none of these spaces work or are available, consider reserving space in Sprague Library.

(*Please let us know of any changes.)

Visit Parking Services to obtain an annual permit which is good from September 1- August 31. Select the “Full-Time Faculty/Staff Permit.” It is available to full-time faculty, full-time staff, and adjunct faculty. This permit allows parking in the following areas:

• Faculty/Staff Restricted Lots (Orange) with no time restrictions.
• Commuter Surface Lots (Yellow), excluding CarParc Diem, with no time restrictions.

See map for location information.

If you’d like to connect to classroom A/V equipment, you will likely need to bring your own laptop, or borrow one from IT. Most classrooms do not have computers at the podium.

If you plan to use these, it’s a good idea to bring your own.

See payroll schedules; click “Adjunct payroll calendar.”

AFT Local 6025. Visit their website for more information.

The most recent contract can be found here.

Check out these links, and contact HR with any questions.

• Employee Discounts
• Health Benefits: For part-time employee eligibility to buy into a health plan, see here.
• Pension: For adjunct eligibility, visit the program links
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) 

According to Human Resources, these are the required trainings for adjuncts:

You will receive notification through Workday for the following:

• Annual College & University Disclosure
• Uniform Ethics Code
• Plain Language Ethics Guide
• Supervisory Conflict of Interest
• Outside Activity/Employment

You will receive email notification for the following:

• FERPA training 
• Building Supportive Communities: Clery Act and Title IX
• Cybersecurity training (launched annually during the first semester in which they are actively teaching)

With respect to compensation, here is the key language from the current contract: 

All training that is mandated for College/University employees by federal or state law and training that relates to the work for which adjunct faculty are hired and that is mandated by the policies of the College/University shall be required for adjunct faculty as a condition of their employment within their regular compensation as set forth in Article XIV.A. Such specific training obligations shall be set forth in the adjunct faculty employment contract and shall not exceed four hours in any term. Should the College/University require training in excess of that amount, it will, following completion of said training, compensate adjunct faculty at a rate of $25 per hour. In the event an existing locally negotiated agreement provides adjunct faculty compensation for such training that is greater than $25 per hour or the parties mutually agree.

 Whom can I ask if I have questions about teaching or working here? Whether you’re new to Montclair State or a veteran instructor here, it can be challenging to connect with other faculty members when you are on campus part time. Get to know fellow colleagues through OFE drop-in sessions and workshops dedicated to adjunct faculty, as well as ones meant for instructors of all ranks. Register for a confidential one-on-one consultation meeting with an OFE staff member to ask questions big and small you may have about teaching or working on campus.