Adjunct Faculty Lecture Series

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Project Summary: Adjunct Faculty Lecture Series

Contents 1 Project Goals 2 Relation to CTL Department Plan Initiatives 3 Project Staff 4 Project Timeline 4.1 Current Status 4.2 Future Directions 5 Project Resources 6 Project Outcomes

Project Goals

• Bring in a series of lecturers about topics relevant to the lives of adjunct faculty both in and out of the classroom.
• Make all of these lectures accessible to as many of the adjunct faculty population as possible

Relation to CTL Department Plan Initiatives

Project Staff

• The Adjunct Faculty Developer, Nicole Lohrbeer, coordinates these efforts.
• Speakers from across the district and community

Project Timeline

• Project was initiated in Spring 2007 by part-time Adjunct Faculty Developer, Nicole Lohrbeer.
• "Applying for Residential Faculty Jobs at MCCCD" on February 12th 2007 presented by Christine Hall. Over thirty-five adjunct faculty in attendance and more interested but unable to attend. The audio for his lecture was captured in a podcast and an American Sign Language interpreter was videotaped and will be available in the CTL for faculty to borrow.
• Additional lectures to be offered in 2006-7.

Current Status

• Additional lectures to be offered in April, September and November of 2007 on a variety of topics.

Future Directions

Project Resources

• Adjunct Faculty Developer time
• CTL support staff with technology (Jeff and Donna)

Project Outcomes

• Over 35 adjunct faculty have participated in the first lecture.