Adjunct Essentials

Yes. The recently-ratified 2023-2027 Adjunct contract requires adjunct instructors to offer limited weekly office hours to students.

Specifically, Article XII. section E states “Limited weekly office hour requirement to 1 hour per week for one (1) course per semester. If teaching more than one (1) course per semester, only an additional thirty (30) minutes of office hours required per additional course. All office hours are to be scheduled by the adjunct faculty member rather than by management, so the employee has some discretion as to when and how the hour will be allocated (keeping students’ needs in mind).” Please see page 2 of this agreement here (opens as PDF).

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 September 2024*:

• CART
  • Theatre and Dance: Life 1303 and 1305 are accessible with ID and each has a phone, small printer, and storage space. Adjuncts are also able to connect via ID to the THDN copier with printing and scanning capabilities in copy room LIFE 0333. Mailboxes and supplies are available in the main office LIFE 0335.
  • 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, 2nd floor adjunct lounge, UN2149  (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 (dedicated computer access for adjuncts). Copier with printing and scanning capabilities in copy/mail room: SBUS 520.
  • Information Management/ Business Analytics: SBUS 408
  • Management: SBUS 438
  • Marketing: SBUS 588 (2 desktops and one external monitor); SBUS 506 (printer/copier room): ID swipe access for both rooms.
• NURS
  • School of Nursing: NURS 358 (desk, with seating for student meetings). Small conference room NURS 362 available by reservation. Both require swipe access from administrative support staff. Copier and printer available. Refrigerator and microwave in NURS 341.

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 the campus map for location information.

If you teach on Montclair’s main campus, you can apply for your ID card two days after your CWID number has been issued. Upload a photo of yourself according to the directions on the Faculty, Staff and Affiliate ID Cards webpage and then visit the ID office in the Student Center during its business hours.

For Bloomfield College IDs, visit the BCPass desk (ID Center) at 185 Liberty Street in Bloomfield during business hours.

Yes! Make an appointment on the Faculty and Staff Headshots webpage.

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 Memorandum of Agreement for the 2023-2027 contract can be found on the Council of New Jersey State College Locals website.

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)

All newly-hired adjuncts must complete the Adjunct Orientation offered by OFE in collaboration with the Montclair Adjunct Union. Please register above or contact faculty@montclair.edu with questions about this on-boarding requirement.

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.

Whether you’re new to Montclair State University 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.

Take advantage of campus offerings! Follow University Communications and Marketing’s In the Know newsletter and “ITK: The Weekly Events Digest for Faculty and Staff” in your Montclair email inbox to learn about upcoming events and timely resources for faculty. On-campus events such as lectures, concerts, and performances are also posted in the University Calendar.

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