To our fabulous UMBC adjunct community

The Office for Academic & Pre-Professional Advising has openings available for Winter Orientation Advisors! COVID hasn’t slowed us down at all, and Orientation is proceeding as usual – except 100% online. Advisors use Webex to meet with incoming students one-on-one to plan out and register for classes. No previous experience is required, and we will provide all training necessary!

Besides compensation, this is a rare chance to gain advising experience – highly sought-after in faculty openings – as well as to interact with students outside of the classroom. As a faculty member myself, I can absolutely say that my teaching effectiveness has been augmented by my advising experience.

Part-time faculty are eligible to be compensated at the rate of $25 per advising session, with most Orientation days having opportunities for approximately four sessions.

More details are provided in the application attached, which is due HERE by December 2, 2020. We will also be hosting a number of informational sessions for those who may be interested:

- Thursday , November 12, 12-1 PM
- Monday, November 16, 12-1 PM
- Friday, November 20, 12-1 PM

You can view or register for these events on our myUMBC page, HERE.

UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting

October 16, 2020, WebEx (See access info at the bottom)

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

1.     ADJ III Released

2.     Trauma Aware Teaching Workshop Update, October 17 (Norman)
a. Currently about 25 faculty signed up
b. Share this link with your faculty to encourage attendance: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/adjuncts/events/87275
c. Zoom link shared on Thursday with all registered participants

3.     Faculty Senate Discussion
a. Orianne Smith (President, Faculty Senate) made announcement to senators about meeting with p/t faculty

bWill put forth a proposed change to by-laws (through my senator)  that would allow any faculty member with 3 years of experience to be a senator

c. Reaching out next week to president of the University Steering Committee that requested we reach out to FS, I’m going back to them with results, and once again asking for AFAC to have a seat as part of shared governance

d. Noticed that AFAC still is not on Shared Governance web page (sent an email to Pat/Roland about this oversight)

4.     Health Insurance
a. Letter went out to Zahira/HR will be at your 10/30 meeting

b. They will have first 30 minutes of the meeting

5.     Meeting Senior Administration
a. Monday, November 23 at 4 pm

b. Don’t forget to meet with your Deans
   1. Provide a report (oral) back to the committee after this meeting

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UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting

October 2, 2020, WebEx (See access info at the bottom)

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

1.     OEI Listening Tour (app 20 minutes)

2.     Trauma Aware Teaching Workshop Update, October 17 (Norman)
a. Current # of registered faculty
b. Share this link with your faculty to encourage attendance: https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/adjuncts/events/87275

3.     Faculty Senate Discussion
a. Follow-up with Orianne Smith (President, Faculty Senate)

b. Face a structure of Senate that’s based on Department, and does not have "Identity" seats

c. FS Executive Committee suggested creating a “Info Sheet” for new faculty (ft/pt) that identifies their senator, their role, and how to contact them.

d. Still thinking about requesting a change in by-laws that would allow any faculty member with 3 years of experience to be a senator

e. As it was the University Steering Committee that requested we reach out to FS, I’m going back to them with results, and once again asking for AFAC to have a seat as part of shared governance

4.     Follow-ups from last meeting
a. Adjunct Health Insurance (Farah/Maggie)

b. By-Law Adjustments (Margie…should we make this a sub-committee?)

5.     ADJ III will go out to around 27 adjuncts (4 AFAC members, congratulations), notified by email
               a. Will follow the requirements for Senior Lecturer
               b. Will most likely take entire semester to get final approval
               c. Qualifying adjuncts will need to notify Dean/Department of intent to apply
               d. Title/bump will take place in Fall 2021

6.    NEW BUSINESS

UMBC Adjunct Faculty Advisory Committee Meeting

September 18, 2020, WebEx (See access info at the bottom)

4:00 - 5:00 p.m.

1.     Trauma Aware Teaching Workshop, October 17 (Norman)
a. First Announcement Went to all Adjuncts Via MyUMBC

b. Please Spread the Word among your collegaues

2.     Faculty Senate Discussion
a. Met with Orianne Smith (President, Faculty Senate)

b. Discussed long-standing failure of senators to represent all faculty, and discussed the barriers

c. Orianne thought maybe a documented commitment by senators would help improve that

d. I suggested change in by-laws that would allow an ADJ with 3 years experience to be a senator

e. Also offered to research other FS where adjuncts have a seat on the senate

f. Agreed to meet again after speaking to our respective committees

g. Are we in a sense, a “senate”

h. Think working toward a seat on University Steering Committee may be our best move

3.     Status on Stipends and Grants (Rob)
a. Stipend letters going out to Departments next week.  

b.  We should make an announcement about the grants on MyUMBC.   

4.     Follow-ups from last meeting
a. Adjunct Health-Care (Farah/Maggie)

b. By-Law Adjustments (Margie…should we make this a sub-committee?)

c. Inquired with Pat about number of ADJ II and what makes defines a University Committee and those items are on my agenda for our meeting first week of October

d. Connected Bonnie with Sheryl in terms of treasurer role

5.    NEW BUSINESS

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