Professional Development for Non-Tenure-Track Faculty at Sinclair Community College
The Sinclair Community College strives to maintain a ratio of 50% of courses taught by part-time NTTF (adjuncts; up to 12 credit hours per term) and 50% taught by full-time faculty members, who include both full-time NTTF (instructors) and tenure-track/tenured faculty. The institution has a Faculty Senate that offers governance related to full-time faculty. The institution has had a dedicated Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) for more than a decade, and a robust suite of professional development opportunities are offered. The CTL leverages the institution’s location near the original Lily Conference on College Teaching to engage as many faculty members as possible with the conference itself and the culture of valuing teaching and learning that it fosters.