Welcome to Yavapai College and thank you for your interest in becoming a valuable member of our college's instructional team. As a potential or current adjunct faculty member, your awareness of these services and operational procedures will help assure your students' success.
Begin your Yavapai College employment application process by searching for the adjunct opportunity that's right for you for our open positions. Your application will be reviewed by our credentialing staff and shared with our District Deans for any potential instructional opportunities. For complete details, please go to the YC Teaching Requirements.
Compensation & Workload
The Adjunct Faculty pay rate for the 2023-2024 Academic year is $960.00 per load hour.
Adjunct faculty members will be compensated based on an amount, determined annually within the budget development process, for each load hour taught. Some courses are subject to a different pay structure; contact your Associate Vice President/Dean/Associate Dean if you have questions.
Adjunct faculty are appointed on a course-by-course basis, contingent on sufficient enrollment, teaching assigned courses and paid on a load-hour basis. Adjunct faculty normally do not teach more than nine (9) load hours in each regular semester of employment, and may teach up to a maximum of 10.2 load hours per semester should the supervising Dean make exceptions. The Dean will inform the Vice President for Academic Affairs of exceptions above the maximum load hours. (HR Policy Policy Number: 2.01- Title: Employee Classification and Status)
How is your load hour and pay determined? View the following documents for more information. If you have additional questions, please consult with your Associate Vice President/Dean/Associate Dean.
Forms
Benefits
Enrollment for courses by the adjunct faculty member may not conflict with the faculty member's teaching assignment for the college. (see HR Policy 3.24) Adjunct faculty should check with their instructional Dean for more information.
Adjunct Faculty have the option of direct deposit payroll.
During the semester of the teaching assignment, adjunct faculty may receive the same discounts for college events and bookstore purchases as are awarded to full-time faculty, if available.
Adjunct Faculty member, spouse, and eligible dependent children may enroll for six or fewer credit hours at Yavapai College for credit course work per semester without payment of tuition during the semester in which the adjunct is scheduled to teach a credited course. The Tuition Waiver Eligibility Declaration form must be completed each semester that an adjunct is scheduled to teach.
Adjunct Faculty members are eligible to use and accrue paid sick leave. See Policy: 2.11 Sick Leave for details.
Professional Development
Yavapai College offers many professional development activities for all faculty; many within Adjunct Faculty Meetings. Training is also provided through Human Resources (HR), Teaching & eLearning Support (TeLS) and the Library.
Funding for external workshops and seminars may be available for Adjunct Faculty through your school; check with your Associate Vice President/Dean/Associate Dean.
Orientations
The Office of Instructional Support holds a required orientation for new Adjunct Faculty before each fall and spring semester. This orientation is designed to acquaint new Adjunct Faculty with key areas and information relevant to the beginning of the semester. Instructional Support will send an invitation to credentialed faculty prior to the start of the semester and ask faculty to RSVP for this event.
New adjunct faculty are also required to complete online modules in Canvas, a learning management system, that will orient them to resources at the college and provide additional training as required.