Teaching requirements (Atlanta: transfer, construction, community college)

[Rod_moore]

Hello all,

I have a simple question maybe someone can help me. I will be moving to the Atlanta area on next week. I would eventually like to get a 2nd part-time teaching job at a local community college. I have a Masters in IT and have Cisco Certifications, and I woud like to teach in Computer Networking (my speciality). What are the teaching requirements for Georgia. I know that they vary from State to State.

thanks in advance!! :-)

[BobKovacs]

Usually, you've got to be degreed at least one level above the degree you're teaching for, and for something like IT, you'll have to have all of the certs that are appropriate for what you're teaching.

I teach at Gwinnett Tech in their construction management programs, and with a BS, I'm able to teach as an adjunct in their AAS programs. If I wanted to teach full-time, I'm supposed to have an MS because some of the programs can transfer into a BS program. Since I'm only teaching one class/quarter and it's specialized, industry-specific stuff, they're able to let me do it, though.

[Rod_moore]

Bob,

Great stuff, thanks.. I guess that means I will be
eligible to teach part-time at a community college, since the highest degree there is AA right?.. I just want to use my certs and my degrees since the career that I’m in now is totally technical. How do you like teaching part-time?

Originally Posted by BobKovacs

Usually, you've got to be degreed at least one level above the degree you're teaching for, and for something like IT, you'll have to have all of the certs that are appropriate for what you're teaching.

I teach at Gwinnett Tech in their construction management programs, and with a BS, I'm able to teach as an adjunct in their AAS programs. If I wanted to teach full-time, I'm supposed to have an MS because some of the programs can transfer into a BS program. Since I'm only teaching one class/quarter and it's specialized, industry-specific stuff, they're able to let me do it, though.

[BobKovacs]

You should be able to, yes. I enjoy teaching part-time- I'd love to do it full-time, but the pay is so low compared to working in my field (about 1/3 of what I make), I could never afford to do it.

[lastminutemom]

There are going to be fewer and fewer full time professors at GA colleges for the next few years due to the budget. Now is probably a great time to be looking for a part time teaching position.

[BobKovacs]

Originally Posted by lastminutemom

There are going to be fewer and fewer full time professors at GA colleges for the next few years due to the budget. Now is probably a great time to be looking for a part time teaching position.

Very true. We just had our adjunct orientation at Gwinnett Tech on Monday, and they said they've got the largest # of adjuncts ever- over 200 this year. It makes sense- why hire full-time instructors to handle increasing enrollments and have to deal with benefits, etc., when you can get people with tons of industry experience to come in and teach for an hourly wage?