Part-time and Temporary Employee Resources
- Part-time Faculty Hiring Qualifications, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
- PATFA Academic-Year Appointment Cycle, CLAS
- Part-time Teaching Availability Form
- PATFA Request for Additional Teaching
- PATFA Faculty Work on Thesis Committees
- Hiring Temps. or Students; Additional Compensation
Per the PATFA collective bargaining agreement, “[U]nit members who complete University-mandated annual compliance training shall be paid $150. Unit members will be eligible for this payment once per year, based on the annual opening of the compliance training. Payments will be processed at two times each year.”
Training modules are posted at https://umsacademy.maine.edu/d2l/home. Payments typically occur in December and May. Please contact susannah.fisher@maine.edu with any payment questions.
Criteria for the evaluation of part-time faculty are specified at the department, school or program level. Please note that these documents are the responsibility of the departments that administer them. For university-wide policies regarding part-time faculty, consult the Maine Part-Time Faculty Association (PATFA) agreement on the UMS Labor Relations page.
Anthropology
Art
Chemistry
Cohen Institute for Leadership & Public Service
- PATFA members will be evaluated using the guidelines established by Political Science (POS)
Communication and Journalism
- Guidelines for Evaluation of Part-Time Faculty
- Policy on Hiring Part-Time Faculty: Substitution of Profession Experience for Academic Credentials
- Promotion to Adjunct Professorial Ranks Guidelines & Instructions
English
Franco-American Studies
- PATFA members will be evaluated using the guidelines established by Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGS)
History
International Affairs
- PATFA members will be evaluated using the guidelines established by Political Science (POS)
Judaic Studies
Maine Studies
Mathematics and Statistics
Modern Languages and Classics
Native American Programs
- PATFA members will be evaluated using the guidelines established by Anthropology (ANT)
Philosophy
- Guidelines for Evaluation of Part-Time Faculty
- Principles of Effective Teaching
- Qualifications for Hiring Part-Time Faculty
Physics and Astronomy
Political Science
Psychology
School of Computing and Information Sciences
School of Performing Arts
School of Policy and International Affairs
Sociology
Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies