Enumerates ways institutions can benefit from faculty involvement in community development. Sees community involvement as one way to meet faculty members' need for job enrichment. Identifies possible community development activities, requisite skills, and ways instructors can develop these skills. (DMM)

Argues for the incorporation of community services and continuing education into the mission and practice of community colleges. Considers the role that program administrators have played in further isolating community services. Discusses issues related to community relations, professional development, and resource allocation. (DMM)

Presents statistics reflecting community colleges' increasing reliance on part-time faculty. Underscores the need for staff development programs that address the specific requirements of part-timers. Discusses kinds of activities, needs assessment strategies, evaluation criteria for staff development, obstacles to adjunct development, and ways to…

Discusses ways in which community services/continuing education practitioners can strengthen relations with community college presidents by emphasizing institutional and presidential priorities. Considers two options for community services in the coming "instructional effectiveness era": assuming institutional leadership for lifelong…

Examines the characteristics and role of the part-time community college faculty member. Reviews ways colleges typically provide opportunities for enrichment and renewal for all faculty and recommends the use of team-teaching to reward full-time faculty while providing a one-on-one professional development experience for part-time faculty. (DMM)

Presents a multifaceted staff development model for newly hired and rehired continuing education teachers. Describes elements for new hires such as interviews and hiring, orientation, meeting other teachers, mentors, and individual learning plans. Discusses elements for rehired teachers, including formal learning opportunities, communication,…

Argues that faculty and administrators must interact in policy making and information exchange to meet the needs of older nontraditional students. Areas pinpointed for closer cooperation include program planning, faculty development, program retention, student recruitment practices, and cable television usage. Offers suggestions for overcoming the…

Relates part-time faculty effectiveness to recruitment and selection, orientation, supervision and support, evaluation, and professional development opportunities. Recommends improved communication and interaction between part-time faculty and administrators. (DMM)

Examines a study applying the problem-sensing and idea-generating capacities of the Nominal Group Technique (NGT) in part-time faculty workshops. Outlines the NGT process and its use in identifying the institutional conditions that facilitate and inhibit part-time teachers' effectiveness. (DMM)

Reviews research and related literature on the characteristics and effectiveness of part-time faculty; concerns related to part-time faculty development; informing part timers about college policies and procedures; insuring communication between full- and part-timer faculty; and providing part-timers with feedback to develop their skills as…

Encourages the development of a systematic approach to decision-making related to the recruitment, renewal, and reward of part-time faculty in community colleges. Maintains that good instruction depends upon proper administration of instruction. Describes various administrative techniques for facilitating the improvement of part-time instructor…

Provides abstracts and citations for six documents from the ERIC collection dealing with part-time community college faculty. Specific issues addressed include legislation and employment, institutional practices, staff handbooks and manuals, professional development, and evaluation. (JP)

Considers ways that factors in the college environment can negatively affect the performance and perceptions of self-efficacy of students and faculty. Discusses the problems and needs of a fictional science instructor suddenly confronting students unable to understand basic course concepts and of an older student anxious about returning to school.…

Presents data from a national study of professional development programs for two-year college occupational faculty regarding part-time faculty perceptions of the form, topics, and delivery methods of professional development activities at their colleges, and incentives offered for participation. Compares perceptions of full- and part-time faculty.…