Teaching faculty make up around 77% of all bargaining unit members for NTFC Local #6546. These Instructors, Lecturers, Teaching Assistant Professors, Teaching Associate Professors, and Teaching Professors teach a significant part of all undergraduate classes on campus and online. They are the fastest-growing group within our bargaining unit.
Teaching faculty teach both graduate and undergraduate classes. For many undergraduate students, the majority of their classes are taught by specialized faculty. Specialized faculty can be found running large lectures in Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics, and other departments that serve large numbers of undergrads, as well as in the required rhetoric courses and throughout the humanities. And some specialized faculty teach graduate students in programs such as business, accounting, and Labor & Employment Relations. We also have bargaining unit members who teach international students who are not enrolled at the University, at the Intensive English Institute.
Many teaching faculty have the terminal degree in their field, usually a Ph.D. or an MFA. Those with a title of Lecturer generally have 100% teaching duties, or sometimes 80-90%. Promotions are possible to Senior Lecturer and Principal Lecturer. There are also many teaching faculty who do research and service, in addition to teaching. These faculty generally have the title of Teaching (Assistant/Associate) Professor.
Those whose highest degree is an MA or MS are typically given the title of Instructor, with promotions possible to Senior Instructor and Principal Instructor. These positions are generally 100% teaching.
Teaching faculty often work on nine-month renewable contracts. Some departments offer multi year contracts to teaching faculty. In 2019, NTFC won required multi year contracts for long serving Teaching Associate Professors.
