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As a distinguished member of our adjunct faculty, we recognize the vital role you play in delivering a world-class academic experience for our students. Learn more about our mission and vision below, and we hope you enjoy your teaching experience with us.
As an adjunct at 51成人猎奇, you will challenge and inspire your students. You will encourage them as they explore their ideas, test their theories and enhance their knowledge. Most importantly, you will help provide our students with an enriching academic experience that will prepare them for professional achievement and success.
We also recognize the importance of giving you the support you need to make your teaching engagement a rewarding and enjoyable experience. To that end, we are committed to providing you with the following:
What is academia without the free, unencumbered exchange of information and ideas? Here we encourage it 鈥� and treasure it. Starting with your department chair or program coordinator, feel free to ask questions, seek assistance, or just sit, talk and share ideas.
As a university with a global reach and academic excellence, we are guided by a culture that supports faculty teaching, scholarship, research, artistic endeavors and curriculum development.
51成人猎奇 offers all faculty 鈥� including adjuncts 鈥� the resources found at the Faculty Development Center (FDC). These initiatives include learning communities, webinars and technology support.
The center is located on the main campus at the following address:
Emerson Library, Room 420
101 Edgar Road
St. Louis, MO 63119
Phone: 314-246-8243 or 866-963-8243
Email: askfdc@webster.edu
In addition, our full- and part-time faculty are eligible for free conference attendance. Please check with the FDC personnel for specific opportunities. Overseas teaching opportunities are also available at our international locations. Please view the "Teaching Opportunities at 51成人猎奇 International Campuses" section.
Up to 10% of the seats in our Faculty Assembly can be filled by adjunct faculty, provided you have been at 51成人猎奇 for at least three years. In addition, Faculty Assembly members are also eligible to be elected to the Faculty Senate.
Finally, and most importantly, we want you to feel part of the 51成人猎奇 community 鈥� whether you teach just one class or several. Welcome!
Please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the University and its facilities:
Office of Public Safety
572 Garden Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63119
314-968-7430
To assist you with planning, we ask that you explore the following support offerings. We ask that faculty utilize these resources before calling for individualized support or training.
Adjunct Faculty offices are provided. Contact your academic department for location.
If you have any questions, please consult the Online Learning Center for online courses: studyonline@webster.edu; for on-ground courses, call the Academic Advising offices at 314-968-6972 or 800-982-3847. For attendance verification survey or Starfish questions, please send the inquiry to: studentsuccess@webster.edu.
Information about pay dates and other payroll questions is available on .
Eligible adjunct faculty who have completed 36 credit hours or four consecutive years of teaching at Webster are eligible to receive up to nine credit hours of tuition remission per academic year (June 1-May 31) for any academic year in which they teach. Credit hours taught are expected to be in fully enrolled courses. This does not apply to doctoral programs or exclusions listed on the policy attached below.
In addition, tuition remission for one spouse/domestic partner OR dependent child is also available for those adjuncts who have taught at Webster for eight consecutive years or 72 credit hours. The benefit for spouses/partners/children will be 50% of the then-current tuition rates per academic year in which the adjunct faculty member is teaching.
For full details, see the policy:
Adjunct employees may participate in the Defined Contribution Retirement Plan available through TIAA and set aside additional, tax-deferred retirement funds. Employees who participate in this plan are immediately vested. To receive further information regarding the University's retirement program, employees can contact:
Adjunct Faculty Development Fund: Introduced by the Office of the Provost in 2016, the Adjunct Faculty Development Fund is designed to support professional development, professional travel and research opportunities for 51成人猎奇 (United States) adjunct faculty. The application period occurs in late summer with award announcements in the fall. Detailed information is provided in Webster Today. For more information, contact the Office of Academic Affairs, oacadaff@webster.edu.
As an adjunct faculty member, you may secure access to Office 365, all of its features, and a terabyte of storage, along with Adobe Creative Cloud and all its services.
Adjunct faculty have access to the fitness center, pool and gym that are located in the University Center. Memberships are available for family members.
Adjunct faculty members are entitled to discounts at the 51成人猎奇 bookstore. Just show your faculty ID to claim it.
Our adjunct faculty are welcome to attend film and lecture series, guest speakers and theatre events. Many of these campus activities are without charge, or may be enjoyed with a faculty discount.
51成人猎奇 offers various opportunities for faculty to gain international experience and internationalize curriculum. Below is a list of current opportunities:
The Leif J. Sverdrup Global Teaching Fellowship provides the opportunity for Webster University faculty members to travel to teach at one of the following Webster international campuses: Athens, Greece; Geneva, Switzerland; Leiden, Netherlands; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Tbilisi, Georgia; St. Louis, USA (main campus); Vienna, Austria. This program funds travel, housing and some incidental costs. The fellowship is open to full-time and adjunct faculty. Full-time faculty must have completed at least one academic year at Webster to be eligible to apply. Adjunct faculty must have taught at least six courses at Webster to be eligible to apply.
Short-term faculty-led study programs enrich the curriculum by taking student learning to new dimensions outside the classroom. These programs allow participants to understand the world around them by immersing them in other languages and cultures. The learning experiences afforded by these programs help support the University's mission of transforming students for global citizenship and individual excellence. They are also a necessary alternative for students who cannot accommodate year-long or semester programs outside their main campus location. Members of the Webster faculty are invited to plan and propose short-term study courses.
Short-term faculty-led study programs are credit bearing courses with an embedded travel component that highlights and supports the course learning objectives. All programs must be led by a Webster faculty. The format may include but is not limited to global hybrid format (an online course with travel component), condensed on-location courses, and other approved structures. The courses are typically less than 6 weeks of travel and may occur in any location around the world.
Members of the Webster faculty are invited to plan and propose Short-term courses.
Webster Alerts is the University鈥檚 primary messaging system for letting students, faculty and staff know when there is an emergency on or near campus, provide instructions on how to stay safe, and notify of campus closures. Your will automatically receive this notification through your Webster email address.
In addition to your Webster email address, you can choose to receive these alerts on up to three mobile phone numbers and two additional email addresses. These can be cell phone numbers or email addresses for loved ones, in case you want them to be informed of campus emergencies.
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If you run into any issues, using your Webster Alerts portal, or if the Webster Alerts heading is not visible on your Connections menu, please contact the IT Service Desk:
Q: Are there any requirements that an adjunct professor live in the state of Missouri to teach at the Webster Groves campus?
A: Employees are not required to live in Missouri to work at the Webster Groves main campus.
Q: Where can I apply for a part-time teaching position?
A: For a list of current faculty openings at our main campus and extended campuses, please visit our Human Resources webpage.
We also recommend that you send a letter of interest and your CV to the chair of the academic department in which you would like to teach.
Full-time faculty appointments, which include status-track faculty, instructors, and lecturers, are also posted on the Human Resource web page when they are available.
Q: Parking permits?
A: You may secure a permit by visiting the main campus Department of Public Safety at 572 Garden Ave., Monday through Friday during regular business hours. You can obtain an annual permit for a fee. Faculty and staff are issued non-expiring permits.
Q: Where do I go to find the room assignment for a course I am teaching?
A: You can find this in the Online Course Schedule in Connections or contact your department representative.
Q: How many classes may an adjunct teach in one semester/year?
A: In general, faculty may teach no more than two courses at any given time and no more than eight courses per academic year. Number of credit hours per course and non-teaching appointments may be factors in determining an individual鈥檚 teaching load. The complete policy may be found in Connections under the Office of Academic Affairs Policies and Guidelines section, (requires login).
Q: How do new adjunct faculty find out what their Webster email address is?
A: If you have lost or misplaced your webster.edu email address or credentials, please consult the IT webpage or email support@webster.edu. If you are new to Webster, the hiring manager (department chair or support person or the director if you are at one of the extended campuses) will contact you with this information when it is available. You may forward your webster.edu email directly to a personal account that you may check more often, but please use your webster.edu email to communicate with other Webster staff members.
Q: Where do I get my faculty id badge?
A: The Main Campus Office of Public Safety, which is located at 572 Garden Avenue, issues Faculty ID badges. Please bring your faculty ID number, and Public Safety will take your photo and issue you an ID on the spot.
Q: Are we permitted to take students on field trips? If so, are waivers required and where can we find them?
A: An Activity Participation Form and an insurance certificate form are required to take students off campus for a program or event. Please work with your department representative
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Q: Where can I list my preferred method of contact? Am I allowed to forward Webster emails to another email account?
A: A top priority is to communicate more effectively with our employees and provide them the information they need when they need it. In addition to this website and its communication features, we will also use email and letters to home addresses. Having email go to your preferred address, which you can change at any time, is helpful to all of us. We try to make it easy to forward the Webster emails directly to your personal email account. You can find out how to do on the .
Here are some overall important points to remember:
Q: How do adjunct faculty access end-of-semester course evaluations that students complete online?
A: All faculty have access to Student Evaluation Feedback (course evaluations) via Reports for each term are at the bottom and able to view for each course instructed, as well as the link to provide students. Questions related to course evaluations can be directed to the Office of Institutional Effectiveness at oie@webster.edu.
Q: Are there any University awards or recognition for excellent student writing?
A: We have the annual Julian Schuster Writing Award, which is offered to encourage and recognize excellence in student writing and help foster a culture of writing at the University. To be eligible, a student must have been a first-semester freshman in the fall term. All genres will be considered provided they are a minimum of 500 words, written in English, and written for a class taught by a full-time or adjunct faculty member at 51成人猎奇 during the fall semester.
Q: Where can I find the change of grade form?
A: Faculty members may find this form in Connection under .
Q: How do I get the latest version of my textbook?
A: We recommend you touch base with your program lead or department representative.
Q: The "reasonable accommodations" for disabled students set forth in letters by the main campus Reeg Academic Resource Center, have been increasing over the years. Who is responsible for making/reformatting all course materials in at least 16 font? Who is responsible for obtaining textbooks in alternative format? Some adjuncts use scantron tests, and now they seem to be prohibited. If you have a disabled student, what assistance is Webster going to provide? Will adjuncts receive extra pay for all of this extra work?
A: If one of your students needs an accommodation, please work through the Reeg Academic Resource Center (Reeg ARC), and our ADA coordinator, disability@webster.edu. They will be happy to assist you on these accommodations on a case-by-case basis. If the student is located at an extended site, please also include the site director as you seek help.
While teachers are responsible for enlarging font size, there are different levels of visual impairments and exams would need to be enlarged. Scantron tests, while not prohibited, are not desirable for all students. With these (and other) issues in mind, we again suggest coordinating with the personnel at the Reeg ARC.
Finally, additional compensation for handling these matters is not available.
Q: On the rare occasions that we find a single student disruptive in class, a private conversation with the student is in order. On the even more rare occasion when the student continues to be disruptive in class, what is the recommended procedure to move this to the next level?
A: Our classroom disruption policy, which covers any disruption within a class, is as follows:
Q: How does the student dismissal process work at Webster?
A: Students may be dismissed due to their academic performance. The dismissal is automatic based on grades earned, and the process is the same for all students in all locations and online. Both the Graduate and Undergraduate Studies Catalogs describe when dismissal automatically occurs. For graduate students, the Graduate Catalog's academic policies cover dismissals. For undergraduate students, the Undergraduate Catalog's academic policies cover academic progress.
The Academic Policies section of each academic catalog also provides policies and processes related to grade appeals, reinstatement, and academic dishonesty that may result in dismissal.
Q: Do you provide digital access to the digital New York Times?
A: Yes, we do. To access, please sign in to your Connections account. From the home page, select the 鈥淔aculty鈥� tab. When there, the right column will give you instructions on how to access.
Q: Are grants available to adjunct faculty? Can funds be used to attend conferences? What is the process to apply for the grants?
A: The Adjunct Faculty Development Fund is designed to support professional development, professional travel and research opportunities for 51成人猎奇 (United States) adjunct faculty. The application period occurs in late summer with an award announcement in the fall. Detailed information is provided in Webster Today.
To qualify, adjunct faculty members must meet the following criteria:
Q: I take public transportation or bike to work. If I decide to drive, do I need a parking pass?
A: Metro buses run regularly between the Shrewsbury Metrolink station and the front of Webster Hall. Yes, a parking pass is required for on campus parking. You may secure a permit by visiting the main campus Department of Public Safety at 572 Garden Ave., Monday through Friday during regular business hours. You can obtain an annual permit for a fee.
Q: At what point (time of service) can an adjunct faculty receive tuition remission and how much can they receive?
A: Active adjunct faculty who have completed 36 credit hours or four consecutive years of teaching at Webster are eligible to receive up to nine credit hours of tuition remission per academic year (June 1鈥揗ay 31) for any academic year in which they teach. To verify eligibility for tuition remission, please contact the Office of Academic Affairs, oacadaff@webster.edu.
Q: Does Webster have tuition remission for family members of adjunct professors?
A: Yes, one spouse/domestic partner OR one dependent child (per IRS rules) is eligible for tuition remission of 50% of current tuition rates per academic year (June 1鈥揗ay 31), provided an adjunct faculty member has taught 72 credit hours or eight academic years as defined by 51成人猎奇 Years of Teaching with 51成人猎奇 and is actively teaching at the time of enrollment. This does not apply to doctoral programs and other exclusions may apply. Enrollment is subject to space availability. Details may be found here: (login required.)
Q: Is it possible to take more than 9 credit hours?
A: Adjunct faculty may take additional credit hours at their own expense.
Q: Is tuition remission considered taxable?
A: The taxation issue is directed by IRS regulations, which require that all graduate tuition valued in excess of $5,250 (as of 2024) per calendar year be considered a taxable benefit to employees.
Q: Are adjunct faculty considered to be exempt or non-exempt?
A: Adjunct faculty are considered exempt under the teaching professional exemption of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Q: Where do I obtain my W-2?
A: ADP handles our W-2 distribution process. They will mail hard copies and/or post them online with the stipulation that our employees have access to them by the IRS' Jan. 31 deadline. Employees will be notified via their webster.edu email address when the W-2s are available online.
Q: Where can I find my recent pay stubs?
A: ADP offers an employee portal that includes this material.
Q: Where can I find current rates of compensation? Where can I find information as to change of compensation based on length of service?
A: Compensation depends on a number of factors. Contact your department or extended campus director; they will be able to answer specific questions about your situation.
Q: Can I participate in a retirement plan?
A: Yes, adjunct faculty may participate in the Defined Contribution Retirement Plan available through TIAA and set aside additional, tax-deferred retirement funds. Employees who participate in this plan are immediately vested. To receive further information regarding the University's retirement program, employees can contact:
Q: Since working at Webster, my address has changed. Who do I contact to get my W-2 form updated for Webster income?
A: Use the ADP portal to update your contact information. This will automatically update your W-2. The ADP portal is where you will access your W-2.
Q: Does Webster use self-published textbooks from faculty? If so, who should faculty send their request for approval of their textbook?
A: Please reach out to your department representative on this issue.
Q: Can adjunct professors be used as references by students on their resume, or can only full-time professors be references?
A: Yes, adjunct faculty may be used as references. Many have done so, and we hope others will, as well, when appropriate. If you have questions about a specific request or concerns about content, please see your department chair.
Q: Will Webster pay for an adjunct to attend an out-of-town conference related to the discipline they teach?
A: One option is for you to check with your Dean. The Dean of each college or school has funds available for professional development.
Another option would be to apply for adjunct professional development funds through Academic Affairs. The Adjunct Faculty Development Fund is designed to support professional development, professional travel and research opportunities for 51成人猎奇 (United States) adjunct faculty. The application period occurs in late summer with an award announcement in the fall. Detailed information is provided in Webster Today.
Q: What are the requirements for a candidate to apply to 51成人猎奇?
A: Visit the Admissions section of the webster.edu website. You will find helpful information about the undergraduate and graduate application process, educational costs, as well as financial aid and scholarships. If you have additional questions about the process or the information provided, please contact the Admissions Office directly.
Q: I have the title of Adjunct Full Professor since I have served 51成人猎奇 for 32 years. I want to order a graduation cord that will reflect such a title. Do you have a suggestion?
A: We recommend you contact the 51成人猎奇 Bookstore either by stopping by or calling 314-968-5936. They will help answer your questions and put you in touch with the regalia representative, if needed.
Q: Is there a way for the University to provide access to students to the Grammarly website to check their work prior to submitting for grading?
A: While Grammarly offers a free online service available to anyone, we believe our Writing Center, which is available to students and faculty offers a more comprehensive and personalized assistance model. It is, of course, free of charge to our students and faculty.
Q: How do you recommend adding presentations and publications to my resume?
A: If you need assistance or general support, please contact the Faculty Development Center (FDC) at askfdc@webster.edu. The FDC is a wide-ranging and deep resource, which is available to all of our faculty members.
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