So the Department of Labor has issued new clarifications on who can work as salary and who has to work as hourly. Job description PLUS wages earned kick into this.
I work full time (Administrative/Professional) for the college in a "salary" position, and I teach as an adjunct. Based on my salary and current job position/description/title I may end up being an hourly employee... which means I can't teach.
But... I'm the only instructor for the 2 classes I teach (Intro to Linux and Network Services with Linux). And one or both are required for graduation for our AS degrees (networking, systems administration) and are electives for our software development tracks.
BUT... I currently only have an AS degree (software dev/analysis) and an AA. Working on a BAS (software dev) but at 2 classes per term I won't graduate until Spring 2018. While I've never been an issue for our accrediting agency (SACS) in a perfect world I'd have at least a batchelors degree plus a minimum of 18 hours post grad in a few specific fields.
I'm also the only person in my department with the skill set to do what I do ...
So now the college's Provost - who understands what I do, my skill set, the needs of my full time department *and* our IT Education department - is wondering what to do with me.
Possible solutions -
I may move to a 12 month instructor contract (97% of our instructors are 9 month workers) and get paid a little more to help out my current department part time, much like I teach classes as an adjunct as a "second job".
Change my full time job description (and salary!) so that I remain "exempt from overtime" and can continue as things are now.
Move me to a 9 month tenure track instructor line, and get paid a little more to help out my current department part time, much like I teach classes as an adjunct as a "second job".
Pros and cons to all 3 ... the only "great news" is that the Provost has said he will ensure that I do not work more hours per week than I currently do (45-48) *and* my take home pay will stay about what it currently is (too low compared to private sector, but I'm used to that). Even better is that my full time boss and coworkers are on my side, and the ITE department wishes I could teach more classes (continue both Linux classes and add intro to Java, intro to C++, programming on the LAMP stack, etc)
But the uncertainty has put a wobble in the way my world is turning these days.... Oy!
Anyone else been in a even slightly similar situation? Any words of advice? Anyone want to come down to Gainesville and buy me beer or coffee?
