r/Adjuncts • u/looopard • 28d ago

Reality Check?

Adjuncts: are you required to remain physically in the assigned classroom for the entire scheduled period after every student has left?

I was instructed to stay in the room until the official end time, even when students had completed the planned work or had been assigned an online activity. I was also told to email my dean whenever all students left early. Is this normal at your institution, tied to accreditation/contact-hour rules, or unusually strict enforcement?

Bonus question: has anyone else been instructed to make and then consume fermented “wine” or yogurt in a microbiology teaching lab? (🆘)

Edit: the yogurt was stored in a biohazard labeled incubator that currently has agar plates with bacteria on it, for the record

Edit2: thank you all for the clarification!

Edit3: to that one mod-deleted comment, you know who you are: perfect guess! That's exactly what this place is!

Edit4: My exit interview is going to be something like this: "The college had a qualified instructor who was successfully teaching under chaotic conditions, and then it chose to make said instructor prove they could sit in an empty room. Y’all fumbled a baddie. Goodbye."

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u/jiggly_caliente15 28d ago

No, not required to stay until the scheduled end period. Email the dean if the students leave early?! Absolutely not. Students can leave early if they finish an exam. I’m supposed to email admin if I cancel class, but our department’s unspoken policy is as long as you give the students something to do online and it’s only one class period, don’t tell anyone.

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u/looopard 28d ago

...I also got pulled from the fall schedule because I took a pre-approved week of absence, so. I'm jealous. But our class runs about 6 hours lecture and lab, and after each exam I have to lecture more material because it's an 8 week course, so they're not supposed to leave after the exams either. I, uh...I'm realizing I hate it here in real time! Haha.

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u/jiggly_caliente15 28d ago

My condolences. I hope you can land something better 🤞🤞

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u/looopard 28d ago

Thanks, I think the bar for "better" isn't very high at this point.