| The initial letter of interest as an adjunct | | | | and any experience you have had with adult |
| professor is an important document when | | | | education or teaching diverse cultures. The second |
| applying for available positions. It is even more | | | | part should indicate the courses that are offered |
| important when it is being sent "cold" to schools | | | | by the University that you have taught or can |
| for which you would like to teach. There are | | | | teach. This can be obtained from the school |
| certain elements in this letter that should be | | | | catalog. |
| adhered to when it is prepared. | | | | The third paragraph should indicate anything |
| In the first paragraph of the letter, you should let | | | | special about you including teaching awards or |
| the reader know the letter's intent. State that | | | | honors you have received. You can also include |
| you are sending this letter as an application for an | | | | anything of value that would indicate that you are |
| existing opening or that you are inquiring as to the | | | | an outstanding professor. If there is nothing |
| availability of adjunct teaching. There will be less | | | | worthy of including, then leave this paragraph out. |
| confusion if you would indicate your teaching | | | | The last paragraph should indicate your education. |
| preferences. Also, let them know if you prefer to | | | | This should include your undergraduate and |
| teach on ground, online, or both. | | | | graduate institutions and what your major was. If |
| A letter of interest as an adjunct professor | | | | you received any special training or earned any |
| should be relatively short, easily contained on one | | | | certifications, this is the place to include them. |
| page with plenty of white space. In fact, the | | | | Then you should courteously end the letter. |
| letter should be no longer than three paragraphs. | | | | Your goal in a letter of interest as an adjunct |
| Do not expect the reader to take up much time | | | | professor is to make the recipient aware of your |
| reading cover letters. | | | | qualifications and to understand that you would be |
| The second paragraph has two parts. The first | | | | an asset to their institution, without taking much |
| part is to describe your teaching experience | | | | of their time. Then, if there are any openings or |
| including: How many years that you have taught | | | | available teaching slots, you will now have a much |
| and at what level, what courses you have taught, | | | | better chance of landing the position. |
| if they were graduate or undergraduate courses, | | | | |
