Negotiating teaching track job

[mys12]

Hi Folks,

I've read a lot of advice about negotiating offers for TT positions, but I can't find any suggestions, advice, or information on negotiating a Teaching Assistant Prof. position... That is, a permanent, non-TT teaching job. Specifically, what I'm looking for is:

- information on offer components that are often negotiable in teaching positions

- ways of negotiating contract length or some other form of permanence (which I know is an issue in these positions)

- other considerations for these positions, that I just might not be aware of...

If you negotiated this kind of job offer (in a U.S. University), can you share your experience?

If you know of readings or resources for this, can you point me to them?

Thanks!!

[Pedagogied]

I recently negotiated a tenure-track position at a regional public comprehensive college, and one factor I negotiated was a reduced teaching load for the first two years. You may not be able to do that since this is not tenure-track. Instead, you could try to get some guarantee of how many new course preparations you will have over X # of semesters or years and/or how many sections of a certain course (Intro. to Soc., for example) that will reduce your overall workload, particularly over time. I hope this helps! Good luck!