Adjunct FAQs

Contact our Program Leads for the program you are best qualified and interested in and they’d be happy to have a conversation to share more information! 

A Letter of Appointment (LOA) states your specific class information for the upcoming semester as well as what your total pay will be. 

Payroll is on a biweekly basis and is two weeks in arrears paid out over the course of your class start and end dates. You will receive your first paycheck two weeks after your start date and receive your last paycheck two weeks after your end date.

The I-9 Form must be completed on or before your first day of employment. Visit HR’s website for specific details.

• If you’re brand new to Canvas, the Canvas Getting Started Blog is a great introduction
• If you’re teaching a combined class (a class with multiple sections that are all taught as one), here’s how to merge the classes into one Canvas course. You’ll need to login with your Boise State credentials to view this training resource.
• If you’d like to learn about additional Canvas features, check out these resources:
  • Canvas Instructor Guide
  • Learning About Canvas
  • Teaching with Canvas

• All classrooms have an instructor’s computer, AV and internet connections, whiteboards, and markers supplied by the Facilities Operations and Maintenance (FOM) department. If additional markers are required, please write the need on the whiteboard for the evening Maintenance personnel.
• If your class requires unique supplies, please complete the SPS spending request form with specific details and SPS Team Support will try to accommodate the request. Please note, most supplies need to be ordered with two weeks’ notice when possible.
  
  

If you need any photocopies or testing materials, please email your request to sps-admin-support@boisestate.edu with at least 48 hours notice

Most university-wide classrooms are scheduled with 15 minutes in-between classes; adjuncts will not have access to buildings after-hours while not on contract. If a building is locked, please contact accesscontrol@boisestate.edu

Workshops are a unique type of class that student registration varies:

• Special Session 1: students can enroll up until the day before the workshop begins
• Special Session 2: students can enroll up until the day of the workshop beginning

If you plan to contact your students before the first day of class, ensure you are using the current enrollment roster which can be found in your PeopleSoft “Class Roster”. 

The School of Public Service offers students opportunities for interdisciplinary studies. This means that we combine classes with other programs and departments across campus. Students from various disciplines are able to register and have it count towards their major. You’ll still teach the same class!

You can either hold standing office hours, and/or schedule appointments with students. There are general meeting spaces in the Environmental Research Building (ERB). If you’d like to meet privately, please contact sps-admin-support@boisestate.edu to reserve a conference room. You can also ask students to meet you at a coffee shop or outdoor space on campus.

The Office of the Registrar puts out an Academic Calendar that shares all the upcoming deadlines for each semester.

Check out the section titled, “How do I turn in my grades?”, on the Faculty Grading page

A permission number allows a student to enroll in a class for a variety of situations such as overriding a prerequisite or the class is full and the student requires the class to graduate.

• Please contact the Program Lead to ask before proceeding
• If approval was given, follow these instructions to access your class’ permission numbers https://www.boisestate.edu/registrar-help/view-my-permission-numbers/

If you need to cancel a class, contact your students via BCC email or Canvas class site and include the Program Lead. In addition to the email notification, also contact sps-admin-support@boisestate.edu with your class information (meeting location and time) to inform us and we can post a sign outside the classroom door.

Feel free to set up your email signature using one of the following templates

If you’re interested in having a mentor, reach out to our Academic Programs Coordinator, jordanjacobs818@boisestate.edu, for more details.