Responsibilities include preparing class lectures and presentations, attending departmental policy meetings, keeping office hours for students and supervising lab experiments. To stay abreast in their fields, faculty members research, read and participate in professional conferences. Traditionally, the ultimate reward for a faculty member s commitment to a college is tenure, which typically comes after seven years. With tenure, a professor cannot be fired without just cause. Tenure is usually granted through a four-year college or university to faculty members with doctoral degrees.
Faculty members have flexible schedules.
Some conduct night classes and teach at more than one institution. To teach at a two-year institution, a master s degree is required. Adult educators provide vocational training. Similar to secondary school teachers, these professionals prepare lessons and assignments, grade papers, handle paperwork, attend meetings and stay informed on developments in their fields. Typical job duties might include teaching an electronics course at a vocational technical school, giving assignments for new computer software programs, teaching a watercolor class for senior citizens or preparing lesson plans.