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Adjunct Faculty Hiring Procedures

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Once adjunct faculty are selected, in accordance with the LATTC Academic Senate Faculty Hiring Procedures, the following are the policies and procedures for completing the adjunct hiring process.

  1. Before any offer of employment is made, the department chair and dean are responsible for reviewing the candidate’s qualifications to ensure that s/he meets the Minimum Qualifications for academic employment. The determination for eligibility must be performed at least two weeks before the start of the adjunct assignment (as per HR Guide R-130)

For more information on minimum qualifications refer to these resource documents:

  1. HR Guide R-130; Table R-130
  2. HR R-100 - Academic Minimum Qualifications
  3. Minimum Qualifications for Faculty and Administrators in California Community Colleges, 6th Edition
  1. After ensuring the candidate meets the Minimum Qualifications, complete and submit Form HR R-130, along with candidate’s official transcripts to the Human Resources, District Office. (Note: transcripts may be opened, however keep the original envelope and staple it to the transcripts).
  2. Upon receipt/approval of Form HR R-130 back from District HR Office, initiate a PCR.
  3. Provide to and have employee complete all hiring forms including the LACCD Faculty Hiring Packet, Employment Eligibility Verification (I-9), and the Employee Withholding Certificate (W-4). Links to all forms are below.
  4. LACCD Faculty Hiring Packet
  5. Employment Eligibility Verification (I-9) (website:
  6. Employee Withholding Certificate (W-4)

Employee should submit completed forms to the LATTC Personnel Office, K201 Monday – Friday 8am – 4:30 pm. Employee needs to bring valid forms of identifications as indicated on the I-9 form. For questions on the application please contact, Ms. Sherry Matthews, 213 763-7276.

Note: If an instructor has not taught anywhere in the District for over 39 months, s/he should submit a new hiring packet.

For more information on the completion of hiring forms, refer to the New Employee Packet FAQs.

  1. Upon receipt of completed hiring forms, Personnel will complete processing of PCR (initiated in step #3 above).
  2. Once PCR is completed and loaded in SAP, initiate ESC to assign course to employee. Send employee official assignment offer/verification letter.
  3. Provide employee with the Checklist for New Faculty or send them the link to the checklist on the Academic Affairs website (

Other Hiring Matters

Employment Verification – For Rating In and Vocational Instructors

New employees will be required to submit employment verification for rating in purposes and/or for verification of minimum qualifications. It is important that the necessary information be on the employment verification obtained. As such, the prospective employee should send a Request for Employment Verification Form to all previous employers. The form is available on the Academic Affairs Hiring website at (

Request for Emergency Processing

In the event an unexpected situation arises and the hiring process cannot be completed two weeks prior to the start of the course, the chair/dean should (1) complete and submit a Request for Emergency Processing Form HR R-130 to the Human Resources, District Office and (2) initiate the Provisional Equivalency process with the LATTC Academic Senate (contact LATTC Academic Senate President for more information/assistance with the Provisional Equivalency process). The process should only be initiated if the chair and dean have verified the employee meets the Minimum Qualifications. It should NOT be used as an alternative to the Minimum Qualification verification process.

Effective: August 18, 2008 Distributed to Academic Council: August 14, 2008