As noted in our other faculty staffing request ("Fill the existing open tenure-track line vacated by Arlin Bartlett"), our department has grave concerns about our current level of staffing. Growing numbers of traditional students coupled with the influx of PTECH students have left our department in a precarious state.  The PTECH program alone adds between 40 and 50 new students each year to our program.  Given the rolling three-year cycle of these students, cumulatively this can add between 120 and 150 additional students each year.  We do not have sufficient staff to continue to offer additional classes of equivalent quality and maintain the same level of service for our matriculated students.

As such, we need to add another tenure-track line.  The person filling this line should have general knowledge of networking, systems administration, and programming / scripting.  Optimally, they would also have experience in Web development or virtualization and cloud computing.  As we intend to start offering more courses in these areas, an additional faculty member with relevant experience is indicated.  This position will help to alleviate our growing staff and scheduling issues.

Note:  The resources number for this position was obtained in the following manner:  the base salary is from the Instructor 1 rate from the latest contract, along with 42.6% added for benefits (as suggested in the "Resource Planning Tips" document distributed during the PIP training sessions).