It sounds to me like you need to negotiate for a lighter workload, if this is
possible based on your credentials. Unfortunately, many clinical track faculty
are given heavier teaching and clinical loads, so that tenure track faculty can
do research and write. Since most clinical track faculty are paid less, it is
often necessary to work outside academia in order to pay the bills. Plus, if you
are going to teach clinical, it makes sense to stay active in the clinical
setting.

I have been in your shoes before. Your options as I see them are to work less
hours/week in the clinical setting, negotiate for less workload, go to tenure
track, or work elsewhere. One thing I found that worked for me when I was on
clinical track is to have my 9 month pay stretched over 12 months (so I could
keep benefits), then I worked a bit more in the hospital over the summer (but
not full time), so that I could research and write over the summer months when
academia was not on my schedule.

Good luck!
Valerie Eschiti
----- Original Message -----
From: Marcia E Ring
To: Martha_E_Rogers@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 1:16 PM
Subject: [Martha_E_Rogers] stupid...well, maybe rhetorical question


I'm feeling frustrated. Teaching (and related activities) takes up so
much of my time that I wonder how on earth will I get all the writing
done I want to do? I'm clinical track, not tenure track, and our
department has started new programs meaning we all have to pick up the
slack, which I am happy to do. However, the amount of details that
need tending to gets overwhelming, and I just don't see how to pull it
all off. Do I really have to work every waking moment? I don't know
that I am willing to do that. Let me add that I also work 2 half
days/wk at my clinical practice.

Any advice you faculty members out there?

Thanks for listening.
Marcia
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Marcia E. Ring, PhD, APRN-BC
Clinical Specialist Psychiatry/Mental Health
Clinical Assistant Professor
College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Department of Nursing
University of Vermont
221 Rowell
106 Carrigan Drive
Burlington, Vermont 05405-0068
Tel: (802) 656-9013
Fax: (802) 656-8306



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