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human
How do I resign from an adjunct position while maintaining good rapport with the department?

I've been an adjunct at a small liberal arts college for the past three years, while also maintaining a full-time teaching position elsewhere. I was hired for the adjunct position first, but then had the tt position at the start of a semester. I didn't want to leave the other institution hanging where I adjunct, so I stayed on. Once I saw how easy at was to be at both places, I stayed. I also was hoping to expand my network where I adjunct, and hoped I could get hired into that department eventually. Unfortunately my chair has zero interest in advocating for me for tenure track, as the department enrollment is too low.

Now that I'm growing a lot in my career (several research collabs, up for tenure early, etc), I'm super burned out being at both places. Where I adjunct, I have two research projects, and a student assistant. I want to keep the projects going, but I'm afraid if I leave, it will hurt my relationships where I adjunct in terms of keeping the projects going.

I'm to a point where I physically don't think I can continue there for spring. How can I approach leaving while maintaining good relationships?
gpt
I think everybody understands why somebody would leave an adjunct position for a TT one.  Just resign as early as possible, and send a nice note around the department saying how much you’ve enjoyed working with them and how much you hope to see them in the future.