APPENDIX A: Compensation, PROMOTIONS & TITLES

Please note, the below compensation calculations do not include the Los Angeles Photo Department and the Los Angeles 3D Animation Department.  Compensation guidelines for those departments are below.

All instructors prior to commencing work at New York Film Academy, Ltd. (“NYFA”) will be assigned an instructor level (“Level”). Listed below as Schedule “A”  for each department is the compensation offered to an instructor with the associated Level. The determination of an Instructor’s Level will consider, but not be limited to, the following criteria:

1. Education

• PhD or MFA or Terminal Degree:  Base Level a

• Master’s Degree:  Base Level b

• Bachelor’s Degree:  Base Level b

• Associates or Lower: Base Level c

2. Number of years of College Level Teaching and Professional Experience

• 0 – 5 years of experience (Individuals with a developing portfolio teaching and/or professional work, and who are beginning to achieve recognition within their field): No increase, stays at base Level

• 5-15 years of experience (Demonstrated their increasing potential to the college through increasing classroom effectiveness, as well as through external recognitions such as speaking engagements, publishing, awards, exhibitions or movies): 1 step up in Level

• 15 – 30+ years of experience (Distinguished teachers whose deep and continuing commitment to the college is demonstrably reflected back into classes, student work and their contributions to their departments and the college at large): 2 step up in Level

3. Industry credit/publications

• Award winning credits: 2 step up in Level

• Produced significant work: 1 step up in Level

• Publication & Recognitions: 1 step up in Level

• Some industry work and just started: No increase, stays at base level

Schedule A:

• LA Campus: 

  • Full Time Salaried Faculty (Los Angeles)

  • Filmmaking (Los Angeles)

  • Acting For Film (Los Angeles)

  • Screenwriting (Los Angeles)

  • Producing (Los Angeles)

  • Cinematography (Los Angeles)

  • Game Design (Los Angeles)

  • Liberal Arts & Sciences (Los Angeles)

  • High School/Tweens (Los Angeles)

• NY Campus: 

  • All Departments (New York)

• Miami Campus: 

  • All Departments (South Beach)

Compensation For Other Departments:

• LA Campus: 

  • Photography (Los Angeles) - includes raises

  • 3-D Animation (Los Angeles)

| RAISES, PROMOTIONS & TITLES

Currently, the Los Angeles Campus has a comprehensive plan through which all current faculty were given titles.  The process by which these titles were determined, as well as the process for Promotions, the system of Raises and Titles for new hires, are detailed in the linked document below. Similar comprehensive plans for the New York and Miami Campus faculty will hopefully follow soon and will be linked here when they are complete.

• Los Angeles Faculty: Please click here for information about titles, promotions and raises. 

• New York and Miami Faculty: Please click here for information about raises.