Annual Appointments (Note. Annual appointments under this section B will go into effect for the 2019-2020 academic year. Appointments for 2018-19 will be made under the provisions of the previous collective bargaining agreement.) A bargaining unit Lecturer who has taught a total of 24 credits or more as a bargaining unit Lecturer within the last eight academic years at the University and has been a member of the bargaining unit for greater than two consecutive years shall be eligible for an annual, academic year appointment and assignments. Taking the total number of credits taught in each of the previous two years in the home department, the new assignment would offer a minimum of whichever was the lower total from the previous two years, distributed between the Fall and Spring semesters similarly to the Lecturer’s prior two years of service, or as mutually agreed. Assignments for secondary appointments outside of the home department will be made in consideration of the credits taught in the previous two years in that department(s). In determining the minimum assignment under this section, the parties will not consider any year in which the faculty member had no teaching assignments but will consider the last two years in which the faculty member did have teaching assignments. A faculty member may discuss with the Chair or Xxxx’x designee not counting a semester in which there were unusual personal or family circumstances in determining the minimum assignment. In calculating the “total number of credits taught” the parties shall: • Not include credits that may have been taught when the Lecturer served as a full time Lecturer. • Pro-rated co-taught credits to reflect the number of faculty members co-teaching the course, not to be less than 25% of the course credit per faculty member. For example, if two lecturers are co-teaching a course, then the credits for the course will be split in half between the two lecturers. The University shall submit a list of those part-time faculty who are receiving annual appointments to the Union at least 45 days prior to the start of the Fall semester. If the specific assignment for the Spring semester is not known at the time that the annual appointment letter is issued, the assignment for the Spring semester shall be provided at least 45 days prior to the beginning of the Spring semester.
