Common use of Assignment of Courses to Part-time Members Clause in Contracts

Assignment of Courses to Part-time Members. Following review of departmental recommendations, the President or designee shall appoint part-time members with no prior employment at the particular university to a part-time classification. The parties recognize that part-time members have no guarantee of continuing employment. Part-time members shall be assigned to available courses depending upon the department chairperson’s determination of credentials, experience, and teaching merit. When the chair determines that part-time members have similar credentials, experience and teaching merit, the chair shall recommend for appointment the person with the greatest length of service in the department. Following the chair’s determination based upon the above criteria, appointment shall be recommended to the xxxx for approval. Part-time members who have been continuously employed in a department for ten (10) consecutive semesters, or have taught in a department sixty (60) load credit hours or more, may be offered two- semester contracts, subject to adequate enrollments, satisfactory teaching evaluations that include student opinion surveys, and the continuing of class offerings.