Common use of Assignments of Extended Contracts Clause in Contracts

Assignments of Extended Contracts. Faculty may apply for summer extended contracts that have an expected teaching load equivalent to 29 days and 6 credits. The rotation list shall be comprised of all 174-day contract members. Members who have not previously held an extended contract, ranked by seniority, will comprise the top of the list. The remaining members, excluding new hires, will be placed on the list on the basis of the date of their last extended contract with the most recent extended contract at the bottom of the list and those with the longest time since receiving an extended contract at the top of the list. When two (2) or more faculty have received extended contracts in the same year, seniority shall prevail for priority ranking. New hires shall be placed at the bottom of the list for the year in which they are hired. The list shall be reconstructed annually. Faculty will only be placed on one list maintained by the office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. All 174-day contract faculty interested in an extended contract shall submit their name to the Vice-President of Academic Affairs by October 1. Vice-President of Academic Affairs will use his/her best judgment to maintain a fair distribution of extended contracts amongst the various disciplines and departments at the college. The vice-president will assign the extended contracts if work is available in the discipline and in the department in the order of the rotation. All courses taught during the summer may be utilized to fulfill extended contract assignments. Courses at another site shall be considered available only after the faculty at that site has been assigned. Faculty who desire to teach outside their primary discipline and are qualified will have their request considered on a case-by-case basis. The scheduling of summer courses and of teaching assignments of faculty on extended contracts as related to this section shall not be grievable.