Faculty Contracts. 1. The Chancellor, as Secretary to the Board of Trustees, signs and issues contracts to those staff members elected by the Board. See District portal, “Employee Forms” tab for the Contract Adjustments for Faculty form and Article Eleven, Appendix C for the procedure for amendments to faculty contracts.
Faculty Contracts. All contracts with Certified Faculty Personnel employed by the Board of Education shall be in writing and signed by the President of the School Board and the District Business Manager. All contracts for Certified Faculty Personnel will be issued on or before April 1st. The contract will be signed and returned to the Business Manager within fifteen (15) days from issuance to be considered accepted. Should an employee who is under contract to teach within the school district submit a letter of resignation prior to completion of the contract, the employee must at the time the letter of resignation is submitted also submit a check as liquidated damages. The amount of liquidated damages shall be determined as follow: If the letter of resignation is submitted before April 15, no penalty, If the letter of resignation is submitted between April 15 and July 14, inclusive, $500, If the letter of resignation is submitted between July 15 and July 31, inclusive, $750, If the letter of resignation is submitted on or after August 1, $1000, Should an employee submit a letter of resignation but fail to submit the amount for liquidated damages, the Board shall refuse to accept the resignation and request written assurance from the employee that the employee will fulfill his or her contract with the District. If the employee does not provide such written assurance within ten days of the request being made, the Board may deem the failure by the employee to give requested assurance as a breach of the contract by the employee and the Board may request the Department of Education to suspend the teaching certificate of the employee pursuant to SDCL 13-42-9. Upon written request from the employee submitted with the letter of resignation and the check for liquidated damages, the Board may consider waiving the liquidated damages.
Faculty Contracts. A. Probationary Period
Faculty Contracts. 2. After a full-time faculty member has concluded his or her probationary period, s (he) becomes eligible for two (2) consecutive, two (2) year contracts – for a maximum total of four
Faculty Contracts. Faculty members shall be employed by the College under either probationary contracts or continuing contracts with tenure. Individual faculty contracts shall be issued by no later than August 16 of each year or as soon as practicable following the conclusion of bargaining a successor Agreement. All individual employment contracts shall be made consistent with this Agreement which shall be deemed incorporated by reference in such individual contracts.
Faculty Contracts. Section A. Faculty members will seek to qualify for and the Board will grant continuing contracts in accordance with the provisions of the State Board of Education Rules 6A-14.0411.
Faculty Contracts. 1. Faculty unit members will normally be appointed on either an academic year or a calendar year basis. Academic year appointments are for 10 months, normally between August 15 and June 15. Academic year appointments provide for salary payments to be spread out over 12 months. Calendar year appointments are for 12 months.
Faculty Contracts a. Service under limited term and annual contracts may be combined and applied to the five-year period of time required for consideration for tenure; however, a faculty member must be employed under an annual contract at the time of consideration for tenure. In order to be considered for tenure, the faculty shall complete and submit a professional portfolio to the Vice President of Academic Affairs. The deadline for submitting the professional portfolio will be established by the Portfolio & Credentialing committee. An evaluation of the faculty member’s instructional effectiveness will be made by the Academic Xxxx and the Vice President of Academic Affairs. If the evaluation is satisfactory and the program is to continue, the faculty member will be recommended for tenure in the sixth year by the Vice President of Academic Affairs, subject to approval of the College President and Board.
Faculty Contracts. Section 1. Faculty contracts for the academic year will be offered in the categories listed below.
Faculty Contracts. A. All Faculty. The basic "academic contract year" (173 days) shall consist of the three (3) traditional quarters, Fall, Winter, and Spring in the number of days prescribed in the current year's calendar, developed by the Calendar Committee. Within the constraints of budget and quality of service for students, Faculty members shall be allowed to select which quarters of an academic year will comprise their annual contract. Requests for annual contracts different from Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters will be submitted to the campus Vice President by January 15th. If Summer is chosen as a contracted time, salary and teaching load shall be computed as a traditional instructional quarter (173 days for the year). Salary and instructional load for the quarter not selected will be computed at the presently-agreed "Summer rates."
