Hiring priorities for teaching positions. When the College fills an available teaching position, it shall hire a professor in the order of priority set out below. If several professors have equal priority for the same position in the same subject, the College shall hire, without going through the selection committee as provided for in the collective agreement, the professor who has the most seniority and, seniority being equal, the professor who has the most experience and, experience being equal, the professor who has the most schooling subject, if applicable, to any affirmative action program established in accordance with article 2-4.00, with respect to priority 6 (subparagraph 4) and priorities 7 to 9 and 14 to 19. However, in cases where seniority, experience and schooling are identical, the placement office shall forward the professors’ files to the College concerned so that a selection can be made by the selection committee provided for in the collective agreement. However, if several candidates without any seniority have equal priority for the same position in the same subject, the College shall hire the candidate who has the furthest official hiring date and, this date being equal, the candidate who has the furthest date of recommendation by the selection committee and, this date being equal, according to the hiring priority determined by the selection committee, irrespective of his/her given teaching load. In the event that a change in subject is involved, the provisions of subparagraph 2 of paragraph F) of clause 5-4.07 shall apply. A position cannot be refused a non-tenured professor in the subject in question if he/she has at least three (3) years’ seniority on the last day of the contract year preceding the year of the position to be filled and if his/her application was not analyzed by the selection committee. The professor covered by a general service offering, as provided for in clause 5-1.11, shall not have to apply in writing. The hiring sequence shall be as follows:
1. a professor from the College covered by paragraph A) or I) of clause 5-4.07 for a teaching position in his/her subject;
2. a professor from the College covered by subparagraph A) or I) of clause 5-4.07 for a position in another subject; or a tenured professor at the College in the subject where a professor has been placed on availability, provided he/she applied in writing in accordance within the time frame provided for in the collective agreement for a position in another subject;
3. a tenured professor for who...
