OVERLOAD AND SUMMER TERM Sample Clauses

OVERLOAD AND SUMMER TERM. ‌ Faculty unit members may not be assigned overload or summer term courses that would interfere with completion of other assigned responsibilities. For purposes of this section, overload or summer term classes include only courses assigned in addition to a faculty unit member’s base course load. The administration may only offer contracts for overload or summer courses to faculty unit members whose primary responsibilities are instructional; such additional instructional responsibilities may only be offered to faculty unit members who already carry a full workload of courses for the semester as defined by the department workload document. Faculty unit members who are not under contract to perform externally funded research may be offered course assignments to teach during the summer session. Faculty unit members who accept such overload or summer term assignments will be compensated at the rate of eight percent of academic year base salary for each three credit hour course taught; provided that the rate may be increased by up to two percentage points to address exceptional circumstances. When determining whether additional compensation is warranted, the administration will take into account faculty effort required to prepare and to deliver the course, institutional resources provided to conduct the course and institutional opportunities deriving from the course. Among the factors considered in these connections, without limitation, will be current workload, extent of necessary new preparation, projected enrollments, availability of assigned assistants, technological resources and market driven limitations on course costs. If a course exceeds or falls short of three credit hours, the compensation will be adjusted pro rata. When a course fails to meet the specified minimum enrollment, the contract may be voided by the administration, or the faculty unit member may elect to teach the course at reduced compensation. The administration of each university will determine the minimum enrollment needed, consistently with sound fiscal practices, to justify offering a class. Faculty unit members will be advised of the minimum enrollments specified by the university administration at the time that the contract is offered. Where a course has not achieved minimum enrollment by one week prior to the first scheduled class meeting, the administration will contact the faculty unit member to discuss whether the faculty unit member would be willing to teach the course at redu...