Procedure for Assigning Courses for Summer School for Full-Time 教师

Adopted by Academic 政策 and Curriculum Committee 11/10/15
Adopted by 教师 Senate 12/11/15
Adopted by President 4/1/16

Full-time instructional faculty are under contract from August 1 through spring semester 毕业. This time period does not cover summer school. Tentative summer semester schedules are usually developed in advance by each academic school and are based on the needs of the students and the institution. To assist the dean in developing the summer schedule the following procedure will be used:

1. 1. A faculty member wishing 教 in a summer semester should inform the appropriate dean at the beginning of the fall term prior to the summer term in which they wish 教. 院长 will communicate deadlines for this initial request for summer 教学.
   2. The faculty member must confirm their wish 教 in a particular summer semester by the end of the fall semester prior to the beginning of the summer semester. 教师 may also make an initial request for summer 教学 at this point in time. 院长 will communicate deadlines for this final request for summer 教学.
   3. At the time of the initial and final requests, the faculty member should request the number of hours they wish 教 (up to 10 hours or 2/3rds of the normal semester 教学 load for the faculty member); the specific courses they wish 教; the delivery method for the class (face-to-face, hybrid, online); the campus location of the courses; and the timeframe for the courses (session, days of the week, and 1)). 院长 will consider each request and attempt to honor as much of the request as possible with the understanding that the needs of the students and the institution will be considered as primary in setting the summer schedule.
   4. Since summer semester must be self-supporting, the dean must balance the use of full-time and part-time faculty to stay within the summer semester budget parameters. 协助 with this balance, full-time faculty receiving more than six hours will be paid at the part-time rate for any additional hours.
   5. In the event a large number of full-time faculty wish 教 in a summer semester, decisions may have to be made to limit the number of hours taught by full-time faculty. To spread summer 教学 among all members of the faculty, decisions will be based on a system of seniority. Within each discipline and each school, faculty will be ranked according to rank and experience with no faculty member receiving more than 3 credit hours or one 3-hour or 4-hour course until all faculty qualified 教 in the discipline have an opportunity to receive summer 教学 assignments. 总共 cases, the needs of the students and the institution will be considered as primary in setting the summer schedule.