Common use of Special Initial Placement Clause in Contracts

Special Initial Placement. It is recognized that situations may arise in which it will be impossible to continue to offer certain programs due to the inability to recruit qualified faculty at normal faculty salaries. In this situation, as the search process is continues, the CAO in consultation with Association President and/or designee, may request a special initial placement. The procedure is as follows: 1. The Faculty Association President and/or designee, and the CAO, shall meet to determine whether a special placement is justified. Whether special placement is justified shall be based on: a. Review of salary information from business, industry, or the academic world, as appropriate b. Whether extraordinary effort has been made to recruit suitable faculty 2. If approved, the CAO will provide Human Resources the authority to place a newly- hired faculty member up to four (4) schedule steps higher than would otherwise be warranted under the procedure described above in Section 12.11. All future placement and advancement of the faculty member would follow the procedures of this Agreement.