Tier System definition
Examples of Tier System in a sentence
While employed pursuant to a current Course Assignment Contract at the College (as set forth in Article 10, Tier System, Appointments & Assignments), Bargaining Unit Faculty will have a College email address and access to services associated with that email address for current employees, as may be modified by the College from time to time.
Following the Initial Appointment, all appointments are considered Reappointments and may be for one (1) year or three (3) years, according to the Bargaining Unit Faculty member’s placement in the Tier System.
Bargaining Unit Faculty members will be placed into the Tier System as described herein for purposes of contract length and course load, based on teaching experience.
Effective at ratification, every newly-hired Bargaining Unit Faculty member shall be on probation for her/his first Academic Year taught at the College, regardless of his/her placement on the Tier System.
Once calculated, a Bargaining Unit Faculty member’s position in the Tier System shall be the position for term set forth in their Letter of Appointment.
For purposes of Reappointment, no later than six (6) weeks after the end of the spring semester each year, the College will re-calculate the position within the Tier System of all Bargaining Unit Faculty and send that information to each Bargaining Unit Faculty member at their last known address.
Non-renewals and non-reappointments pertaining to lack of work shall be handled in accordance with Article 10, Tier System and Stability of Appointments and shall not require just cause.
In furtherance of the development of its Adjunct Faculty, the University will create an annual fund of $35,000.00 (which shall not carry over from year to year) for Adjunct Faculty members who have a current contract under Article 10, Tier System and Stability of Appointments for that Academic Year.
Once the Appointment Letter is issued by March, an Adjunct Faculty member’s position in the Tier System shall be the position for the upcoming Academic Year.
Minimum Anticipated Course Loads for Summer terms will be calculated and confirmed separately following the same principles, under the same Tier System, and in the same annual Appointment Letter.