603.03: Policy for Summer Employment of Aviation Maintenance Technology Instructors

Summer employment for full-time instructors employed on nine month contracts is neither guaranteed nor required. Employees in such positions should notify the appropriate Division Chair of their intent/desire to work full-time, part-time, or not at all in the upcoming summer term. Offers of summer employment will be based on student enrollment and the needs of the college. The following guidelines apply only to AMT instructors: 

Full-time Instructor Teaching Loads 

1. Aviation Maintenance Technology instructors will be considered full-time with 10 credit hours. 

2. Reduction in teaching loads for full-time employment may be granted on an individual basis for additional duties or advanced training deemed necessary by the Dean of Instruction and President for the continued successful operation of the college and/or the instructional program. Appropriate documentation from the Dean of Instruction must accompany the instructor’s contract for that term. 

Compensation

1. Instructors employed full-time in a summer term will receive compensation at the rate indicated on the then current Salary Schedule D1 at the employee’s assigned rank and step placement. 

2. If there is insufficient student enrollment to offer a full-time instructor a full-time contract for the summer term, the instructor may be offered a reduced teaching load. Compensation for a reduced teaching load shall be calculated on a pro rata basis, i.e. proportional to the ratio of the number of credit hours taught to the minimum number credit hours constituting a full load as defined above. 

Assignment of Classes 

1. Full-time faculty members will have priority consideration for summer employment over adjunct faculty members. 

2. Division Chairs will be given priority for summer employment over other full-time faculty members. The Dean of Instruction or Division Chairs may also make class assignments in the best interest of the college and its students.

3. Other full-time faculty members will be given priority for summer employment according to a rotation schedule as follows: 

   1. Each division will use a standard, seniority-based rotation. During the first year of the rotation, the instructor with the highest seniority will have the first option in choosing classes. 

   2. If an instructor’s chosen or assigned classes are cancelled, the instructor will teach a reduced load and will not receive additional teaching assignments unless a college or division need arises.

   3. The employment list will be rotated for each succeeding summer term with the senior faculty moving to the bottom of the list.

   4. Each summer priority employment list (rotation schedule) will be reviewed and verified annually by the Division Chair and approved by the Dean of Instruction. 

4. Overloads will not be offered to any full-time instructor until all full-time instructors have had the opportunity to teach a full load.

Rotation Placement

1. Seniority is defined as the faculty member with the longest full-time employment at the college within that faculty member’s original hired position as indicated in the Human Resources Office. A faculty member may not claim seniority in a field in which the faculty member was not originally hired. 

2. An instructor hired to teach in two disciplines will maintain a position in his or her primary discipline’s rotation and will be utilized in the second discipline’s rotation as needed. 

3. The primary rotation of instructors hired to teach in two disciplines will be determined by the Dean of Instruction.

4. New hires will be placed into the rotation after the last new hire.