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Click any of the following questions to jump to the response. These are the most frequent questions we receive about course/work assignments, but if your specific question isn't answered here, please contact us!
• How is work assigned to me? • What is “bumping” and what happens if I am bumped? • How do the "A" and "B" lists work? •How much can I work during the academic year? • Can I teach any course in my field? • If I’m a PA, librarian, or counselor, can I teach? • If I’m an instructor, PA, librarian or counselor, can I work in more than
one discipline area in a semester? • How do I apply for a full-time position? • What are the rules for working during Wintersessions and summer sessions?
• How is work assigned to me?
To be assigned work, you must first complete the Notice of Reasonable Assurance (NORA) form. The college uses the NORA form to determine course assignments for adjuncts each semester. You must submit the online NORA form prior
to each semester’s start to request assignments to indicate your interest in and specific time availabilities for the upcoming semester(s). The NORA forms are available in the college's faculty web access page.
NORA puts you on the seniority list, so if you don’t submit, you will not be offered an assignment until all adjuncts on the list have been assigned the contractual maximum numbers of contact hours they have requested. Therefore, it's extremely important that you meet all of the deadlines listed on the NORA page.
Work is assigned according to seniority.
Seniority is based first upon
the number of semesters you have taught/worked at SCCC and then upon the
number of credit/contract hours you have
worked. All adjuncts hired prior to
September 1, 2006, will be offered
up to a full complement of courses/credit hours he or she has requested. (This is the “A seniority list”). Those
individuals hired after September 1,
2006, will be offered course work
as the need arises. (This is the “B
seniority list”). After three semesters
of work, a “B seniority list” adjunct
will be added to the bottom of
the “A seniority list” and will be offered courses based upon that seniority list. [back to top]
• What is “bumping” and what happens if I am bumped?
Bumping can occur if a campus’
course offerings in a discipline are
reduced; in this case, instructors lose
courses in a reverse seniority order
(i.e., those with the least seniority
are bumped first)—we call this “bottom
bumping.” Likewise, all with a
second course must be reduced to
one course before anyone on the “A
seniority list” in a discipline is removed
entirely for the semester.
An adjunct faculty member may
be bumped by a full-time faculty
member. In this case, bottom bumping
is also required—the least senior
adjunct is bumped. For the bumping
procedures, read our Bumping Process Document.
If you are not offered a class due
to a reduction in the offerings, you
will remain on the seniority list for
eight semesters. [back to top]
• How do the "A" and "B" lists work?
As a result of the last round of negotiations,
agreed upon by the FA and college in May 2006, all
current adjuncts will be offered a full complement of
courses before courses can be assigned to newly hired
adjuncts. Thus, beginning with September 2006, all
adjuncts will be placed on a B list for their first three
semesters, and those hired previously will be placed
on an A list. Here’s how the process works:
The A List
All A list adjuncts (hired before September 2006)
will be offered the full complement of courses that
they have requested on the NORA form―that is,
up to the maximum of what they’ve requested as
long as it fits in their schedule―before anyone
on the B list can receive assignments. As in the past, assignments from the A list will be based on seniority and availability.
The B List
After all adjuncts on the A list have received
their assignments, then the chair should go
to the B list and offer assignments to the new
hires; assignments to B list adjuncts will
also be based on seniority and availability.
Beginning with adjuncts hired as of September
2006, newly hired adjuncts will remain on
the B list for their first three semesters, after
which time they’ll be moved to the A list.
The three semesters include only those semesters
during which an adjunct has an assignment. Wintersession and summer session count as a single semester. [back to top]
• How much can I work during the academic year?
All adjuncts can work up to 24
credit hours in any one academic
year. An academic year (September
through August) includes the Fall
session, Wintersession (December
through January), the Spring session,
and all three Summer sessions. Adjuncts
may NOT receive more than
8 credits for
each of the Fall and Spring semesters,
which
leaves a
maximum
of 8 credits
that may be
worked during
the
Wintersession
or Summer
sessions. If you
accept a Wintersession assignment,
you are placed at the bottom of the seniority list for the
first adjunct round of the summer assignments.
When you both teach
and work as a Professional Assistant
(PA) in a lab or office, you are paid the instructional rate for
the courses you teach and the
PA rate for your PA assignments.
22.5 clock hours counts as one
credit/contact hour of pay for PA
work. Any and all PA work counts
in the 24 credit contractual maximum
for the year. [back to top]
• Can I teach any course in my field?
Before you can teach a
particular course, you must be
certified. This certification is handled by the academic chair and the College
Associate Dean for Faculty Professional
Advancement. When you are hired, your credentials
and career (life) experiences are evaluated by the administration, and
you are deemed as competent
to teach certain courses in certain
areas. If you, through
education or life experience, feel that you can teach additional courses,
you should contact the academic
chair, and provide the needed
credentials and a letter stating which
course(s) you would like to be
certified for. At this point, the academic
chair, with help from the administration,
will evaluate the new
information and make a decision on
whether you qualify to
teach the additional course(s). Qualifying
for additional courses does
NOT guarantee that the administration
will grant new certification. For
a number of reasons
(availability, seniority,
need, etc.), certification
may be denied. [back to top]
• If I’m a PA, librarian, or counselor, can I teach?
Yes. If you are
qualified in another
academic discipline,
you must be certified
to teach a course(s) in
that discipline. [back to top]
• If I’m an instructor, PA, librarian or counselor, can I work in more than one discipline area in a semester?
Yes. Again, if you are deemed
qualified, you can teach in more than
one area during a semester, but remember
you cannot work more than
8 contact hours per semester or
more than 24 contact hours for the
academic year in all disciplines combined.
Also, just because you are a PA in the biology lab does not necessarily
mean you are certified to
teach a biology course. You must be
certified in each area: classroom instruction,
PA, library, and counseling
assignments. [back to top]
• How do I apply for a full-time position?
Full-time faculty vacancies are
announced internally through the
college’s email listserv and posted
on the Employment page of the Suffolk website. If you are are
qualified for a position and you apply,
per the FA contract, you
will be offered an interview. However,
there is no guarantee that you will be
offered that position. [back to top]
• What are the rules for teaching during Wintersessions and summer sessions?
Because there are fewer sections offered during both Wintersession
and summer session, there are many fewer opportunities for adjuncts to
get work during these periods. However, if you request an assignment and
one becomes available, then the following information may be of interest.
Seniority procedures for assignment of courses during these periods is the
same as for the regular academic session assignments.
Wintersession is a three week assignment
in between the Fall and
Spring semesters. Wintersession
classes begin immediately following
the holiday break in December. Generally,
day classes meet Monday
through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 12:15
p.m. (there is some variation depending
on the department and the course, and there are no evening courses).
Summer classes begin after the
official end of the spring semester.
There are two five-week day/evening sessions and one eight week
day/evening session. Generally,
the first five-week summer sessions
and the eight week sessions
begin at the end of May. The first
five-week summer sessions end at
the end of June, and the second five week
summer sessions begins just
days (or the day) after, at the beginning
of July. The eight week sessions
end mid-July, and the last class of
the second summer sessions is held
at the end of July or very beginning
of August.
Wintersession and summer assignments affect your seniority because they are considered as one
semester. If you accept a Wintersession assignment, it will count as your first round choice for Wintersession/summer, and you will be placed at the bottom of the seniority list for summer assignments. However, there are a limited number of Wintersession courses offered—and, as a result, very few adjunct assignments.
Usually, the FA will post a payment
schedule for summer session
classes in The WORD before the
spring semester ends. Summer pay
is usually divided into two payments
and paid out generally a month after
classes have begun. Wintersession
pay is also divided into two payments
and is paid out in January.
Wintersession pay is calculated the same way as spring, summer, and fall semester pay. Adjunct faculty pay is based on credit/contact hours worked and rank. [back to top]
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