What are the dates I am required to be available to work throughout the academic year? 

Faculty members on a 9-month appointment must be available during Fall, Winter and Spring quarters from registration through final exams. Faculty members on 12-month appointment must be available at all times except during vacation and official university holidays.

 

Can I be required to work an overload schedule or to teach a summer course? 

No faculty member on a 9-month appointment can be required to work outside the dates of the established academic year (Fall, Winter, and Spring quarters). In other words, faculty members on a 9-month appointment cannot be required to teach or perform other duties from the last official day of the Spring quarter until the first official day of the Fall quarter. 

With regard to overload teaching, Article 13 of the AAUP/UC contract states, “Overload teaching shall be permitted only in emergency situations.” Deans and academic unit heads are expected to staff courses as necessary to cover for faculty members on leave of absence or sabbatical through planned employment of visiting or adjunct faculty. Preferably, adjunct faculty should be given at least 65% annual appointments so as to give them the protections and benefits of the AAUP/UC contract. 

See Article 13 for details on the required minimum pay for overload teaching.

 

What does the contract say about Summer quarter teaching? 

The AAUP/UC contract does not address summer teaching assignment, but does address pay. Decisions about assignment of summer teaching are at the discretion of the unit head and/or the dean. 

With regard to pay, Article 34.4 of the contract specifies that the UC may not reduce the summer pay schedule. The minimum pay schedule in effect is that described in the summer school document of the now-disbanded College of Evening and Continuing Education. Click here for a copy of these guidelines. 

The AAUP encourages faculty to work through a shared governance committee at the unit level to establish written procedures for summer teaching assignments. It is best if those procedures are voted on at a meeting of the unit faculty and subsequently approved by the unit head and/or dean.

 

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