Common use of Discipline Priority Lists Clause in Contracts

Discipline Priority Lists. 13.4.1 The Chief Instructional Officer or designee shall establish for each discipline a Priority List of part-time faculty members who meet the requirements in 13.3.1 through 13.3.4 above and have satisfactory or higher consecutive evaluations for the previous two (2) academic years. Each discipline will have a Priority List and individuals may be listed on several Priority Lists. Each year, that Priority List shall be updated no later than thirty (30) days following the close of each semester and shall be forwarded to the AFT PTFU. 13.4.2 An individual part-time faculty member’s priority for assignment shall be determined by her/his total accumulated FTEF (full-time equivalency) within a specific discipline. In cases where ties in priority of assignment need to be broken, the following shall be considered: a) The unit member’s start date as a continuous part-time faculty member, b) A part-time faculty member who had no assignment due to circumstances beyond his/her control for 18 months (see section 13.5.2), c) A part-time faculty member who received approval by the Chief Instructional Officer to decline all offered assignments for a period of twelve (12) months (see section 13.5.3)