Common use of Newly Available Additional Courses Clause in Contracts

Newly Available Additional Courses. An academically qualified, non-probationary Lecturer who has been employed in a Track A appointment (other than a Teaching Fellow appointment) in at least one of the preceding three (3) quarters of the academic year shall have the right of first refusal to teach any additional sections of courses or individual courses that become available within the same appointive unit after the date that Letters of Appointment have been issued (consistent with Article 12, Appointments) prior to any Track B Lecturer or newly hired Lecturers, provided the Track A Lecturer has a satisfactory performance review. Because more than one Track A Lecturer may be qualified for the same course, the academic unit will, by email communication, simultaneously call for assignments from all qualified Track A Lecturers, provide a due date for responses, and assign the course to the Lecturer who first responds in the affirmative. If no responses are received within the time period provided for in the call for assignments, the academic unit shall offer the course to other lecturers who have previously taught substantially similar courses successfully in the past who are currently employed prior to assigning the course to an individual outside the bargaining unit, subject to any workload limitations set forth in Article 11, Workload, Courses, Duties.