(A) Description of
role
(1) "Adjunct faculty" means any
instructional, counselor, or librarian employee hired on a temporary and
part-time basis.
(2) Adjunct
faculty will be employed only on a limited, non-continuing basis for any one or
two semesters or assignments during one academic year.
(3) Adjunct faculty are not eligible for
advancement in rank, professional improvement leave, tenure, seniority, any
special consideration or credit toward subsequent employment, or any other
privilege or benefit related to College
college employment unless expressly granted in a
contract or in section (E) of this
procedure
paragraph
rule.
(4) Adjunct faculty are
responsible for instructing and/or rendering other noninstructional services to
the College
college and the activities directly related to
instruction or other non-instructional services including, but not limited to,
classroom instruction, customized course development, course preparation and
evaluation, serving as College
college librarian, counseling students and
attending conferences called by the College
college, including departmental
meetings.
(B) Recruitment
of adjunct faculty
(1) As faculty recruitment
needs are identified, administrators responsible for hiring adjunct faculty
will follow the adjunct faculty employment protocol including use of internal
electronic website, newspaper advertisements, and related postings to realize
attract a diverse pool of adjunct faculty applicants. Applicant file
information is to be shared among College
college units responsible for hiring adjunct
faculty by both print and electronic means for the purpose of improving the
recruitment process.
(C)
Hiring criteria
(1) Adjunct faculty whose
assignments are primarily in the teaching of the general education curriculum
must hold a Master's Degree
master's degree in the subject matter discipline,
and must also show evidence of professional development.
(2) Adjunct faculty whose assignments are
primarily in the technical areas must evidence competency based upon formal
education appropriate to the specialization, usually including the
Bachelor's
bachelor's or Master's
Degrees
master's degrees or their
equivalent, practical experience demonstrated by full-time employment for
approximately five years in the career area or a related field, and evidence of
professional development.
(D) Appointment
Considerations
considerations
(1)
Employed full-time by another employer
a. An individual employed
full-time (defined as employment for thirty seven and one-half hours a week)
may be appointed to perform direct instruction or other non-instructional
assignments or services as a counselor or librarian for compensation equivalent
to the dollars earned by rendering professional services for a maximum of
7.65Equated Semester Units
equated semester units or one course in a
standard semester, or the dollar equivalent, or 15.3Equated Semester Units
equated semester units, or the dollar equivalent,
within any one standard academic year (fall, spring) through a combination of
instructional sections or non-instructional assignments.
(2) Employed full-time with the
College
college in the classifications of
Administrator,
Professional
administrator,
professional and/or
Staff staff
a.
(a)
Based on the need of the academic area, and with the written approval of
his/her immediate supervisor and the local academic dean or director, a full
time College employee (defined as employment for thirty seven and one-half
hours a week) may teach no more than one (1) course in any given semester.
However, if the academic area must offer a course to fulfill students' needs
that a full-time faculty member or external adjunct is not available to teach,
that employee may be approved for more than one (1) course during a semester with detailed
justification for the exception and campus president's approval. However, at no
time shall a full-time college employee teach more than 7.65 ESU's in a
particular term or 15.3 ESU's in a given academic year (fall,
spring).
b.
(b) During the summer session, the college, full-time
administrator/professional or staff employee shall be limited to one course in
each non-overlapping term.
c.
(c) Such teaching
assignment(s) shall be completed outside the full-time employee's work
assignment with the College
college.
(3) Not employed full-time by the
College
college or by another employer
a. An individual not
employed full-time (defined as employment for thirty seven and one-half hours a
week) at the College
college or elsewhere may be appointed to perform
direct instruction or other non-instructional assignments or services as a
counselor or librarian equivalent to the dollars earned by rendering
professional services for a maximum of 12.6Equated
Semester Units
equated semester units in
a standard semester, or the dollar equivalent, or 25.2 Equated Semester Units,
or the dollar equivalent, within any one standard academic year (fall, spring)
through a combination of instructional sections or non-instructional
assignments.
(4) The
administrator responsible for employing adjunct faculty at each campus is
responsible for determining that the maximum number of
Equated Semester Units per academic
semester and year (fall, spring) or the equivalent dollar amount is not
exceeded. The office of academic and student affairs has the responsibility of
accurately reporting to campus administrators responsible for hiring full-time
faculty and adjunct faculty the cumulative credit and non-credit teaching or
other professional assignments of adjunct faculty prior to the end of each
semester within an academic year.
(E) Compensation
Compensation of adjunct faculty members will be at the salary
rate designated by the Board
board. Adjunct faculty members who teach part of
a term will be compensated on a pro rata basis.
(1) No fringe benefits or any other
supplementary employment benefits shall be provided to adjunct faculty unless
expressly granted by the board.
(2)
Contribution to the "State Teachers Retirement System" is required by the state
of Ohio for all adjunct faculty.
(3) Adjunct faculty and their dependents may
be eligible for additional benefits under the College's
college's
remission of fees procedure.
(F) Absence reporting obligations
(1) Adjunct faculty members must report to
the appropriate administrator any necessity to be absent from a scheduled class
time, prior to the absence (when possible).
(2) Alternative arrangements (i.e. out of
class assignment, online assignment, substitute) are to be approved by the
appropriate supervising administrator.
(3) Absence from a scheduled class period,
may result in a deduction from the adjunct faculty member's
compensation.
(G) Needs
of the
College
college
(1)
Appointments may be terminated at any time by the
College
college
without any liability to the employee, except for payment for services
rendered, in the event the
College
college finds:
(a) Insufficient enrollment for the class
section(s).
(b) Insufficient
enrollment of class section(s) assigned to full-time instructors (full-time
continuing faculty). In the event a full-time instructor does not have
sufficient class section assignments to fulfill the full-time contract, class
section(s) assigned to an adjunct faculty may be reassigned to a full-time
faculty member.
(c) Insufficient
need for instructional or non-instructional services, as determined by the
appropriate administrator.
(2) A payment of fifty dollars per person per
semester will be made to each adjunct faculty who is conditionally employed but
whose employment is not required because of cancellation of an assignment and
who is not otherwise employed by the College
college.
(H) Responsibility
The President
president or the
Effective date: April 4,
2016
Prior effective date: May 5,
2011
Procedure amplifies:
3354:1-40-01
