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MnSCU-IFO Master Agreement 1995-1997

ARTICLE 13 - Summer Sessions

Section A. Workload. A full-time summer session workload shall consist of no more than eight (8) credit hours for quarter based campuses or six (6) credit hours for semester based campuses. Teaching assignments occurring in a quarter other than the three assigned quarters for resident faculty at Metropolitan State University shall consist of no more than sixteen (16) credit hours. In calculating credits, Article 10 shall apply.

Section B. Duty Days. A summer session shall consist of twenty-five (25) consecutive duty days, including days when registration, classes, holidays, and examinations are scheduled. Classes need not be scheduled on all duty days.

Section C. Salaries. A faculty member accepting a summer session teaching assignment on a quarter based campus shall receive one and one-half percent (1.5%) of his/her nine (9) month base salary for the preceding academic year per quarter credit hour, but not less than minimum adjunct rate for the preceding academic year per quarter credit hour. A faculty member accepting a summer session teaching assignment on a semester based campus shall receive two and one-quarter percent (2.25%) of his/her nine- (9) month base salary for the preceding academic year per semester credit hour, but not less than the minimum adjunct rate for the preceding academic year per semester credit hour. Teaching assignments occurring in a quarter or semester other than the three assigned quarters or two assigned semesters, as applicable, for resident faculty at Metropolitan State University shall be compensated at these rates for the current academic year.

Section D. Assignment. Procedures for assigning positions shall be reviewed and determined annually at a meet and confer session with the Association. Within each department all faculty, except the department chair, shall have equal access to summer teaching assignments, based on requirements of the curriculum and qualification of the instructor. Equal access shall not override curriculum determinations or qualifications of faculty to teach the courses offered.

Section E. Overload. Faculty members who perform teaching assignments in excess of a full-time workload during summer sessions shall receive overload pay as described in Article 12.