Subd. 1.

The standard calendar shall be one hundred seventy-one (171) workdays divided into two (2) semesters.

The standard calendar may not include either official holidays or the two days on which the Association meets, except for the individual development days described at Type 3 below.

Subd. 2.

The academic calendar of each college and the Type 1 and Type 2 days below shall be established by the college president through the Meet and Confer process.

The academic calendar shall be one hundred sixty-one (61) days divided into two (2) semesters including from three (3) to five (5) exam days in each semester.

Subd. 3.

For Unlimited full-time, Temporary full-time, Temporary part-time and Unlimited part-time faculty, the ten (10) days, other than the one hundred sixty-one (161) student contact days, shall be distributed among the three (3) types of assignments described in this subdivision.

Each of the three (3) types of assignment must have at least two (2) days devoted to it.

Type 1. Duty Days.

Faculty duty days are scheduled and directed by management. These days must be contiguous to the student contact days. These are the duty days which have regularly been a part of the college calendar.

Type 2. Contiguous Development Days.

These are individual faculty development days which are contiguous to the student contact days and the faculty duty days (Type 1). Faculty activities on these days may be independent or group activities and must be within the faculty member's plan for curriculum/professional development. The plan should set forth the goals and activities with an appropriate level of specificity. The plan must be initiated and developed by the faculty member and must be agreeable to management and determined to enhance the educational mission of the institution. Plans for the upcoming academic year must be submitted to management and agreed to no later than the end of the spring semester of the current year. These days must be common to all faculty at that college and scheduled in that college's published calendar.

Type 3. Non-contiguous Development Days.

Faculty activities on these Type 3 days may be independent or group activities and must be within the faculty member's plan for curriculum/professional development. The plan should set forth the goals and activities with an appropriate level of specificity. The plan must be initiated and developed by the faculty member and must be agreeable to management and determined to enhance the educational mission of the institution. Plans for the upcoming academic year must be submitted to management and agreed to no later than the end of the spring semester of the current year. The plan should include the dates of these days when practicable, but in any event faculty must notify, management of the date(s) prior to each of these days. These are individual faculty development days scheduled by the faculty member.

These days may or may not be contiguous with the days in the academic calendar and Type 1 and Type 2 days above, but may not be days on which the faculty member has another assignment. That is, these days may be scheduled by faculty during the summer or other breaks and weekends, but may not be the same as any scheduled days previously named in this section nor may they be days on which the faculty member teaches summer session. These days must be completed by June 30 of each year, unless the college president or designee agrees to a different end date for that faculty member for that year.

Subd. 1. Summer Sessions.

Following Meet and Confer with the local MCCFA representative, the President or designee shall establish the calendar for the summer session(s). Management will make reasonable effort to avoid scheduling overlapping courses such that claiming opportunities for faculty are unnecessarily limited.

No summer session or course offered during the summer shall exceed thirty-nine (39) days. Colleges may offer shorter terms/courses with fewer than thirty-nine (39) days by compressing the requisite class time. Two (2) summer sessions shall be considered the equivalent of one (1) academic year semester. It is understood that a faculty member may be offered the equivalent of six (6) credits or two (2) courses, whichever is greater, not to exceed seven (7) credits per summer in one (1) or over both sessions in rotation order, subject to the overload provisions in Article 11, Section 11. The administration, after consultation with the faculty members in each assigned field, shall determine course offerings for summer session.

Subd. 2. Establishment of Rotation List.

The established rotation list for each assigned field will be used to make assignments. If a rotation list has not been established for the assigned field, then it will be established as follows:

Unlimited full-time faculty members who hold the assigned field and have held assignments in the assigned field within the past two (2) academic years will be put in rotation order with those with the most continuous service in each assigned field receiving first choice. The faculty member's choice shall be for assignments offered over both sessions when two (2) separate sessions are held up to the limitations of Subd. 1. above.

Unlimited full-time faculty members with two (2) or more assigned fields shall be limited to inclusion on the A. rotation list for one (1) assigned field only. Each faculty member will choose one (1) rotation list prior to the end of the fall semester of each academic year. The faculty member may change from one list to another via written notification, and shall be placed on the bottom of the newly elected rotation list when this option is exercised. Whenever a faculty member joins a rotation list for the first time, that faculty member will be placed at the bottom of the list. Faculty members will always be added to a rotation list before assignments are made.

Subd. 3. Conditions for Rotation.

After all assignments have been made, the list will be rotated by moving the person at the top of the list to the bottom of the list and renumbering accordingly. However, if the first faculty member's only assignment is canceled, the faculty member will remain at the top of the list. Faculty members are not entitled to "bump" other faculty if assignments selected are canceled due to low enrollment.

Subd. 4. Rotation Order.

Once a rotation list has been updated for each assigned field according to the procedures outlined in Subd. 2 and 3 above, faculty, including those who have been on sabbatical leave during the academic year, shall be offered the opportunity to accept assignments offered in the following order:

1. Unlimited full-time faculty members who hold the assigned field and have held assignments in the assigned field within the past two (2) academic years, on a rotation basis, by assigned field, with those with the most continuous service in each assigned field receiving first choice, except where faculty members have already established a rotation basis for each assigned field.
2. If no unlimited full-time faculty member qualified under paragraph A. above accepts the assignment, unlimited full-time faculty with multiple assigned fields who hold another assigned field and have held assignments in that assigned field within the past two (2) years, on a rotation basis, with those with the most continuous service in each assigned field receiving first chance, subject to conditions of Subd. 3. below.
3. If no unlimited full-time faculty member qualified under paragraphs A. and B. above accepts the assignment, unlimited full-time faculty who hold the assigned field and have not held assignments in the assigned field within the past two (2) years, on a rotation basis, with those with the most continuous service in each assigned field receiving first chance, subject to conditions of Subd. 3. below.
4. If no unlimited full-time faculty member under paragraphs A., B. and C. above accepts the assignments, unlimited part-time faculty who hold the assigned field, on a rotation basis, with those with the most continuous service in each assigned field receiving first chance, subject to conditions of Subd. 3. below.
5. If assignments are offered in an area for which no current unlimited faculty hold the assigned field, then the assignments shall be offered on a rotation basis to the unlimited faculty members who have held assignments in that assigned field in the previous two (2) years. The initial rotation list will be established by calculating the total FTE in that assigned field which has been assigned to the faculty member within the previous two (2) years.
6. Other applicants are last in the rotation order. No assignments of other applicants shall be made if currently employed qualified "unlimited" faculty members have indicated their willingness to accept the assignment.

Subd. 1. Counselors.

Counselors who accept extra days assignments in counseling beyond their academic year assignment shall have their work load for such extra days determined in the same manner as for the academic year.

Subd. 2. Librarians.

Librarians who accept extra days assignments to perform normal library services beyond their academic year assignment shall have their work load for such extra days determined in the same manner as for the academic year.

Subd. 3. Other Faculty.

Any faculty member employed for extra days to perform services other than counseling for counselors, teaching for instructors and library service for librarians shall be scheduled for an average of seven (7) hours during such extra days assignments.

Subd. 4. Rate of Pay.

Offers of extra days shall be made in writing and agreed to in writing. Extra days employment shall be paid for at the rate of 1/171 per day of the faculty member's scheduled salary for that fiscal year for each full day worked.

Subd. 5. Limited Access.

No assignment of extra days shall be made to other than unlimited faculty members if currently employed qualified unlimited faculty members are available and willing to accept the assignment. However, if a temporary faculty member holds a position during the year which is so specific as to require continuance during the extra days period, such faculty member shall be allowed to have the extra days assigned.

Subd. 6. Offers.

Extra days offered shall be scheduled consecutively insofar as is feasible unless the faculty member and the college president agree to a non-consecutive schedule. Notification of extra days employment during the summer shall be given no later than May 1.

Subd. 1. Librarians.

If a librarian in a college accepts at least twenty (20) or more extra days during any fiscal year, by mutual consent of the faculty member who is offered twenty (20) or more extra days and the administration of the college, the work days of the academic year may be different from and cover a period longer than the academic year agreed upon for the college. However, the total number of days shall be one hundred and seventy-one (171) plus the number of extra days offered.

Subd. 2. Counselors.

If a counselor in a college accepts at least twenty (20) extra days during any fiscal year, by mutual consent of the faculty member who is offered twenty (20) or more extra days and the administration of the college, the work days of the academic year may be different from and cover a period longer than the academic year agreed upon for the college. However, the total number of days shall be one hundred and seventy-one (171) plus the number of extra days offered. Offers of extra days employment and/or alternate calendar proposals shall be made in writing and agreed to in writing.

Subd. 3. Instructors.

The academic year calendar for an instructor may be different from the academic year calendar established for the college. The academic year for such faculty member shall conform to the number of days in the college calendar, and days may not be scheduled on the Association meeting days. The alternate calendar must be agreeable to the administration, the faculty member and the local grievance representative.