Appointment Letters

Your appointment will be confirmed in writing by an appointment letter. You must sign the document and return it to the Human Resources Office.
Compensation and almost all other conditions of employment are governed by the labor agreement between the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Board of Trustees and the Inter-Faculty Organization (IFO). The full contract can be viewed at http://www.hr.mnscu.edu/contract_plans/index.html  Employment Status and Payroll

Unless you have been hired on a probationary or fixed term status for the entire academic year, your pay will begin and end according to the academic term. It is not possible to spread pay over the summer months or between terms, so you should be prepared for a break in the flow of pay checks between terms.
University faculty pay is paid over the course of the term on a bi-weekly basis. Please note that the payroll system calculates the pay by days and follows the bi-weekly schedule on the exact days of the term, so the first and final pay checks are normally smaller than the 10-day pay period checks in between. Click here for the current state payroll calendar.

Faculty Salaries:

• Salaries of tenured, probationary, fixed-term, and non-tenure track faculty members are set by the IFO salary schedule as full-time, nine-month (168 duty days) base salaries.
• All part-time faculty other than adjunct or community faculty are paid on a pro rata basis off the IFO salary schedule for the entire academic year. If any part-time faculty member teaches more than ten (10) credits in any one academic year, the faculty member receives full pro rata pay for the entire academic year.
• Salaries of adjunct and community faculty members are not less than $1,100 per credit.

Summer Sessions

Full-time faculty members accepting summer teaching assignments receive two and one-quarter percent (2.25%) of their nine month base salary for the preceding academic year per credit hour, but not less than the minimum adjunct rate.

Overload Pay

Full-time faculty members may be paid on an overload basis for teaching approved courses, workshops, seminars, and institutes in addition to their normal full time workloads. For a credit bearing course, overload compensation is at the rate of two and one quarter percent (2.25%) of the faculty member's nine month base salary per credit, but not less than the minimum adjunct rate.

Non-instructional Activities

For non-instructional activities, overload compensation is computed on the basis of the full-time faculty member's base duty day rate for a specified number of days. The nature of the assignment and the number of days is agreed upon between the faculty member and his/her dean.

Questions:

Your Human Resources Office can answer questions about your credit load, pay calculation, or other questions related to your pay.