A full-time instructor, counselor, or librarian on Salary Schedule D who is employed by virtue of an academic year letter of appointment (fall and spring semesters) at Northeast Alabama Community College shall have first option (over adjunct or temporary employees) for employment at the College in the summer term provided that (1) there is sufficient student enrollment (as determined by the President); (2) there is sufficient funding available; (3) the employee is qualified to provide the service scheduled; and (4) the employee meets the criteria of the College summer employment policy. An employee must be in line to be hired by a respective rotation system maintained by the division director or program coordinator. Instructors may be given priority for summer teaching only in those areas in which they taught on a regular basis during the preceding academic year.
Within these guidelines, instructors are chosen to teach summer classes with respect, first, to the curricular need for the course and, second, to rotation within the subject area. Initial placement on the rotation list is by seniority (employment time at the College and teaching in the respective subject area). After having been employed for a summer, the instructor is placed last on the rotational list. If the instructor chooses not to accept his or her term in the rotation, the instructor is placed last on the rotational list the same as if the offer to teach had been accepted.
A full-time instructor may be employed for less than a full teaching load for a summer term. In this case the instructor will be paid a pro rata amount of Schedule D compensation based on (1) qualifications and experience and (2) a full teaching load. A full teaching load for an academic instructor during the summer semester is 12 to 13 credit hours per term or the equivalent, as determined by the President. A full teaching load for a technical instructor during the summer semester is 30 contact hours per week or the equivalent, as determined by the President. This policy is in compliance with Board Policy 603.02 (11/13/2017).