Assignment Requests

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Adjunct faculty may request assignments and indicate the assignment(s) and load they would be willing to assume for each semester.

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Request for Assignment

Adjunct Faculty Unit Members may request assignments and load up to 67% for a regular semester. District assignment request forms must be properly completed, signed and dated, and submitted within the specified window period for assignment requests to be valid and eligible for consideration. These forms must be received in the appropriate office by the specified deadlines as follows.

Semester Assignment Requests

A separate assignment request form must be submitted for each semester. Requests for teaching assignments must specify each course the Unit Member would be willing to assume as an assignment.

Fall Semester Assignment Requests

Form must be received in the appropriate division office not later than the first instructional day of November of the previous fall semester, but not earlier than the first instructional day of the previous fall semester.

Spring Semester Assignment Requests

Form must be received in the appropriate division office not later than the first instructional day of April of the previous spring semester, but not earlier than the first instructional day of the previous spring semester.

Further Information

Detailed information on assignment requests can be found in the Adjunct Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement.

An Adjunct Unit Member who submits a timely and properly completed request for assignment form will be given preferred consideration with respect to the Unit Member's Request for assignment in a regular semester if, by the deadline for receipt of the assignment request form, all of the following apply:

  • The Adjunct Unit Member has completed at least 33% load for each of four (4) regular semesters within the previous six (6) consecutive regular semesters within the department or area offering the requested assignment(s), including the semester by which the request form must be submitted.
  • The Adjunct Unit Member has no overall "needs improvement" or "unsatisfactory" administrative evaluations during the applicable previous six (6) consecutive regular semesters.
  • the Adjunct Unit Member has not declined in whole or in part, two offers of assignment during the applicable previous six (6) consecutive regular semesters.

Accordance of preferred consideration for assignments shall be subject to the following, as determined by the District:

  • The availability of requested assignments after regular and contract faculty schedules have been finalized.
  • The Adjunct Unit member's qualifications for the requested assignment(s), including, but not limited to, the Unit Member's possession of adequate preparation for the assignment through appropriate education of experience, possession of the effective skills relevant to the assignment, possession of particular expertise relevant to the assignment, recency of education preparation, experience and skills relevant to the assignment, prior successful service in the assignment within the department, and recency of performance of the requested assignment within the department
  • the Adjunct Unit Member's past performance during the applicable previous six (6) consecutive regular semesters, including but not limited to, prior performance evaluations, compliance with employee responsibilities as provided in the AdFac Collective Bargaining Agreement, and other indicators of performance.
  • The need to  promote diversity, particular expertise, and recency of skill sets within the department or area.

In the event of a conflict among equally qualified Adjunct Unit Member who have submitted timely and valid requests for assignment and who meet the requirements for preferred consideration of their requests, priority for the assignment will normally be accorded the Unit Member with the greatest length of service. Length of service shall be determined by the number of regular semesters of actual service, after July 1, 1997, as a Unit Member within the department offering the requested assignment(s). In the event the Unit Members have equal length of service with the department, any conflict in assignment requests shall be decided by the Immediate Management Supervisor.

Further information can be found in Article 6 of the AdFac Collective Bargaining Agreement.

A class or nonteaching assignment offered to a Unit Member may be withdrawn by the District at any time if it is needed to fill the normal load of a contract or regular faculty member. An assignment offered to a Unit Member may not be preempted to fill a canceled overload assignment of a contract or regular faculty member.

A class that has been offered to a Unit Member may be cancelled by the District at any time prior to the first class session or at any time during the term of the assignment if the number of students enrolled is fewer than the minimum number established by the District or if conditions arise, as determined by the District, which make maintaining the class impractical.

A nonteaching assignment that has been offered to a Unit Member may be cancelled by the District at any time before the first scheduled duty day for the assignment or at any time during the term of the assignment if conditions arise, as determined by the District, which make maintaining the assignment impractical.

A Unit Member whose assignment is withdrawn or cancelled shall not be entitled to any reassignment to replace the withdrawn or cancelled assignment.