DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
SUMMER ROTATION PLAN
2007-2011 WIU/UPI Agreement
(revised December 20, 2007)
(revised October 29, 2007)
(revised September 20, 2007)
(original: October 19, 2001)
Except for instances when "program needs shall supersede a department's rotation plan"
{19.1.2(2)}, the following policies and procedures shall determine the allocation of summer
session appointments:
1. A department rotation plan shall ensure that tenured/tenure-track employees in the
department have equal access to departmental summer session employment during a
summer session. Departmental summer session employment assignments shall include
all standard summer school course offerings and all summer 1.0 or 2.0 course offerings, on
both the Macomb and Quad Cities campuses. No faculty member shall teach two summers
in a row unless all other faculty on the roster have passed on the teaching opportunity,
actually taught a summer course, or unless there is program need {19.1.2(3).
2. Faculty expertise will be considered in making summer assignments. The qualifications
of the faculty member will be defined in terms of general training, past teaching
experience, or research expertise. These qualifications will be determined by the chair of
the department.
3. Internship supervision during the summer shall be assigned by the department chair on
the basis of faculty expertise, availability, and student interest. These assignments will
not affect the summer rotation plan.
4. Eligible Faculty:
a - Eligible faculty are tenured, tenure-track, Associate and temporary full-time
employees in the department.
b - Associate and temporary full-time faculty are eligible for summer employment after all
tenure and tenure-track faculty who opt to teach are fully employed. Associate faculty
shall be given priority over temporary employees {19.1.2(4)}.
c - Faculty on terminal contracts are not eligible.
d - Faculty with extended university contracts (more than nine months) will remain in the
rotation.
e - There are no special provisions for summer assignments for faculty who have indicated
that they are planning to retire.
5. Summer Assignments:
a - Tenured/tenure track employees shall be given priority over Associate Faculty followed
by temporary employees in the award of summer session appointments. The standard
summer assignment is a three semester hour class (graduate or undergraduate) or its
equivalent. Persons completing at least a 3 ACE assignment will rotate to the bottom
of the priority listing for teaching standard courses. Associate Faculty followed by
temporary employees then shall be added to the bottom of the list each summer after
new tenure track employees.
b - Faculty who accept a 1.0 or 2.0 semester hour assignment will retain their place in the
rotation list until they have been assigned at least 3.0 semester hours. At that time
they will rotate to the bottom of the list. Associate faculty followed by temporary
employees then shall be added to the bottom of the list each summer after new tenure
track employees.
c - Intersession courses (those coming between spring and summer session or between
summer session and fall semester) will be considered part of the summer schedule.
d - Assignment of Duties: "An employee who receives a summer session assignment shall
receive a firm contract for the appointment by no later than 30 calendar days prior to
the date the appointment is to begin. For a class with insufficient enrollment 30 days
prior to the first day of class, the Academic Vice President may either cancel the class
or, if sufficient enrollment is anticipated, the employee may choose to remove
himself/herself from the assignment or to accept a contract issued at the time the class
is sufficiently enrolled" {19.1.3}.
e - A faculty member who teaches a low enrollment course and is paid at the reduced
rate specified in Article 29.11.3 will not have such courses counted toward his/her
accumulation of summer ACEs.
6. Assignment Allocation Priority
a - Faculty shall be selected in this order:
1) top name from list of faculty who teach anthropology
2) balance of positions from list of faculty who teach sociology
b - If ties exist, they will be resolved by giving preference based on years of service at
WIU, then rank, then years in rank.
c- Faculty who choose not to teach when their turn comes up hold top position in the
relevant Rotation Plan for the following summer.
d - A faculty member will be placed at the bottom of the summer rotation listing if an
already scheduled summer course must be canceled due to the voluntary withdrawal of
that faculty member and there is no other faculty to teach that course in that person's
place. Withdrawal due to circumstances beyond the faculty member's control is not
considered a voluntary withdrawal.
e - Faculty who teach ISP courses, have a summer assignment funded by an external
grant or contract, or a non-university funding source, retain their Rotation Plan
rankings.
f - New Faculty and re-hire faculty who were not on staff the previous year are added to
the end of each list, but placed just ahead of faculty who taught the previous summer
to his/her starting employment. A department chair, or other full-time administrator,
returning to faculty or faculty who are no longer on 10, 11 or 12 month contracts will
retain their position in the rotation lists.
g - Because the summer session budget is based in part on previous summer enrollment,
course assignments are made to maximize enrollment potential while also providing a
basic program.