NSF who do not have a Continuing Appointment on a campus may request a one-time
allocation of additional credit for quarters or semesters taught in other departments on the
same campus in accordance with the following provisions.
Eligible NSF must have a minimum of two years of credit for courses taught
in the department where the additional allocation is requested at the time the
request for additional credit is made and must have an appointment in the
bargaining unit during the 2005-06 academic year.
Individual requests for additional credit may be submitted beginning
September 1, 2005. All requests for additional credit must be received in the
campus academic personnel office no later than November 30, 2005
Additional credit granted pursuant to this Appendix will be considered
equivalent to employment defined in Article 7b.A.2 and 7c.A.1. If additional
credit is granted, the total combined service credit may not exceed 15 quarters
or 10 sememsters.
Courses submitted for consideration must be directly related to the NSF's
current teaching appointment.
If allocations of service credit are made under the terms of this side letter, the
quarters/semesters allocated may not be used to support another Continuing
Appointment.
The decision of the University to grant or not to grand additional credit under
the terms of this Appendix is at the sole discretion of the University and is not
submect to Article () Grievance or Article () Arbritration. Allegations of
procedural violations of this appendix shall be subject to the full grievance
and arbritration provisions of this contract. However, the arbritrator shall have
not have the authority to substitute his/her judgment for that of the
University's with respect to the relevance of the course credit submitted, or to
require the University to allot or not allot additional course credits.
