Faculty Contract - Ferris State University

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B. Compensation:
1. Salary for a full summer teaching load of courses/sections shall be
thirty-five percent (35%) oftbe member's regular academic year salary.
2. Under normal circumstances, it shall not be the practice of tbe Employer
to pay a non-member more than a member would receive for teaching the same course.
Exceptions shall be reported in writing by the provost/vice president for Academic
Affairs or designee to tbe FF A president in writing prior to the start of class.
C. Summer Rotation List:
I. By September 15, department heads will distribute a questionnaire to
members requesting that they express their interest in teaching summer semester.
2. By October 1, members must return the questionnaire to their
department head. Failure to return the questionnaire will be deemed a negative response.
3. Members who respond in the negative will not be considered for
summer employment but will maintain their relative position on the rotation list.
4. Members who respond in the affirmative have until the begilming of
early summer registration (generally the third week of spring semester) to decline
employment without prejudice to their position on the rotation list. Members accepting
summer employment will be expected to carry out the assigned responsibilities. Requests
after the beginning of early summer registration to decline employment which are made for
professional reasons or reasons of health, will be considered on their merit.
5. No member shall be required to accept less than a full load. Members
declining less than a full load shall remain in place on the rotation list.
6. Each member shall have the opportunity to accumulate a full load
before starting over on the rotation list.
7. Once the initial assignments are made, mutually agreeable exchanges
may occur between qualified members witl1 the concurrence of tbe department head or dean
until the beginning of fall registration, generally the third week of March, and continued
summer registration. Denial of a proposed trade must be based on lack of course-specific
qualifications.
8. Summer courses listed as internship, co-op, or clinical will continue to
use tbe existing per student formulas for computing summer salary.
9. Teaching loads for summer semester will be consistent with
department work load policies. In addition, summer semester projects for which a
member's rate of pay is determined as a fraction ofload shall be equated as part of a full load
compensation for summer.
10. Any of the following for which a member's rate of pay is determined
as a fraction ofload shall be credited against his/her summer rotation list position: on-
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