The board/administration wants to completely eliminate our Summer Teaching Assignment procedures. Source: http://www.wright.edu/administration/aaup/nego/FF/Exhibits%20_A- N(from%20admin)(OCR)(annotated).pdf (located in Section 7.8 and at Exhibit K)
Under the administration’s proposal:
Bargaining Unit Faculty no longer receive preference for summer teaching.
Summer teaching assignments at the discretion of the Department Chair and with the approval of the Dean, based on “student and curricular needs.”
Every full-time faculty may be replaced by a part-time faculty member.
What the Summer Teaching Assignment Proposal Means:
About half of our members routinely teach one-two summer courses each academic year. Summer courses are paid at the rate of 1/12 (8.33%) of base salary. If summer courses are instead assigned to part-time faculty, our members lose out on income. We have provided another column that shows additional retirement investments forgone.
Base Salary # of Courses Salary Impact Retirement Impact
| $50,000 | 1 | $4,166 pay cut | $1166 lost |
| $50,000 | 2 | $8,333 pay cut | $2333 lost |
| $75,000 | 1 | $6,250 pay cut | $1750 lost |
| $75,000 | 2 | $12,500 pay cut | $3500 lost |
| $100,000 | 1 | $8,333 pay cut | $2333 lost |
| $100,000 | 2 | $16,667 pay cut | $4666 lost |
This proposal allows the university to outsource summer classes to part-time faculty. The cumulative, long-term consequences are enormous.
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