7.16 Sessional Appointments
There are two types of sessional appointments.
(a) An internal sessional appointment offered to a full-time or part-time member for an additional workload. No member shall be assigned more than twelve (12) credit hours in addition to their standard assigned load in one (1) academic year.(b) An external sessional appointment wherein a person:
i) is hired to teach one (1) or more specific courses only and is not required to engage in other non-teaching activities that form part of the workload of full-time and part-time members. For example, appointments to teach specific courses under the auspices of Campus Manitoba will normally be sessional appointments.The total number of credit hours for this category of appointment shall not exceed nine (9) credit hours in one (1) academic term or twelve (12) credit hours in one (1) academic year. Externally appointed sessional members whose workload exceeds nine (9) credit hours in one (1) academic term or twelve (12) credit hours in one (1) academic year shall be given term contracts for the entire applicable academic term or academic year, unless the reason for the workload exceeding nine (9) or twelve (12) credit hours is due to an unforeseeable circumstance. In that case, the full-time term contract shall commence on the date the additional workload begins and shall continue to the end of the applicable academic term or year, or
ii) who is employed by a post-secondary educational institution other than Brandon University, is seconded to teach one (1) or more specific courses for Brandon University. No such individual appointment shall exceed six (6) credit hours in one (1) academic year. The total number of credit hours for this category of appointment shall not exceed thirty-six (36) credit hours in an academic year. With agreement of BUFA, this total may be increased to, but in no circumstances shall exceed, a maximum of seventy-two (72) credit hours.
7.17
If there are no qualified internal candidates, the Employer may offer a sessional appointment to a qualified external candidate following generally the provisions of Article 7.1. The composition and working procedures of the Selection Committee for a sessional appointment shall be determined by the Faculty/School concerned.
7.18
Sessional appointments may be made by the Dean/Director only upon the recommendation of the Department for which the courses are being taught. Sessional contracts offered under the auspices of Campus Manitoba shall be made by the appropriate Dean/Director and countersigned by the Vice-President (Academic & Research).The Curriculum Vitae of all persons being considered for an external sessional appointment [as per Articles 7.16(b)(i) and (ii)] shall be reviewed by the relevant Department to determine whether or not the person is suitable to teach the specific course or courses in question. The Department shall then make its recommendation to the Dean/Director. The Dean/Director shall not make any sessional appointment to a person not recommended by the Department.
9.6 Sessional Contracts and Stipends
(a) Persons on external sessional appointments [as per Article 7.16 (b) (i)] and members on internal sessional appointments shall be remunerated at sessional rates negotiated between the Parties. The remuneration shall be based on the credit hour rating assigned to the course or courses, or at the weighting outlined in this Collective Agreement, for which the sessional appointment is held.In Health Studies:(b) Subject to the provisions of 9.4.1 (f), members who agree to provide one (1) workload hour beyond the standard load of eighteen (18) for the teaching of topics or tutorial courses, applied music instruction or the supervision of thesis/research projects shall do so without additional remuneration for this one (1) credit hour. (subject to arbitration per the Minutes of Settlement)
1. clinical supervision of one (1) clinical section (up to 9 students per clinical section) for courses with four (4) clinical hours per week, that are 12 – 13 weeks in duration, equals 2.4 credit hours,
2. clinical supervision of one (1) clinical section (up to 9 students per clinical section) for courses with eight (8) clinical hours per week, that are 12 – 13 weeks in duration, equals 4.8 credit hours,
3. clinical supervision of one (1) clinical section (up to 9 students per clinical section) for courses with twelve (12) clinical hours per week, that are 12 – 13 weeks in duration, equals 6.0 credit hours, and
4. clinical supervision of one (1) clinical section (up to 9 students per clinical section) for courses with sixteen (16) clinical hours per week, that are 12 – 13 weeks in duration, equals 7.2 credit hours.(c) Those persons seconded from other organizations [as per Article 7.16 (b) (ii)] are not entitled to stipends but are governed during their teaching responsibilities for Brandon University by relevant articles of this Collective Agreement.
(d) Sessional stipends paid to members whose assigned teaching workload is lower than seventeen (17) credit hours shall be calculated from a total teaching workload of eighteen (18) credit hours.
(e) Members may elect to allocate their sessional stipends to a Faculty Fund. The operation and administration of the Faculty Fund shall be governed by guidelines developed by the Dean and approved by the Faculty. The Dean shall disperse funds in accordance with the guidelines, taking into account the recommendations of the Faculty Fund Committee.
(f) No one shall be issued contracts for sessional appointments totaling more than twelve (12) credit hours of teaching credit in any one (1) academic year. Instructor contact hours shall be the indicator on which this clause is based.
F.5 Sessional Stipend
Effective September 1 of each year, the rate for sessional stipends is ten percent (10%) of the floor of the rank of Lecturer for each three (3) credit hour course (i.e. September 1, 2005 $4,296, September 1, 2006 $4,414 plus CPI adjustment, September 1, 2007 $4,535 plus CPI adjustment)
F.6 Cancellation Fee
All credit courses offered under the auspices of Brandon University and reimbursed at sessional rates will be subject to the following cancellation fee:(a) All courses cancelled within the fifteen (15) day period prior to the start date and for which there is a signed contract will have a fifteen percent (15%) fee.
(b) All courses cancelled after the official start date will have a twenty-five percent (25%) fee.
APPENDIX H: OTHER ALLOWANCES
H.1 Professional Development Allowance
c) The Employer shall make available a pool of funds equivalent to the stipend sessional credit hours to which sessional members may make application, their respective Dean/Director, for professional development purposes.
Read the entire Collective Agreement Document at:
http://www.brandonu.ca/administration/humanresources/CollectiveAgreements/bufaca/BUFA%202005-08.pdf