Article 8 Proposed Language

Article 8: Appointment and Assignment

1. Appointment

a. Employing units will make available on their websites information

concerning teaching assistantships, including descriptions of required

and preferred qualifications, application and selection procedures, application

due dates, and the name or location of an office where inquiries

or applications may be made. Links to these sites will be made

available on the Graduate College website.

2. Appointment Decisions

a. The Employer, through its employing units, will notify applicants for

teaching assistantships of employment decisions:

i. By March 31 (1) for those who will be employed for a following

Summer Session, or (2) for those who will be employed for the

following Fall and Spring Semesters, or (3) for those who will be

employed for the following Fall Semester, and

ii. By December 1 for those who will be employed for the following

Spring Semester.

iii. An employing unit that has employment opportunities after the

dates in a. and b., above, will maintain a pool of applicants who

meet employment qualifications and who may be employed at a

later date. The employing unit will, upon request, advise applicants

as to whether they are in the pool. The employing unit will exhaust the applicant

pool before hiring temporary faculty or undergraduate students to fill these positions.

3. Assignments

a. Employing units will permit Employees as well as applicants for teaching

assistantships to express their preferences for work assignments in

writing through established procedures within the departments. The Employer shall

make final determination of all work assignments. At the behest of Employees and unsuccessful

applicants previously in unit, the Employer shall provide a written explanation when a requested

assignment is not given.

b. Employing units will make available on their websites a listing of courses

that typically have teaching assistants assigned and/or are expected

to have teaching assistants assigned. This list should be updated every semester where

teaching assistants are being used by the employing unit.

c. Units’ websites will be updated to include other course opportunities

that may become available. A separate list of Summer Session course

possibilities will be posted if applicable.

4. Non-Limitation

Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the abilities of Employing units

to provide the information about assignments in any other modality, provided that all

other conditions in this article are met.