Notice for Overload Opportunities
Throughout the year there are many opportunities for faculty to assume teaching or administrative overload assignments: additional classes in the regular intensive program, short term program coordination, corporate training, testing preparation, teacher or ESP training workshops, etc. The ELI’s overload policy provides full time faculty the first right of a timely refusal for any and all appropriate teaching and administrative opportunities. At the same time, the policy affords the ELI administration adequate lead time in which to recruit off-campus for positions that are left unfilled by FTE faculty.
To this end, full time faculty must notify the Director of their wish to be offered an overload assignment for the following session by the end of the fourth week of the current session (e.g., by the end of September for the November/December session).* Faculty may be as specific or as general as they wish in giving me their notices-ranging from “I would like to teach the TOEFL Preparation class next session” to “If there is an additional class section of any course, I would like to be considered” to “I would like to participate in corporate training next session.” However, the Director considers such a request to constitute a commitment on the faculty member’s part. In the same way, the administration will make every effort to notify faculty of specific teaching or administrative opportunities as soon as possible so faculty might have sufficient time to consider their options.
By the fifth week of the session, the ELI administration will begin recruiting off-campus faculty to fill known or expected vacancies that have not been set aside for FTE faculty. This policy would not prevent faculty from making last-minute notices to the administration of their desire to assume an overload position or the administration from making last minute requests of faculty to fill classes that have suddenly become necessary. However, the ELI would need to honor written offers made to off-campus faculty after the fifth week of the session and thus would treat last minute requests on a first-come, first-served basis.
The one exception to this policy is in regard to summer employment. In order to meet the demand for increased summer enrollment and to maintain instructional quality, the ELI must generally make offers to potential summer instructors by mid-spring. For this reason, full time faculty must let the administration know by March 15th of their desire to teach summer classes on overload. This early notification will greatly assist administrative planning for summer coverage.