Summer Term Instructional Assignment Guidelines

SUBMIT ALL SUMMER PAPERWORK THROUGH THE ONLINE SUBMISSION FORM

Notification Deadline for Summer Term Teaching Assignments

• An offer of a Summer Session teaching assignment will be made at least five weeks prior to the beginning of the assignment, whenever feasible.

More information regarding summer assignments and payroll practices is available on the Office of the Provost website.  

Summer Term Schedule

Most summer term courses are offered in four-or eight-week sessions. For purposes of teaching assignments, summer term is divided into sessions, see the table below: 

Start and end dates for all summer teaching assignments follow the session dates for 4, 8 and 11 week courses. The table below illustrates those principles for Summer Term.

SUMMER TERM ASSIGNMENT DATES (four- and eight-week sessions)

Contract Session	Duration of Class	HR/Payroll Deadline	Session Start Date	Session End Date	Payroll Submission Start Date	Payroll Submission End Date	Notification Deadline
1	8 weeks	May 15	June 24	August 16	June 16	August 15	May 10
1.1	4 weeks	May 15	June 24	July 19	June 16	July 15	May 10
1.2	4 weeks	June 15	July 22	August 16	July 16	August 15	June 10
2	4 weeks	July 15	August 19	September 13	August 16	September 15	July 10

Important Notes:

• Summer instructional assignments for course durations other than four or eight weeks should use the dates that the course is held (note: on the payroll documents use a minimum of 1 week even if the course is shorter).
   
• Weekend classes need to include a day on either side of the weekend. Assignment dates for those classes will reflect the period during which effort is expended, not to exceed 100% for the period of one month (pay dates on the PAW should include prep and grading).

Summer Overload

• The maximum teaching effort during any given session during summer term is 100%.
• On occasion, summer faculty may be asked to teach more than one four credit hour course in a one month period.  In that case, overload compensation must be approved in advance from the Provost or designee.
  • This approval will be facilitated by including information in the remarks of the summer submission upload and attaching a PAW showing the total pay. Any summer assignments with overload will require Provost approval, and it will be sent to OtP from HR through the forms workflow.
• Treat current 12-month employees as follows:
  • Research faculty should be released from duties in their 12 month position during the period of their teaching assignment. The FTE in the research appointment will be reduced accordingly using the appointment percent change form.  Per the guidelines issued by OtP and the VPRI, research faculty shall not exceed 1.0 during summer appointments.
  • OAs and Classified employees, please contact University HR Operations hrops@uoregon.edu for guidance.

Teaching Assignment Memo

A communication (memo, email) must be sent to each faculty member from the department head with the teaching assignments for the summer term. Please use the template language found here:

• Summer term FTE, in most cases, should be based on what that course FTE would be during an academic year term. The faculty member would then be paid during the timeframe of the session they are teaching the class(es).  

Summer Term Recruitment & Assignment Documentation

For Summer 2024, use the table below to determine the required documentation for assigning summer instructors.

Employment status	Required Documentation
New hire or rehire after >1 Yr Separation New to UO – never been employed Rehires that have not worked for the UO for more than a year Current and former GEs, student employees, and temporary employees	2024 Hires: Send an email to backgroundcheck@uoregon.edu with the Applicant's Name, and Email - noting this is for a summer instructional hire. If more than one, please send as a list if possible. University HR will order the online background check and the candidate will receive email instructions for completing the background check. Please notify the applicant that they will be receiving this email request. If the hire needs a 95#, while you wait for the background check results, submit an EIF to payroll, found in the payroll new hire packet. After you receive the background check clearance, have the new hire complete the remainder of the payroll new hire packet and submit it to payroll (current GEs, students, and temporary employees are not required to complete the packet.) At the same time submit the following appointment paperwork to University HR: PAW Teaching memo/email CV Copy of background check clearance email  Faculty Pay Action Form
Current employees Is a current active Faculty, OA, or Classified employee or had an appointment: This current AY; Last Summer, or Next Fall AY	Submit to University HR: PAW Teaching memo/email

Summer Term Course Cancellations

If the instructor does not have any other teaching assignments for the summer term:

1. Department head notifies the employee in writing that the class and assignment are cancelled prior to the start date of the class.
2. Department immediately notifies Payroll and Human Resources that the faculty’s summer instruction pay should be cancelled to prevent overpayment.

If the employee has other teaching assignments for the summer term:

1. The department head notifies the employee in writing that the class is cancelled.
2. Department completes a new PAW, and uploads the revised PAW to a new Summer Upload.
3. Email notification to Payroll and copy University HR Operations to avoid overpayment if the form is with payroll for processing or has already been reviewed.

In the event that the employee is not notified prior to the start of the assignment, the department is obligated to pay the individual up through the day that they are notified.