In the case of normal progression, the number of FTEs accumulated in a year of employment and the residual amount (the decimal fraction), when there is one, are used to determine the number of years of experience. This number is used as a basis for assigning professors to the appropriate step in the scale.
A professor moves up one step every time she or he accumulates a year of experience.
Professors cannot, under any circumstances, accumulate more than one year of experience in the same year of employment.
4 At the beginning of each contract, professors must have all new work experience evaluated to obtain the salary to which they are entitled.
Rules for normal progression (part-time or full-time professors)5: LESS THAN 0.50 FTE IN A YEAR
The time accumulated is not recognized as a year of experience and the professor does not move up a step.
The FTE is carried forward to the following year (= positive residual amount or balance).
BETWEEN 0.50 FTE AND 0.75 FTE IN A YEAR
The college credits the professor with one year of experience plus a residual amount, which is the amount of FTE they still need to accumulate to reach 0.75 FTE. An anticipated step is attributed to them. The amount that they have to accumulate before they can start accumulating another year is called the negative residual amount or balance.
Example: A contract with 0.65 FTE for the year. At the end of the contract, the professor will have reached 0.50 FTE, but still needs 0.10 FTE to reach 0.75 FTE to begin accumulating another year of experience.
Therefore, in the following year of employment, they will still have to accumulate the negative balance of (0.10 FTE) before the count for a new year of experience begins. 0.65 – 0.75 = (0.10)
WHEN A PROFESSOR ACCUMULATES 0.75 FTE OR MORE OVER SEVERAL YEARS OF EMPLOYMENT (LESS THAN 0.75 FTE PER YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT)
The college credits the professor with a year of experience and the anticipated step becomes a confirmed step. The professor begins accumulating a new year of experience. In this case, the positive residual amount in excess of 0.75 FTE is carried forward to the beginning of the following year.
Example: Contracts totalling 0.80 FTE. The professor reached the 0.75 FTE mark, and the positive balance (0.05) is carried forward to the next year of employment.
0.80 – 0.75 = 0.05
WHEN A PROFESSOR ACCUMULATES 0.75 FTE OR MORE IN THE SAME YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT The college credits the professor with one year of experience and the anticipated step is confirmed.
There is no positive balance in this case, as any amount above 0.75 FTE is lost.
WHEN A PROFESSOR REACHES 1 FTE (FULL-TIME ANNUAL CONTRACT) One year of experience is recognized and one step is confirmed.
WHEN A PROFESSOR REACHES MORE THAN ONE FTE IN THE SAME YEAR OF EMPLOYMENT.
Professors cannot acquire more than one year of experience in any given year of employment.
4.1.1 NORMAL PROGRESSION DURING A FULL-TIME CONTRACT
When a full-time professor6 accumulates 1 FTE or 1 FTE and more during the same year, he or she is credited with one year of experience and one confirmed step.
At the end of the contract year, it is important to review the FTE amount (herein referred to as balance) that they had at the beginning of the employment contract (either carried forward from previous years or from the college’s initial calculation of their experience), when there is one.
A negative balance at the beginning of the school year can be reduced to zero during the year:
EXAMPLE 1 for the beginning of the next
year of employment
The balance is reset to zero for the beginning of the following
year of employment 0.00
Notes:
1. The negative balance of 0.25 FTE was carried forward from the previous year of employment, as the professor had not reached the minimum amount of 0.75 FTE needed to start accumulating a new year of experience. He or she had to make up this negative balance during the school year before the count for a new year of experience could start.
2. Balance of experience: Reaching 0.50 FTE constitutes one year of experience. However, one must reach 0.75 FTE to start accumulating a new year of experience. When one reaches 0.50 FTE, it is referred as an anticipated step, and once one reaches 0.75 FTE, this step is confirmed. the beginning of the next
year of employment The balance is reset to zero at the beginning of the following
year of employment1 0.00
Note:
1 The professor reached the maximum amount that can be accumulated in one year of employment: 0.75 FTE. Thus, the 0.05 FTE that exceeded the limit for that year is lost. Under no circumstances can professors accumulate more than one year of experience in the same year of employment.
6 Full-time professor (1-2.16): A professor who signs a 12-month contract to assume an available position with a full-time teaching load or a full-time annual substitute teaching load is considered full-time for the year. A professor hired to assume full-time teaching loads in two semesters (fall and winter) in the same employment year is also considered a full-time professor for the school year.
A positive balance is carried forward in full to the beginning of the following year if it is not used to reach the maximum of 0.75 FTE during the year of employment:
EXAMPLE 3
Balance updated for the beginning of the next year of employment
0.20 1.00 FTE 1.00 = Maximum
reached, as it exceeds 0.75 FTE
Does not apply
Maximum reached. The balance from the beginning of the year, 0.20, is carried
forward to the following year of employment, as it was not used to reach
0.75 FTE in this contract year.
0.20
4.1.2 NORMAL PROGRESSION FOR PART-TIME CONTRACTS
In the case of a part-time contract, the 0.50 - 0.75 FTE rule must be used to determine if a professor has accumulated a year of experience and if they have, they move up one step on the scale.
Since part-time professors, like full-time ones, cannot accumulate more than one year of experience in the same contract year, it is necessary to calculate part-time professors’ experience at the end of the year to determine if any balance is to be carried forward to the following year.
A negative balance at the beginning of the year can be reduced to zero during the year:
EXAMPLE 4
Semester Step and balance at the
beginning of the contract Contract (0.10) is the balance needed
to reach 0.75 FTE Year of
employment
Contracts: 0.40 + 0.50 = 0.90 FTE > 0.75 FTE and therefore, balance is 0.15.
The balance of 0.15 reduces the negative balance to be carried forward to the beginning of the year: (0.25) + 0.15 = (0.10)
Balance: (0.10) Step 06 – anticipated
EXAMPLE 5 0.05 needed to reach 0.75 FTE.
Step 05 – confirmed
The balance of 0.15 reduces the negative balance at the beginning of the year (0.05) + 0.15 = 0.101
1 When a professor accumulates 0.75 FTE or more in the same year of employment, it counts as one year of experience and as a result, the anticipated step with which he or she started the year is confirmed. However, there is no positive balance to carry forward to the next year, as anything in excess of 0.75 FTE is lost. Under no circumstances can professors accumulate more than one year of experience in the same year of employment.
A positive balance at the end of the contract year can never be greater than the one at the beginning of that year (i.e. the one carried forward from previous years or the initial amount of experience calculated by the college).
If this is the case, the positive balance at the beginning of the contract year is carried forward to the beginning of the following contract year (regardless of the balance at the end of the contract year since the professor acquired one year of experience). and so, the balance is 0.15.
The balance of 0.15 is added to the balance from the beginning of the year: 0.10 + 0.15 = 0.251
1 The balance of 0.25 is greater than the positive balance at the beginning of the contract year, which was 0.10. In this case, the balance at the beginning of the previous contract year (0.10) is carried forward to the following contract year. The remainder is lost because the professor acquired one year over the course of the contract year.