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«First_Name» «Last_Name» «Address_Line_1» «City», «State» «ZIP_Code»

Dear «First_Name»:

I am pleased to offer you a conditional one-year appointment as a part-time lecturer in the Department/School of ______at California State University, Los Angeles. In partial fulfillment of this appointment you are being offered «Units» units for Fall semester, 2016. Your appointment will begin on 8/18/16 and end on 5/26/17.

The salary for the conditional contract this semester is $ «Per_Unit_rate» per unit, for a total of $ «Total_Salary». Deductions will be made for federal and state withholding. Your conditional contract this semester automatically expires on the date listed above and carries no guarantee of contracts in any subsequent semester. Contracts in subsequent semesters covered by this one-year appointment are subject to the conditions described below. The salary you are offered for this appointment is your base salary.

If there are courses not being taught by full-time or FERP faculty or by graduate teaching assistants during the remaining semesters of this conditional one year appointment, your teaching assignment will be in compliance with the collective bargaining agreement.

For this 2-semester appointment you will receive 12 monthly paychecks. You receive six paychecks for each semester. The breakdown of these paychecks are as follows: Fall semester will be paid the end of September, October, November, December, January and August. Spring semester will be paid the end of February, March, April, May, June and July. The last paychecks for the Fall and Spring will be released during the last three months of your one-year appointment in which you have no teaching assignment.

In addition to your teaching responsibilities, you are expected to hold weekly office hours at the rate of 20 minutes per unit taught at times and on days when affected students are normally in attendance.

Your performance will be evaluated in accord with established criteria and procedures. Copies of the University, College and Department evaluation procedures and policies will be sent to you upon receipt of your acceptance of this offer. You may view the University’s policies in the Faculty Handbook that is available on the web at www.calstatelala.edu.

In accordance with state and federal law you are required to provide documentation attesting to your identity and legal right to work in the United States, sign the loyalty oath and complete tax related information concerning deductions in the Office of Human Resource Management (HRM), Administration Building 606. You must provide this documentation each time you are separated and re-appointed by the University. Please contact Benefits (HRM) regarding possible eligibility. Please see Attachment A.

Cal State LA is fully committed to serving students with disabilities in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. As a faculty member at Cal State LA, you are required to accept and support the instructional accommodations that are approved for students. In some cases, these accommodations will require that you provide your instructional materials in an appropriate accessible format. In support of students with disabilities, university policy requires that faculty members assigned to specific courses shall inform the University bookstore of the required instructional materials for courses that they are assigned to teach by Friday of week 10 of the prior term in which the materials will be used, whenever possible. Please consult with your department regarding your instructional materials. You are required to treat students with disabilities equally and fairly. You may not disclose the identity of a student with a disability or their accommodation or the nature of their disability to other students and faculty. If you have any questions about serving students with disabilities, please contact the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) at 323.343.3140. For more information about the University’s program supporting the rights of our students with disabilities, please see: http://www.calstatela.edu/osd.

All part-time lecturer contracts are contingent upon total enrollment in all classes offered each semester and the status of the University’s budget. When such enrollment or funds are insufficient, some classes must be canceled and faculty reassigned, thus necessitating the cancellation or reduction of some part-time conditional contracts. We will make every effort to notify you as soon as possible should it be necessary to cancel or reduce your units this semester.

You are represented by the California Faculty Association, a union of 27,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches who teach in the California State University system. In classrooms on the 23 CSU campuses, CFA members work hard to teach our students. To join, as an active member with rights to vote and engage fully on behalf of yourself and others, go to https://www.calfac.org/join-cfa.

Please inform your Department and me in writing within two weeks from the date of this letter whether or not you willing to accept this offer and the conditions noted by signing and returning this letter to me. Prior to your acceptance of this appointment, you should review the Faculty Handbook and the pertinent material that are available in the Department Office as well as on the web at www.calstatela.edu. If you have any questions concerning academic policies, please do not hesitate to call or visit your Department/Division Chair or me.

The faculty and administration join in expressing our welcome to you as a member of the campus community, and we look forward to a pleasant association with you.

Sincerely

(Name), Dean College of ______cc: HRM ______I accept your offer Department File ______I cannot accept your offer

Signature ______Date ______