Mode of Appointments

The President shall provide to each new or reappointed Instructor a letter of appointment which shall include the following:

appointments normally begin on 1 July, but they may become effective on other dates; if so, Instructors shall enjoy all appropriate benefits from the date of appointment. When an appointment begins after 1 July but before or including 31 December, seniority towards award of continuing appointment, promotion, and sabbatical leave shall be retroactive to 1 July preceding employment. When an appointment begins between 1 January and 30 June, then seniority towards continuing appointment, promotion, and sabbatical leave shall begin the following 1 July; (art. 43.58(g))