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61. Summer Teaching Period

61.1 It is intended that the intensive summer teaching period become part of the regular academic calendar and that the range of subjects offered in the summer teaching period will increase over time.

61.2 Summer teaching periods will be conducted on the following basis:

  • academic staff will not normally be required to undertake teaching and associated administrative duties in more than two (2) of the three (3) teaching periods in each 12-month period;
  • staff will normally have at least two (2) weeks free of teaching and marking between orthodox semesters and the summer teaching period;
  • the semester in which the staff member will not be required to teach will be determined by the Head of Department in which the staff member is employed after consultation with the staff member.

61.3 Consideration will be given to the impact on the workload and leave arrangements of professional staff as a consequence of conducting a summer teaching period and the possible need for additional staff during high workload periods.

61.4 A staff member aggrieved by a decision under clause 61.3 may access the Employment Related Grievance Resolution Procedure at clause 56.