Begin and End Dates for 10-Month Appointees
For 10-month faculty, generally their responsibilities are considered to start 1 week before the first day of classes and run through 2 days after the final exams/grades are due.
If a 10-month faculty member has family or sick leave, it begins August 1st, unless they can document that they did work during the beginning of August. It runs through the end of May, unless they do work in May.
If a 10-month faculty member resigns, the effective date is December 31st or May 31st, unless they have summer teaching assignments, in which case it is the last day of classes/grades due, and no August/10-month-base salary is paid.
When can a new 10-month faculty member begin?
New faculty members may be set up with an employee ID and UITS accounts once a Hire Employee eDoc is processed. This can be done before the ‘effective date’. That is, the Hire Employee eDoc can say the hire is effective August 1st, but be completed in May. A Hire Employee eDoc requires a background check and I-9 processing. A new faculty member can be live in IU systems as soon as those are completed.
In practice: Most faculty enjoy significant flexibility in terms of personal, illness, or work-related travel time, during the 10-month appointment. Many units, in order to not disrupt teaching and other schedules, schedule unit-level activities in August before classes, and in May after classes. Flexibility on both sides is usually best for a unit to accomplish its goals.
Until 2020, IU policy stipulated prorating of pay for '1 week prior' etc., but that was inadvertently deleted. Revisions are expected in academic year 2022-2023.
Reviewed and revised: 7/2022.