1. The Board hereby agrees to employ the Adjunct Faculty Member (Employee), and the Employee agrees to serve the Board by engaging in duties as assigned in this Contract for a period of 9 months for the school year __________, beginning and ending on dates as set by the Board. The College has not adopted any policy, rule, regulation, law or practice providing for tenure. No right of tenure is created by this Contract. This Contract shall not grant or create any contractual or other expectancy of continued employment or claim of entitlement beyond the term of this Contract.

2. The Board agrees to pay the Employee for the services rendered on a per-course basis according to the Adjunct Faculty Salary Schedule which is authorized and set by the Board. The Employee shall be paid on a basis of teaching a minimum of 12 semester credit hours in each of the two long semesters. Credit hours taught in addition to the minimum of 12 shall be by mutual agreement between the Employee and the College and will be paid on a per course basis according to the Adjunct Faculty Salary Schedule.

3. It is understood and agreed by the parties to this Contract that the Employee will be assigned the primary duty of Teacher and shall perform the duties of that office as outlined in the currently adopted Faculty Handbook, Board Policy Manual, and/or as listed in College documents and/or other publications made available to the Employee; and shall perform all other reasonable duties for which the Employee is professionally certified or otherwise qualified to perform as periodically assigned or reassigned by the President of the College. It is further understood that, in some instances, the Employee may be assigned duties which, by necessity, are only performable at night or weekends. This Contract shall not grant or create any property right in any position or assignment.

4. The Employee agrees to perform faithfully and to the satisfaction of the College all assigned duties and shall comply with state and federal laws, College policies, rules, regulations, and administrative directives as they exist or may hereafter be amended or adopted during the term of this Contract. Any change in state and federal law, College policies, rules, regulations, and administrative directives, shall act as a novation to this Contract. Continued performance under this Contract shall constitute acceptance of the novation by the Employee.

5. This Contract is conditioned on the Employee satisfactorily providing any certification, experience records, teaching credentials, medical records, and other records, required by law, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, or the President. Misrepresentation or fraud by the Employee in any of these records or the employment application shall be grounds for dismissal.

6. During the term of this Contract, the Employee may be dismissed for good cause. As used in this paragraph, the term good cause shall include but not be limited to, an Employee's failure to perform all assigned duties and shall further include those grounds for dismissal contained in the Board Policy Manual. The procedures set forth in the policies and procedures of the College shall be followed in any dismissal.

7. It is understood and agreed by the Board and the Employee that this Contract combines all prior agreements and representations concerning employment of the Employee into one document. This Contract supersedes all prior Contracts and representations concerning employment. No amendments to this Contract shall be binding unless authorized by the Board, reduced to writing, and signed by both parties.

8. Employment in federal, state, or privately funded positions or projects is expressly conditioned upon the availability of full funding for the position, and any reduction of such funding constitutes good cause for non-extension of employment beyond the funding period.

9. The Employee agrees that the salary for the last month of the term of this Contract shall be payable only upon receipt from the Employee of all College property, textbooks, reports or other items required by the President.

10. The Employee may resign from this Contract only with the consent of the President as approved by the Board.

11. In the event the Employee is assigned duties in more than one position, employment is conditioned upon satisfactory performance in each position and unsatisfactory performance in any assigned position constitutes grounds for dismissal or nonrenewal of this contract. Employee cannot resign one position without resigning from all positions, without the consent of the Board.

12. Notification of non renewal of this Contract will be made on or before May 1, preceding the end of the employment term fixed in the Contract. The employee has the absolute right to terminate the Contract up to 45 calendar days before the annual contract beginning date (faculty return day as published in the Blinn College Catalog). All other resignations require Board approval.

13. This offer of employment expires if this Contract is not signed and returned to the President by the Employee on or before: ____________________.

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