For all employees who have been offered and have signed an employment agreement, the terms of employment are governed by the employment agreement and supplemented by the policies and procedures of this handbook, as specified by the employment agreement. In any conflict between the terms of the employment agreement and the policies of this handbook, the terms of the employment agreement will prevail.
Academic year employees, to include teaching faculty, specialists, librarian, etc., who are offered and sign employment agreements with the school should be aware that these agreements are ordinarily for a one-year term and expire at the end of the agreement period unless a new agreement is offered. Geneva does not confer tenure and there should be no expectation of continued employment for any future term. There is no requirement on the part of the school to offer an agreement to the employee in the following years, and both parties are free to negotiate and pursue future employment on an annual basis. The School reserves the right to make individual decisions about employment offers on an annual basis.
There is no time limit for when the school can review an agreement and make a decision regarding an offer of a new agreement. Should an employee not be offered a new agreement prior to the current agreement’s expiration, employment with the School will end on the current agreement’s expiration date.
A variety of other circumstances—such as increasing, decreasing, or shifting enrollment demand, changing of curriculum or programs, etc.—may impact the timing and renewal or non-renewal of agreements. Individual employees may be notified of these circumstances if relevant to the timing, deferral, or declination of a renewal offer.