Examples: #1. A pre-six NSF in a Spanish department functions as the coordinator of instruction for second-year Spanish. In addition to the classes he instructs, he possesses specialized skills that allow him to perform curriculum design and coordination. If layoffs occur, more senior NSF, whose sole function is to perform language instruction, may be laid off before the less senior coordinator of second-year Spanish. #2. An Asian languages department is making layoffs mid-year due to budget cuts. The Department may retain a second-year NSF who has the specialized skills to teach advanced literature classes to native speakers ahead of a fifth-year NSF who teaches only basic language courses.