Common use of Academic Workload Clause in Contracts

Academic Workload. Full-time Instructors (a) Normally no later than one (1) month prior to each term, the workload of the Full-time Instructor will be assigned by the ▇▇▇▇ or designate after consultation with the Instructor and the Member’s Chair or Director. The assignment of workload must take into account the differing pedagogical practices across the disciplines, and no Member will be assigned to teach courses outside the Member’s discipline. (b) Full-time Instructors will have access to annual vacation per Article 36. (c) Workload is thirty-five (35) hours per week as described in this Article. i) For appointments of ten (10) months per year, up to thirty (30) hours of classroom instruction over two out of three terms (Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer). ii) For appointments of twelve (12) months per year, up to thirty-six (36) hours of classroom instruction over three out of three terms (Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer). iii) The specific combination of scheduled teaching hours and teaching- related duties will be determined by the ▇▇▇▇ in consultation with the Instructor and the Member’s Chair or Director. (d) Overload will be limited to six instructional hours per week over a ten (10) month or a twelve (12) month appointment. A Full-time Instructor will not be discriminated against by the Employer if the Full-time Instructor prefers not to teach more than the normal number of teaching hours per week as outlined in Article 23.14. (e) A Full-time Instructor’s workload may include labs and courses taught in more than one Faculty with the permission of the relevant Deans, after consultation with the Instructor and the Instructor’s home Department or school. (f) All reasonable efforts will be made to balance teaching workload hours. (g) The ▇▇▇▇, in consultation with the Chairs or Directors of academic units, will attempt to ensure a reasonably equitable workload among Members within an academic unit and among Members within a Faculty over time. The Chair or Director, after consultation with Members of the academic unit, will provide the ▇▇▇▇ with a recommendation for an equitable workload within the academic unit. A Member who believes that the Member’s assigned teaching load is excessive in relation to other Members’ teaching load has the right to have the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ review the affected Member’s workload. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide the Member with a written response. (h) In the event that an assigned course or laboratory to which an Instructor has been assigned is cancelled, the ▇▇▇▇ will meet with the Full-time Instructor to discuss options to make up the cancelled workload. All reasonable efforts will be made to replace the assigned workload within the Instructor’s home department or school and during the same semester as the cancelled workload. (i) The ▇▇▇▇ has discretion to assign Full-time Instructors one three (3) credit course in each term of their appointment (courses not listed in Appendix F) in their workload. (j) The per term instructional workload for a replacement contract appointment of either five (5) months or ten (10) months, hired to replace a Full-time Instructor, will be the same as the Full-time Instructor being replaced.

Academic Workload. Full-time InstructorsInstructors‌ (a) Normally no later than one (1) month prior to each term, the workload of the Full-time Instructor will be assigned by the ▇▇▇▇ or designate after consultation with the Instructor and the Member’s Chair or Director. The assignment of workload must take into account the differing pedagogical practices across the disciplines, and no Member will be assigned to teach courses outside the Member’s discipline. (b) Full-time Instructors will have access to annual vacation per Article 36. (c) Workload is thirty-five (35) hours per week as described in this Article. i) For appointments of ten (10) months per year, up to thirty (30) hours of classroom instruction over two out of three terms (Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer). ii) For appointments of twelve (12) months per year, up to thirty-six (36) hours of classroom instruction over three out of three terms (Fall, Winter, Spring-Summer). iii) The specific combination of scheduled teaching hours and teaching- related duties will be determined by the ▇▇▇▇ in consultation with the Instructor and the Member’s Chair or Director. (d) Overload will be limited to six instructional hours per week over a ten (10) month or a twelve (12) month appointment. A Full-time Instructor will not be discriminated against by the Employer if the Full-time Instructor prefers not to teach more than the normal number of teaching hours per week as outlined in Article 23.14. (e) A Full-time Instructor’s workload may include labs and courses taught in more than one Faculty with the permission of the relevant Deans, after consultation with the Instructor and the Instructor’s home Department or school. (f) All reasonable efforts will be made to balance teaching workload hours. (g) The ▇▇▇▇, in consultation with the Chairs or Directors of academic units, will attempt to ensure a reasonably equitable workload among Members within an academic unit and among Members within a Faculty over time. The Chair or Director, after consultation with Members of the academic unit, will provide the ▇▇▇▇ with a recommendation for an equitable workload within the academic unit. A Member who believes that the Member’s assigned teaching load is excessive in relation to other Members’ teaching load has the right to have the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ review the affected Member’s workload. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will provide the Member with a written response. (h) In the event that an assigned course or laboratory to which an Instructor has been assigned is cancelled, the ▇▇▇▇ will meet with the Full-time Instructor to discuss options to make up the cancelled workload. All reasonable efforts will be made to replace the assigned workload within the Instructor’s home department or school and during the same semester as the cancelled workload. (i) The ▇▇▇▇ has discretion to assign Full-time Instructors one three (3) credit course in each term of their appointment (courses not listed in Appendix F) in their workload. (j) The per term instructional workload for a replacement contract appointment of either five (5) months or ten (10) months, hired to replace a Full-time Instructor, will be the same as the Full-time Instructor being replaced.