Common use of Academic Year Appointments Clause in Contracts

Academic Year Appointments. During an academic year appointment, faculty members shall be assigned no more than a thirty (30) credit hour adjusted workload, of which no more than twelve (12) credit hours plus or minus one (1) credit hour each semester will be instructional credit hours. The usual and customary instructional workload will be twenty-four (24) adjusted credit hours per academic year contract except as may otherwise be required by appropriate College accrediting bodies or applicable state regulations. For example, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education or the Nebraska Department of Education may provide different overload threshholds for education faculty. Any instructional credit hours above twenty-five (25) will receive overload compensation per Section 10.6. Instructional loads with fewer than twenty-three (23) credit hours will be assigned additional duties. The balance of the thirty (30) credit hour workload will be credited to scholarly and service activities.