Common use of Basic hours Clause in Contracts

Basic hours. A. All individual daily schedules (including office hours) shall be submitted to the appropriate Vice-President for approval. All faculty shall spend as much time as necessary, both on campus and off campus, to properly perform their instructional and professional duties, including but not limited to preparation and planning; professional reading; reviewing and evaluating students' work, and conferring with students, administration and staff. In addition, contract faculty shall spend as much time as necessary, both on campus and off campus, to perform professional duties including, but not limited to curriculum development, governance participation, and attending to department, division, college, and committee duties and meetings. In performing these duties, contract faculty may be obligated to be present on campus during a Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and/or Friday, regardless of whether their primary assignment is a 4-day schedule. Non-scheduled hours may be fulfilled off-campus. B. With the exception of on-line classes and Common Final exams, the official Final Exam Schedule for 13-week and 16-week classes shall place final exams on days of the week when the class in question normally meets. The official final exam schedule shall be published in the class schedule. Instructors may only reschedule final exams in their classes with prior approval from the appropriate vice president or designee. C. During their work year, each full-time faculty member in Student Services shall be on-duty for thirty-five (35) hours per week. Some of these on-duty hours may be performed off campus, with the approval of the Vice-President of Student Services or designee. Contract faculty in Student Services who are working less than full-time during their work year, shall have the amount of these on-duty hours reduced proportionally. D. Full-time employees are expected to devote themselves to their college duties on a full-time basis; accordingly, no full-time employee may engage in personal business activities or perform personal services for compensation during hours in which the employee would normally be expected to be occupied with his/her College responsibilities. No full-time employee shall work more than six (6) hours of hourly overload pay (Appendix B) assignments per week over any one semester (including intersessions), unless advance written approval is obtained from the appropriate vice- president. Authorization by the appropriate Vice-President to exceed this six