Basic Teaching Load Clause Samples
Basic Teaching Load. As noted in Article V, A, 1, faculty work includes four categories of responsibilities: 1) Teaching & Learning, 2) Professional Development, 3) Service to the College and/or the Community, and 4) Curriculum and Classroom Management. This section (B) speaks specifically to the teaching and learning aspect. There are three options for calculating an instructor’s full-time teaching load:
1. Full-Time Equated System (FTES)
a. A full-time teaching load shall be an assignment consisting of thirty (30) equated hours for two semesters (may include a summer, fall, or winter sequence at the instructor’s option; however, full-time instructional personnel shall be afforded every opportunity to fulfill the minimum annual teaching load during the fall and winter semesters). Only one summer semester can be used in the construction of a full academic year. This should coincide with the College’s fiscal year. Using this option to avoid teaching either the fall or winter term can be done only with the mutual agreement of the faculty member and the administrative supervisor.
b. Instructors shall have their teaching load computed as one equated hour for each hour of instruction. Examples: ENG 111 three (3) credit hours (3-0) = three (3) equated. BIO 101 four
Basic Teaching Load a. Class load/non-teaching assignments shall be processed by the department chairperson and ▇▇▇▇. Every effort will be made to develop instructors' class loads/non-teaching assignments on the basis of consensus of the full-time members of the department. In the event consensus fails, seniority will be used as major considerations in the selection of classes/non-teaching assignments.
b. The basic teaching load for instructors shall be thirty (30) Lecture Hour Equivalents (LHE) per academic year (Fall and Spring semesters). (An LHE is defined as fifteen [15] lecture or laboratory contact hours per class, per semester.)
1) Every instructor must teach a minimum of fourteen (14) LHE each semester.
2) If an instructor teaches fourteen (14) LHE in either the Fall or Spring semester of an academic year, he/she must teach a minimum of sixteen (16) LHE in the other semester or have his/her base salary reduced by 1/30 for every LHE under thirty (30) taught during the academic year.
3) The maximum load of online classes that may be taught by a full time faculty member shall not exceed 60% of the total load (base and overload) as calculated on the form 17 each semester.
4) In an extension of the 60/40 Rule, Full-time faculty members, by seniority within their discipline, may teach up to 80% of their total load (base and overload) online per semester as follows: ▪ One faculty member in a discipline of eight or fewer full-time members. ▪ Two faculty members in a discipline with nine or greater full-time members. Faculty will be selected in accordance with seniority. If a faculty member accepts the opportunity to teach up to 80% of their load online, that faculty will not be considered for another assignment until all faculty in that discipline are offered that opportunity. If a faculty refuses the opportunity to teach up to 80% of their load online, that faculty will wait until all faculty in that discipline are offered that opportunity before being given another opportunity to accept or refuse another assignment. In the instance where a faculty member holds seniority in multiple disciplines, once they select or pass an opportunity they move to the bottom of all discipline lists. • Unless it is determined by the area ▇▇▇▇ and the Vice President of Academic Affairs, no faculty member may utilize the 80/20 option more than once every two semesters. • By the start of the Spring semester each year, Human Resources will produce and disseminate a discipline list in order of se...
Basic Teaching Load. 12.2.1.1 Full-time unit members whose primary responsibility is teaching are obligated over the Academic Year to carry a teaching load of twenty-four (24) credit hours, normally divided into two semesters of twelve (12) hours each. Faculty members assigned to teach graduate courses shall receive 1.33 credit hours of teaching load for each credit hour of a graduate course. Prior to the scheduling of classes and in consultation with the Chairperson, a faculty member may request in writing that the teaching load be distributed among both day and evening classes and/or a combination of underload in one semester and overload in another. Such requests shall not interfere with the normal academic offerings and shall have the prior approval of the Chairperson and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇/Vice President. In unforeseen circumstances, the faculty members may be required to accept an other-than-normal distribution of the twenty-four (24) hour obligation; in such cases, redistribution of the teaching load shall be made after consultation with the affected faculty member. No unit member may be required to teach a lecture-based course at more than one non-Dover location per semester.
12.2.1.2 Teaching faculty members who receive twelve (12) month contracts are expected to teach six (6) credit hours or its equivalent during the summer. In addition, twelve month teaching faculty are expected to be available for Departmental, University, and committee assignments beginning the day after commencement and ending July 31, except for scheduled University vacation periods.
12.2.1.3 If a Department is unable to provide a full workload for a faculty member, the administration, the Department Chair and the faculty member shall agree upon an appropriate remedy for that semester.