Contact Hours. For the purposes of this Article, a contact hour refers to a scheduled student contact hour in a classroom, laboratory, shop or any other related instructional areas. a) Scheduled contact hours for instructors of Academic programs shall not exceed 450 hours per year. This shall consist of a maximum of four (4) different courses per semester to a maximum of ten (10) courses per year. The Employer will show due consideration in recognizing preparation requirements in scheduling a maximum of 10 courses per year. For the purposes of this Section, .75 contact hours refers to each hour spent in laboratories and .5 contact hour for each hour spent in tutorials for academic courses. b) Scheduled contact hours for instructors of Vocational and Career/Technical programs shall not exceed 984 hours per year. Instructors of vocational courses who conduct laboratories or shops shall not exceed 943 contact hours per year. c) Instructors whose assignment includes a combination of Academic, Vocational/Career- Technical, and Distance Delivery contact hours shall have their contact hours pro-rated.
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