Common use of Faculty Load Clause in Contracts

Faculty Load. 4.2.1 STANDARD FULL-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL WORKLOAD The teaching load for full-time teaching faculty is thirty (30) instructor credit hours per academic year. Instructor credit hours will be defined as the following ratios: a. One (1) scheduled lecture hour per week per semester equals one (1) instructor credit hour. b. One (1) scheduled lab hour per week per semester equals one (1) instructor credit hour. c. Whenever a section has more than one (1) assigned faculty, the number of instructor credit hours will be divided by the number of faculty administratively assigned to that section according to the ratio of their respective responsibilities. d. In programs (including open labs) where lab course hours make up 40 percent or more of the faculty member’s load (per semester), special consideration may be given when calculating load. Supervising administrator(s) will consider the following possibilities in order to make the lab experience the best possible for the student and the faculty. • assignment other than 30 hours may constitute a full load • lab help in the form of student or professional assistant • use of part-time instructor(s) to help carry load If the supervising administrator and faculty cannot reach agreement on extra lab help or instructor credit hours for full load, the President of the College, after discussion with the faculty and supervising administrator, will make the final decision as to what is a fair semester load. e. The full load for faculty assigned to an open lab will be twenty (20) contact hours per week, i.e., twenty (20) contact hours per week for 16 weeks in an open lab is equal to 15 load hours. Any hours less than 20 in an open lab will be pro-rated. Open labs may include developmental coursework and any other new open labs established. For faculty who are assigned lecture courses as well as open lab teaching, the load will be determined by calculating the percentage of load in each category (lecture versus open lab). Example: Faculty member is assigned 10 hours per week in an open math lab assignment (which equals 7.5 credits toward semester load). The remaining teaching assignments of 7.5 or more credits are assigned to constitute a full-time load. Courses beyond the total 30 full time credit load for the academic year would be calculated at the overload rate. f. For faculty teaching in the ADN program, one (1) scheduled clinical hour per week per semester equals one (1.00) instructor credit hours. g. It is understood and agreed that continued recruiting and advising by faculty is beneficial to the interest of both parties. h. VSK courses are exempt from overload and summertime compensation rates except when VSK courses are used to make load for full-time faculty. i. Faculty Members will have the opportunity to meet and confer with their appropriate instructional ▇▇▇▇ prior to the finalization of the published class schedule, upon the faculty member’s request. j. Load for Fall and Spring semester will be based on 10th day enrollment.

Faculty Load. 4.2.1 STANDARD FULLTeaching is the primary, but not sole, responsibility of faculty members. Other responsibilities have been thoroughly enumerated under Academic Responsibility. Full-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL WORKLOAD time faculty shall, in addition to teaching during the fall and spring semesters, also be scheduled for four (4) days before the beginning of fall semester, two (2) days before the beginning of spring semester, and two (2) days for outcomes assessment following the spring semester. The teaching load for full-time teaching faculty is thirty (30) instructor credit hours per academic year. Instructor credit hours will be defined as the following ratios: a. One (1) scheduled lecture hour per week per semester equals one (1) instructor credit hour. b. One (1) scheduled lab hour per week per semester equals one (1) instructor credit hour. c. Whenever a section has more than one (1) assigned faculty, the number of instructor credit hours will be divided by the number of faculty administratively assigned to that section according to the ratio of their respective responsibilities. d. In programs (including open labs) where lab course hours make up 40 percent or more of the faculty member’s load (per semester), special consideration may be given when calculating load. Supervising administrator(s) will consider the following possibilities in order to make the lab experience the best possible for the student and the faculty. • assignment other than 30 hours may constitute a full load • lab help in the form of student or professional assistant • use of partall campus-based full-time instructor(sfaculty members for each fall and spring semester during the academic year shall be considered to consist of fifteen (15) to help carry load If the supervising administrator and faculty cannot reach agreement on extra lab help or instructor credit hours for full load, the President of the College, after discussion with the faculty and supervising administrator, will make the final decision as to what is a fair semester load. e. The full load for faculty assigned to an open lab will be twenty nineteen (2019) contact hours per week, i.e., twenty as equated below: • Faculty instructing lecture-based courses only will be scheduled for fifteen (2015) contact hours per week week. • Faculty instructing lecture-laboratory or lecture-activity courses will be scheduled for 16 weeks sixteen (16) to eighteen (18) contact hours per week. • Faculty instructing lecture-clinical or lecture-simulation-lab courses will be scheduled for seventeen (17) to nineteen (19) contact hours per week. In addition, the following special circumstances apply as described below: • Faculty instructing courses for the performing arts as a mix of lecture and activity courses, will have their sixteen (16) to eighteen (18) contact hours met by the regular responsibilities of coordinating private lessons (Applied Music) courses. • Internships handled by the Internship Coordinator that equal thirteen (13) or fewer total students will be counted as a three (3) contact hour course. If between fourteen (14) and twenty-six (26) students are enrolled in an open lab is equal to 15 load hoursthose applicable internships, they will be counted as two (2) three (3)-contact hour courses. Any contact hours less assigned above the maximum as described above shall be subject to the overload policy in the salary article. In order to meet load, full-time faculty members shall have the right of first refusal over adjunct faculty and staff for discipline and specific credit-bearing courses offered by the College for which they are credentialed to teach. Adjunct cannot be bumped from a section that has been assigned to them in order to give an overload to a full-time faculty any later than 20 14 days before the start of a semester. If a faculty member cannot meet load in an open lab a semester, the College will make every attempt to accommodate via the following options: 1) EDUC120, a one (1) contact hour course, can be used as up to three contact hours to meet a full-time faculty member’s load, provided there are no other options. This option does require approval of the Chair for Social Sciences and the ▇▇▇▇ of Arts & Sciences via request to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 2) If load is not met in fall, a course for which the faculty member is credentialed, can be used in spring to get to the annual load. The course needs to be identified by the end of the drop/add period in fall and approved by the applicable ▇▇▇▇ via request to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 3) If load is not met in spring, a course for which the faculty member is credentialed, can be used in summer to complete the annual load. The course needs to be identified by the end of the drop/add period in spring and approved by the applicable ▇▇▇▇ via request to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇. 4) If load is not met, and there is ability to find non-instructional tasks to meet load, such tasks can be used to meet load, provided a letter of agreement is signed by the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and the faculty member, that includes all details of the assignment and start and end time. Such agreements will be shared with the SMCFA President. In addition, the faculty member has the right to refuse the assignment as a means of satisfying load. However, if the faculty member refuses the assignment and no other courses for which they are credentialed are available, their base salary will be pro- rated to reflect the lesser load. Campus-based, full-time faculty members have the right to refuse placement within outside entity environments, such as high schools, in the fulfillment of their required course load. However, if there are no other options to meet load per above, their base salary will be pro-ratedrated to reflect the lesser load. Open labs may include developmental coursework and any other new open labs established. For faculty who are assigned lecture courses as well as open lab teaching, the load The seat enrollment cap will be determined set at 22 for all online and HyFlex courses. To most effectively manage enrollment, this cap will be extended by calculating the percentage of load in each category (lecture versus open lab). Example: Faculty member is assigned 10 hours per week in an open math lab assignment (which equals 7.5 credits toward semester load). The remaining teaching assignments of 7.5 or more credits are assigned to constitute a full-time load. Courses beyond the total 30 full time credit load for the academic year would be calculated at the overload rate. f. For faculty teaching in the ADN program, one (1) scheduled clinical hour per week per semester equals one (1.00) instructor credit hours. g. It is understood and agreed that continued recruiting and advising by faculty is beneficial to the interest of both parties. h. VSK courses are exempt from overload and summertime compensation rates except when VSK courses are used to make load for full-time faculty. i. Faculty Members will have the opportunity to meet and confer with their appropriate instructional ▇▇▇▇ prior to 24 to prevent having to open a new section of the course. The seat enrollment cap will be set at 26 for all face-to-face and hybrid courses. To most effectively manage enrollment, this cap will be extended by the ▇▇▇▇ to 28 to prevent having to open a new section of the course. The College reserves the right to set the enrollment cap below the maximum in its discretion. If further exceptions to the finalization maximum enrollment caps are needed they can be determined jointly by the assigned faculty member and the ▇▇▇▇ together for an agreed upon cap. Faculty who are hired to teach primarily for an outside entity shall have their workload and schedule aligned with the host institution. In this case, load is not calculated by contacts, but is intended to align with the host institution’s teaching schedule. Start dates, end dates, and all matters of the published class schedule, upon the faculty member’s request. j. Load scheduling for Fall and Spring semester these individuals will be based on 10th day enrollmentaligned with the host institution’s schedule. Release time assignments and/or stipends are defined below and in Faculty Salary.

Faculty Load. 4.2.1 STANDARD FULL-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL WORKLOAD The teaching load for full-time teaching faculty is thirty (30) instructor credit hours per academic year. Instructor credit hours will be defined as the following ratios: a. One (1) scheduled lecture hour per week per semester equals one (1) instructor credit hour. b. One (1) scheduled lab hour per week per semester equals one (1) instructor credit hour. c. Whenever a section has more than one (1) assigned faculty, the number of instructor credit hours will be divided by the number of faculty administratively assigned to that section according to the ratio of their respective responsibilities. d. In programs (including open labs) where lab course hours make up 40 percent or more of the faculty member’s load (per semester), special consideration may be given when calculating load. Supervising administrator(s) will consider the following possibilities in order to make the lab experience the best possible for the student and the faculty. •  assignment other than 30 hours may constitute a full load •  lab help in the form of student or professional assistant •  use of part-time instructor(s) to help carry load If the supervising administrator and faculty cannot reach agreement on extra lab help or instructor credit hours for full load, the President of the College, after discussion with the faculty and supervising administrator, will make the final decision as to what is a fair semester load. e. The full load for faculty assigned to an open lab will be twenty (20) contact hours per week, i.e., twenty (20) contact hours per week for 16 weeks in an open lab is equal to 15 load hours. Any hours less than 20 in an open lab will be pro-rated. Open labs may include developmental coursework and any other new open labs established. For faculty who are assigned lecture courses as well as open lab teaching, the load will be determined by calculating the percentage of load in each category (lecture versus open lab). Example: Faculty member is assigned 10 hours per week in an open math lab assignment (which equals 7.5 credits toward semester load). The remaining teaching assignments of 7.5 or more credits are assigned to constitute a full-time load. Courses beyond the total 30 full time credit load for the academic year would be calculated at the overload rate. f. For faculty teaching in the ADN program, one (1) scheduled clinical hour per week per semester equals one (1.00) instructor credit hours. g. It is understood and agreed that continued recruiting and advising by faculty is beneficial to the interest of both parties. h. VSK courses are exempt from overload and summertime compensation rates except when VSK courses are used to make load for full-time faculty. i. Faculty Members will have the opportunity to meet and confer with their appropriate instructional ▇▇▇▇ prior to the finalization of the published class schedule, upon the faculty member’s request. j. Load for Fall and Spring semester will be based on 10th day enrollment.