Common use of Faculty Schedules Clause in Contracts

Faculty Schedules. A. The Department Chair shall prepare a draft of faculty schedules in consultation with faculty members. Faculty schedules shall be reviewed and approved by their immediate administrative supervisor subject to the following: 1. A typical faculty schedule will not exceed three preparations per semester. (e.g., French I and French II are examples of two separate preparations, whereas two sections of French I is an example of a single preparation). Faculty members and immediate supervisors may mutually agree for a faculty member to exceed three preparations. 2. A faculty member shall be notified of her/his schedule at least fourteen calendar days before the start of the semester. The immediate administrative supervisor shall retain the right to make exceptions when circumstances dictate. 3. The immediate supervisor shall give full-time faculty initial preference regarding the selection of courses and schedules. Assignments shall be distributed as equitably as practical among full-time faculty who express an interest and are equally qualified to fill the position in question. 4. Faculty must teach the required number of contact hours per class. 5. The normal work week of counseling faculty, library faculty, and faculty with special assignments, shall consist of 35 hours per week or 70 hours per two weeks. 6. Classroom Faculty shall be present on campus for a minimum of 8 hours during final exams week. These hours shall be scheduled over three working days of the week. Faculty shall be available to respond to a request for student meetings on a fourth day as needed. These hours shall be scheduled to serve students and submitted to the faculty members' immediate supervisor for review and approval. These hours shall be in addition to administering final exams. Counseling faculty, library faculty and other assigned faculty shall be present on campus 14 hours during the final exam week. These hours shall be scheduled to serve students and submitted to the faculty members' immediate supervisor for review and approval. These hours shall be in addition to administering final exams. 7. Faculty members shall consult with their immediate administrative supervisor to resolve scheduling conflicts. B. Faculty members are expected to be on campus the days their classes meet and to fulfill their schedules. 1. Each full-time classroom faculty member shall teach a minimum of six contact hours of their required load per semester in a face-to-face format. Any exceptions will be mutually agreed upon by the faculty member and their immediate administrative supervisor. 2. All full-time classroom faculty shall schedule a minimum of seven hours for student conferences per week; one online student conference hour per online/blended class may be included in the seven student conference hours. The conference hours shall be scheduled to accommodate students. Student conference hours shall be submitted for review and approval to the faculty members' immediate administrative supervisor by the completion of the first week of the semester. Changes to the scheduled student conference hours after the first week of the semester must be approved by their immediate administrative supervisor. 3. Faculty are required to attend a Thursday Faculty Workshop Day at the beginning of fall and spring semesters. Faculty are required to hold a minimum of 4 student conference hours on the Friday following the Thursday Faculty Workshop Day. In the event that a faculty member is teaching a course on said Friday, the 4 student conference hours will be waived. 4. Faculty must participate in one (1) commencement per academic year. If academic apparel is ordered for a faculty member who subsequently does not participate in the ceremonies, the faculty member will be charged for the rental of the apparel. C. A faculty member's regular work schedule, or other duties, shall be scheduled within a maximum eight-hour workday unless mutually agreed upon by the faculty member and their immediate administrative supervisor. Faculty shall not be required to have less than a 12 hour period from the end of the last scheduled time on one day to the beginning of a faculty member's first scheduled time on the succeeding day. The distribution of the classroom faculty members' standard semester teaching load and/or student conference hours shall be 4 calendar days. Faculty must be on campus a minimum of two scheduled hours per day for each of the four calendar days per week. Exceptions based on curricular need must be approved by the faculty members' immediate administrative supervisor in consultation with the faculty member.

Faculty Schedules. A. The Department Chair shall prepare a draft of faculty schedules in consultation with faculty members. Faculty schedules shall be reviewed and approved by their immediate administrative supervisor subject to the following: 1. A typical faculty schedule will not exceed three preparations per semester. (e.g., French I and French II are examples of two separate preparations, whereas two sections of French I is an example of a single preparation). Faculty members and immediate supervisors may mutually agree for a faculty member to exceed three preparations. 2. A faculty member shall be notified of her/his schedule at least fourteen calendar days before the start of the semester. The immediate administrative supervisor shall retain the right to make exceptions when circumstances dictate. 3. The immediate supervisor shall give full-time faculty initial preference regarding the selection of courses and schedules. Assignments shall be distributed as equitably as practical among full-time faculty who express an interest and are equally qualified to fill the position in question. 4. Faculty must teach the required number of contact hours per class. 5. The normal work week of counseling faculty, library faculty, and faculty with special assignments, shall consist of 35 hours per week or 70 hours per two weeks. 6. Classroom Faculty shall be present on campus for a minimum of 8 hours during final exams week. These hours shall be scheduled over three working days of the week. Faculty shall be available to respond to a request for student meetings on a fourth day as needed. These hours shall be scheduled to serve students and submitted to the faculty members' immediate supervisor for review and approval. These hours shall be in addition to administering final exams. Counseling faculty, library faculty and other assigned faculty shall be present on campus 14 hours during the final exam week. These hours shall be scheduled to serve students and submitted to the faculty members' immediate supervisor for review and approval. These hours shall be in addition to administering final exams. 7. Faculty members shall consult with their immediate administrative supervisor to resolve scheduling conflicts. B. Faculty members are expected to be on campus the days their classes meet and to fulfill their schedules. 1. Each full-time classroom faculty member shall teach a minimum of six contact hours of their required load per semester in a face-to-face format. Any exceptions will be mutually agreed upon by the faculty member and their immediate administrative supervisor. 2. All full-time classroom faculty shall schedule a minimum of seven hours for student conferences per week; one online student conference hour per online/blended class may be included in the seven student conference hours. The conference hours shall be scheduled to accommodate students. Student conference hours shall be submitted for review and approval to the faculty members' immediate administrative supervisor by the completion of the first week of the semester. Changes to the scheduled student conference hours after the first week of the semester must be approved by their immediate administrative supervisor. 3. Faculty are required to attend a Thursday Faculty Workshop Day at the beginning of fall and spring semesters. semesters Faculty are required to hold a minimum of 4 student conference hours on the Friday following the Thursday Faculty Workshop Day. In the event that a faculty member is teaching a course on said Friday, the 4 student conference hours will be waived. 4. Faculty must participate in one (1) commencement per academic year. If academic apparel is ordered for a faculty member who subsequently does not participate in the ceremonies, the faculty member will be charged for the rental of the apparel. C. A faculty member's regular work schedule, or other duties, shall be scheduled within a maximum eight-hour workday unless mutually agreed upon by the faculty member and their immediate administrative supervisor. Faculty shall not be required to have less than a 12 hour period from the end of the last scheduled time on one day to the beginning of a faculty member's first scheduled time on the succeeding day. The distribution of the classroom faculty members' standard semester teaching load and/or student conference hours shall be 4 calendar days. Faculty must be on campus a minimum of two scheduled hours per day for each of the four calendar days per week. Exceptions based on curricular need must be approved by the faculty members' immediate administrative supervisor in consultation with the faculty member.