Instructional Assignments. Article 8: The annual workload for a full time equivalent faculty position in the School of Craft and Design will consist of 720 hours of instruction. All contact hours, whether delivered as “core” or “studio” courses, will be considered equivalent for the purpose of workload calculations. This instruction will normally be delivered over two terms, but could be configured differently to meet the needs of a program.
Instructional Assignments. It is the professional responsibility of a Faculty Member to prepare and deliver courses and to evaluate students. Assignments defined in this article are calculated based on Schedule I: Workload Calculations.
Instructional Assignments. Employees in the bargaining unit who are required to perform instructional duties* shall be assigned not more than six and hours and forty minutes of instruction daily, including preparation time. Instruction for elementary art, music, and physical education for each elementary building shall be provided by teachers certificated or licensed in these subject areas and who are employed to teach only those areas so long as funds are available. Employees who function as regular classroom teachers on the secondary level shall not be assigned instructional duties in more than four (4) subject preparations daily. This requirement may be waived if this limitation prevents courses from being offered or a teacher from having a full schedule. Employees who function as regular classroom teachers on the secondary level shall not be required to change subject area teaching stations any more than is necessary. A teacher may be assigned to teach an Early Bird Class 45 minutes prior to the normal start of school/Night Owl Class 45 minutes after the end of the school day if both the teacher and administration mutually agree. Compensation shall be either ending their school day by a time equal to the length of the early bird/night owl class or paying them an amount equal to 1/7th of their current salary.
Instructional Assignments. Instructional assignments are those where an employee teaches a course that is assigned equivalent semester hours (ESH) and a course reference number (CRN). Instructional assignments shall be made for a period of a semester, a part of an academic year, or for an entire academic year, in Management’s discretion.
Instructional Assignments. Article 8: The annual workload for a full time equivalent faculty position in the Kootenay Studio Arts will consist of 720 hours of instruction. All contact hours, whether delivered as “core” or “studio” courses, will be considered equivalent for the purpose of workload calculations. This instruction will normally be delivered over two terms, but could be configured differently to meet the needs of a program.
Instructional Assignments. A. A spirit of cooperation and collaboration should prevail between supervising administrators and bargaining unit members in determining course schedules and faculty assignments. At all times, the needs of the student population and academic programs shall be the paramount consideration in determining course schedules. Prior to determining course schedules for future semesters, each immediate supervisor shall request each bargaining unit member's availability for assignments and should make reasonable attempts to accommodate bargaining unit member’s requests with regard to his/her required load for that semester. Reasonable attempts should be made to resolve conflicts with assignments.
Instructional Assignments. A. As long as traditional modes of delivery are available, participation by members of the bargaining unit in distance learning courses, whether as part of a regular teaching load or as overloads, will be strictly voluntary. The decision by a member of the bargaining unit not to participate will not be used in any evaluative manner.
Instructional Assignments. The Director of the School of Nursing or their designate, shall meet at least once annually with the members of the Faculty of the School for the purpose of providing an opportunity to discuss the assignment of areas of responsibility or changes in the areas of responsibility.
Instructional Assignments. (a) High school teachers will not be assigned more than thirty (30) instructional periods over the course of an eight (8) day rotation. Instructional blocks are fifty-six (56) minutes in length. The High School will schedule six (6) periods per day over an eight- day rotation to equal forty-eight (48) periods per rotation cycle. High School teachers will have a minimum of ten (10) planning periods over the course of an eight-day rotation. High School teachers may have up to two (2) PLC periods over the course of an eight-day rotation. High School teachers will have five (5) extra help and duty periods over the course of an eight-day rotation. Duty periods may only include study hall supervision, cafeteria supervision, or hallway supervision. Extra help periods may only include subject-specific interventions, assessment retakes and makeups, or homework club. Teachers will not be required to prepare lessons for extra help periods. On any day where a teacher has a second non-instructional block, he/she may be assigned to a supervisory duty as long as the teacher has their ten (10) planning periods in an eight-day rotation. Middle School teachers will not be assigned more than 30 instructional periods over the course of a seven (7) day rotation. Instructional blocks are not more than 53 minutes in length. The Middle School will schedule six (6) periods per day over a seven-day rotation to equal forty-two (42) periods per rotation cycle.
