Common use of Professional Assignment Clause in Contracts

Professional Assignment. 5.1 Wherever used in this Article the term: A. Teaching faculty shall mean those bargaining unit employees who normally teach as a major part of their professional obligation. B. Non-teaching faculty shall mean those bargaining unit employees who normally do not teach. C. Class period shall mean a 50-minute period in which a group teaching method is employed, including recitations, lectures, discussions, demonstrations or combinations of these. Where class sessions are for two or more consecutive periods, a break equal to ten minutes for each sixty minutes will be scheduled by the faculty member. D. A practicum period shall mean a 50-minute period devoted to the direction and guidance of student application or development of principles, concepts, and skills in a particular physical environment. The practicum period includes laboratory, clinical laboratory, studio periods, drafting work, field trips, and internships. Where multiple consecutive practicum periods are scheduled, breaks equal to ten minutes for each sixty minutes of the practicum session will be scheduled by the faculty member. E. Contact hour shall mean a class period or a practicum period. F. Teaching credit hour shall mean a class period or 2.0 practicum periods. G. Course shall mean a program of instruction recorded with the Registrar and designated by a single catalog number. H. Service, as used herein, shall mean the availability of the employee to properly perform the duties and responsibilities of his/her professional obligation. 5.2 Designation of contact hours as class periods or practicum periods for any new course or changes in such designation shall follow procedures established by the College Administration

Professional Assignment. 5.1 Wherever used in this Article the term: A. Teaching faculty shall mean those bargaining unit employees who normally teach as a major part of their professional obligation. B. Non-teaching faculty shall mean those bargaining unit employees who normally do not teach. C. Class period shall mean a fifty (50-) minute period in which a group teaching method is employed, including recitations, lectures, discussions, demonstrations or combinations of these. Where class sessions are for two (2) or more consecutive periods, a break equal to ten (10) minutes for each sixty (60) minutes will be scheduled by the faculty member. D. A practicum period shall mean a fifty (50-) minute period devoted to the direction and guidance of student application or development of principles, concepts, and skills in a particular physical environment. The practicum period includes laboratory, clinical laboratory, studio periods, drafting work, field trips, and internships. Where multiple consecutive practicum periods are scheduled, breaks equal to ten (10) minutes for each sixty (60) minutes of the practicum session will be scheduled by the faculty member. E. Contact hour shall mean a class period or a practicum period. F. Teaching credit hour shall mean a class period or 2.0 two (2) practicum periods. G. Course shall mean a program of instruction recorded with the Registrar and designated by a single catalog number. H. Service, as used herein, shall mean the availability of the employee to properly perform the duties and responsibilities of his/her professional obligation. 5.2 Designation of contact hours as class periods or practicum periods for any new course or changes in such designation shall follow procedures established by the College Administration.