Standard Load Clause Samples

Standard Load. A standard load is an assignment for an instructional faculty member to be in an assigned space at an assigned commencing time, for an assigned, cumulative amount of time as specified below, which will satisfy that faculty member’s contractual obligations. A standard load may include an evening assignment, distance learning course, and/or an independent or directed study course. Where the needs of the program permit, the College shall limit evening assignments to one section per week. However, this clause shall not prevent a faculty member from accepting additional evening assignments. In Fall and Spring semesters, each full-time instructional faculty member shall teach a minimum of fifteen (15) contact hours per week per semester concurrent with nine hundred (900) points per semester. The calculation of workload points is the responsibility of the immediate supervisor. a.) The calculation of a standard load shall be consistent across the district. Tenured faculty or tenure-track faculty whose appointments have been renewed shall be guaranteed a summer assignment. The guaranteed summer assignment shall be defined as ninety (90) classroom contact hours along with eighteen (18) office hours. Office hours will be scheduled two or more days per week at times convenient to students and subject to approval by the immediate supervisor. Office hours will be reduced proportionately for faculty members working fewer than the guaranteed classroom contact hours. The guaranteed assignment shall be worked during the Summer semester as determined by the immediate supervisor in consultation with the faculty member. The determination of the guaranteed summer assignment shall be done in a fair and timely manner as outlined in Section 6.10.B.3. Summer semester assignments consisting of fewer hours than the guaranteed assignment will be paid at a prorated rate. When offered by the College, a faculty member may teach a second summer assignment in addition to the guaranteed summer assignment. Office hours will be scheduled two or more days per week at times convenient to students and subject to approval by the immediate supervisor. The availability of the teaching assignment shall be determined by the immediate supervisor. The number of days per week the faculty member is required to work shall be determined by the scheduled class days of his or her teaching assignment.