Common use of Standard Teaching Assignment Clause in Contracts

Standard Teaching Assignment. 1.1 The standard teaching assignment for all full time tenured, and tenure-track faculty is defined as fifteen (15) credit hours in the academic year. The standard teaching assignment for limited term faculty is defined as eighteen (18) credit hours. These credit hours may further be described to include contact hours in classes, labs, clinic, studio and required tutorials. Each hour a class meets per week of term is defined as one contact hour. Each hour of a studio, clinical or laboratory, which is supplementary to the classroom activity, shall be considered to be equivalent to one-half hour of classroom activity. Each hour of scheduled tutorial or problem session shall be considered equivalent to one-third hour of classroom activity. Faculty must be present and teaching for the period for which they are claiming teaching credit. When a Lab Instructor is assigned to a contact period, the professor shall claim no teaching credit for that course, unless the professor is present and teaching. 1.2 No Faculty member shall be obliged to teach more than the standard teaching assignment for his or her appointment. Any Faculty member may voluntarily apply to the appropriate ▇▇▇▇ to undertake teaching in excess of standard teaching assignment and shall be compensated in accordance with the rate for teaching courses as overload. 1.3.1 In the Faculty of Education, a practicum responsibility for fourteen (14) students over an academic year shall be considered equivalent to six (6) credit hours for faculty members and Education Practicum Supervisors. 1.3.2 In the School of Nursing, clinical responsibility should normally range between six (6) and nine (9) students per clinical group, taking into account the greater intensity of supervision for newer students as well as students with higher learning needs. Assignment of clinical student ratio will be done in consultation with the faculty member, year coordinator, and the Chair. 1.3.3 An enrolment of six (6) students for one academic term in individual instruction of applied music courses requiring one hour per week of individual instruction is equivalent to a three-credit course assignment; for an enrolment of fewer students or for individual instruction of less than one hour, the fulfillment of teaching expectation is adjusted proportionally. Instruction of ensembles in the Music Department shall be credited at 0.5 times 1 credit hour of each hour of weekly ensemble. 1.3.4 In the Department of Adult Education, the teaching of one three-week Foundations Institute is equivalent to a teaching assignment of three (3) credit hours for faculty members; should the enrolment in any Foundations Institute be equal to or greater than 20 students, it will be equivalent to a teaching assignment of six (6) credit hours. The remainder of the teaching assignment for faculty in the Department of Adult Education, to the maximum of 15 credit hours, consists of instructing students about research and supervising student learning throughout their program. A responsibility for seven (7) students over an academic year for this ongoing instruction shall be considered equivalent to three (3) credit hours for faculty members. For a student to count, she or he will be registered and paying the appropriate full-time or part-time tuition fees.

Standard Teaching Assignment. 1.1 The standard teaching assignment for all full time tenured, and tenure-track faculty is defined as fifteen (15) credit hours in the academic year. The standard teaching assignment for limited term faculty is defined as eighteen (18) credit hours. These credit hours may further be described to include contact hours in classes, labs, clinic, studio and required tutorials. Each hour a class meets per week of term is defined as one contact hour. Each hour of a studio, clinical or laboratory, which is supplementary to the classroom activity, shall be considered to be equivalent to one-half hour of classroom activity. Each hour of scheduled tutorial or problem session shall be considered equivalent to one-third hour of classroom activity. Faculty must be present and teaching for the period for which they are claiming teaching credit. When a Lab an Instructor is assigned to a contact period, the professor shall claim no teaching credit for that course, unless the professor is present and teaching. 1.2 No Faculty member shall be obliged to teach more than the standard teaching assignment for his or her appointment. Any Faculty member may voluntarily apply to the appropriate ▇▇▇▇ to undertake teaching in excess of standard teaching assignment and shall be compensated in accordance with the rate for teaching courses as overload. 1.3.1 In the Faculty of Education, a practicum responsibility for fourteen (14) students over an academic year shall be considered equivalent to six (6) credit hours for faculty members and Education Practicum Supervisors. 1.3.2 In the School of Nursing, clinical responsibility should normally range between six (6) and nine (9) students per clinical group, taking into account the greater intensity of supervision for newer students as well as students with higher learning needs. Assignment of clinical student ratio will be done in consultation with the faculty member, year coordinator, and the Chair. 1.3.3 An enrolment of six (6) students for one academic term in individual instruction of applied music courses requiring one hour per week of individual instruction is equivalent to a three-credit course assignment; for an enrolment of fewer students or for individual instruction of less than one hour, the fulfillment of teaching expectation is adjusted proportionally. Instruction of ensembles in the Music Department shall be credited at 0.5 times 1 credit hour of each hour of weekly ensemble. 1.3.4 In the Department of Adult Education, the teaching of one three-week Foundations Institute is equivalent to a teaching assignment of three (3) credit hours for faculty members; should the enrolment in any Foundations Institute be equal to or greater than 20 students, it will be equivalent to a teaching assignment of six (6) credit hours. The remainder of the teaching assignment for faculty in the Department of Adult Education, to the maximum of 15 credit hours, consists of instructing students about research and supervising student learning throughout their program. A responsibility for seven (7) students over an academic year for this ongoing instruction shall be considered equivalent to three (3) credit hours for faculty members. For a student to count, she or he will be registered and paying the appropriate full-time or part-time tuition fees.