Teaching Workloads Sample Clauses
The Teaching Workloads clause defines how teaching responsibilities are assigned and managed within an academic or educational institution. It typically outlines the number of courses, contact hours, or student groups that faculty members are expected to handle during a given period, and may specify variations based on rank, department, or special assignments. By clearly establishing expectations for teaching duties, this clause helps ensure a fair distribution of work and prevents misunderstandings or disputes regarding faculty obligations.
Teaching Workloads. 19.2.1 The department’s recommendation of the teaching workload for a college professor shall be determined in accordance with the requirements of this article. Factors to be taken into account when recommending a college professor’s instructional workload shall include, but not be limited to the following: employees’ requests; the number of courses new to the employee; the total number of students; the number of new course preparations; required travel; pedagogical considerations; class timetabling; program needs; teaching workloads in previous years; independent study courses; thesis supervision; demands of alternative teaching and evaluation methodologies; and other assigned duties.
19.2.2 The designated supervisor shall approve or not approve each teaching workload. In the exceptional event that the designated supervisor does not approve the recommendation of the department, he or she shall give reasons to the department for not approving the workload and request that the department reconsider its recommendations and provide a revised recommendation. Should the department and the designated supervisor reach an impasse, the designated supervisor shall assign the teaching workload.
19.2.3 Departments should, whenever possible, limit the number of new course preparations assigned to college professors who are on probation.
19.2.4 The time and place for each course are determined by the appropriate OC authority. Reasonable requests by college professors for scheduling shall be accommodated where possible.
Teaching Workloads. 22 8.1.5 Overloads 22 8.1.6 Scheduling 22 8.2 Library Faculty Primary Responsibilities 23 8.2.1 Other Professional Responsibilities 25 8.3 Counselor Faculty Primary Responsibilities 25 8.4 Textbook Selection 26 8.5 Primary Position Assignment 27 8.6 New Faculty Seminar 28 8.7 Safety 28 8.8 Salary Payment Schedule 29 8.9 Leaves of Absence 29 8.10 Faculty Offices 29 8.11 Reassigned Time: Research 30 8.11.1 Applications 30 8.11.2 Renewal 30 8.11.3 External Grants Requiring Funding 31 8.11.4 Conditions 31
Teaching Workloads. A. Instructional Hours: An instructional hour is a calculation which is derived from credit hours and/or contact hours for a course. For purposes of calculation of instructional hours, the following will be used:
Teaching Workloads