Common use of Variable Load Clause in Contracts

Variable Load. 7.1.4.1 In order to provide more flexibility in the scheduling of classes to meet the needs of the College’s student population and more opportunities for professional development for faculty during the Fall and Spring semesters, a faculty member may request a variable semester load. Additionally, if a faculty member intends to but does not make load during the Fall or Spring semester, the VPAA may allow the faculty member to use variable load to maintain his/her full-time faculty status with no reduction in salary. 7.1.4.2 A faculty member may request a reduced load for Fall Semester for the reasons listed in 7.1.4.1. The Department Chair may make a recommendation supporting the faculty member’s request to the ▇▇▇▇. If the ▇▇▇▇ approves the request, he or she will discuss the request with the VPAA, who will make the final determination. The faculty member may make up for a reduced load in the Fall by teaching additional courses in the same academic year without additional compensation. 7.1.4.3 A faculty member may request a reduced load for Spring Semester for the reasons listed in 7. 1.4.1. The Department Chair may make a recommendation supporting the faculty member’s request to the ▇▇▇▇. If the ▇▇▇▇ approves the request, he or she will discuss the request with the VPAA, who will make the final determination. The faculty member may be asked to teach during the following Summer Semester without additional compensation, to teach more than the regular semester load during the Fall Semester of the same academic year without additional compensation, or to take on additional duties or projects during the Spring or Summer Semester without additional compensation. 7.1.4.4 Variable Load Procedures a) Written proposals explaining the reason for the variable load request shall be submitted by February 1 for the following academic year. In special circumstances, this deadline may be waived by the VPAA. b) The maximum reduction in load for a semester shall be one-third of regular load. c) Faculty members teaching a reduced variable load shall not be eligible to teach overload during the reduced load semester. d) Eligibility for variable load shall be limited to tenured faculty members based on teaching seniority within a department as referenced in 7.3. 6.1. No more than one faculty member within a discipline shall be eligible for a reduced load within a given semester. e) If a faculty member for any reason shall fail or be unable to complete the conditions of the approved variable load request, the pro rata salary represented by the reduced load shall be promptly repaid to the College or deducted from sums due the faculty member by the College. f) Any variable load other than that described in this section and all other subsections of 7.

Variable Load. 7.1.4.1 7.1.5.1 In order to provide more flexibility in the scheduling of classes to meet the needs of the College’s student population and more opportunities for professional development for faculty during the Fall and Spring semesters, a faculty member may request a variable semester load. Additionally, if a faculty member intends to but does not make load during the Fall or Spring semester, the VPAA appropriate Vice President may allow the faculty member to use variable load to maintain his/her full-time faculty status with no reduction in salary. 7.1.4.2 7.1.5.2 A faculty member may request a reduced load for Fall Semester for the reasons listed in 7.1.4.17.1.5.1. The Department Chair may make a recommendation supporting the faculty Faculty member’s request to the ▇▇▇▇. If the ▇▇▇▇ approves the request, he or she will discuss the request with the VPAAappropriate Vice President, who will make the final determination. The faculty member may make up for a reduced load in the Fall by teaching additional courses in the same academic year without additional compensation. 7.1.4.3 7.1.5.3 A faculty Faculty member may request a reduced load for Spring Semester for the reasons listed in 77.1.5. 1.4.11. The Department Chair may make a recommendation supporting the faculty Faculty member’s request to the ▇▇▇▇. If the ▇▇▇▇ approves the request, he or she will discuss the request with the VPAAappropriate Vice President, who will make the final determination. The faculty Faculty member may be asked to teach during the following Summer Semester without additional compensation, to teach more than the regular semester load during the Fall Semester of the same academic year without additional compensation, or to take on additional duties or projects during the Spring or Summer Semester without additional compensation. 7.1.4.4 7.1.5.4 Variable Load Procedures a) Written proposals explaining the reason for the variable load request shall be submitted by February 1 for the following academic year. In special circumstances, this deadline may be waived by the VPAAappropriate Vice President. b) The maximum reduction in load for a semester shall be one-third 1/3 of regular load. c) Faculty members teaching a reduced variable load shall not be eligible to teach overload during the reduced load semester. d) Eligibility for variable load shall be limited to tenured faculty members based on teaching seniority within a department as referenced in 7.3. 6.110.1. No more than one faculty member within a discipline shall be eligible for a reduced load within a given semester. e) If a faculty member for any reason shall fail or be unable to complete the conditions of the approved variable load request, request the pro rata salary represented by the reduced load shall be promptly repaid to the College or deducted from sums due the faculty member by the College. f) Any variable load other than that described in this section and all other subsections of 7.7.1.5 agreed upon by the faculty member, ▇▇▇▇, and appropriate Vice President shall be non-precedential. Section 7.2 OVERLOAD PROVISIONS