Common use of Classroom Faculty Clause in Contracts

Classroom Faculty. A full load for a full-time faculty member shall be 15 Lecture Hour Equivalents (LHE). The LHE for each assignment shall be the product of the weekly teacher hours and the load factor. Load factors for all credit courses are listed in Appendix H, which is available in the Office of Academic Affairs, department offices, the District’s website and the office of the Association. This Section may be reopened by mutual agreement in order to add new classes to Appendix H. When a new course is approved, the District shall assign load based on past practice. Upon request, the Association has the option to discuss the load factor to be assigned to the course. Nothing in this section or Agreement shall require the District to reach mutual agreement with the Association prior to offering a new course. Load factors have been assigned to classes on the assumption that the weekly hours assigned to the teacher (WTH) are equal to the weekly student contact hours. Exceptions to this general rule are indicated on the load factor list. Under the compressed calendar, the weekly contact hours increase to 16.0 (e.g., a three hour class with a load factor of 1.0 will have 3.2 weekly contact hours). The total semester hours of teaching are the same under the traditional 18 week per semester calendar and the compressed calendar. Assignments in Counseling, Disabled Students Program, EOPS, the Library, the LRC, Psychological Services, the Student Health Program, service in a position placed on the Added Responsibility Schedule, and any other assignments which do not involve meeting regularly scheduled classes shall have a load factor of .500. Under the compressed calendar, this may result in scheduled hours of 32 hours per week, and schedules may be flexed to meet the needs of both the District and the faculty member, but the annual schedule shall not exceed the 1,080 scheduled hours that would have been scheduled under the traditional 18 week per semester calendar. It is not the intent of this paragraph that thirty-two hours of student contact per week be scheduled for an individual faculty member. Schedules, including but not limited to student contact, meetings, and preparation time, shall be authorized by the appropriate administrator after consultation with the faculty member.

Classroom Faculty. A full load for a full-time fullItime faculty member shall be 15 Lecture Hour Equivalents (LHE). The LHE for each assignment shall be the product of the weekly teacher hours and the load factor. Load factors for all credit courses are listed in Appendix H, which is available in the Office of Academic Affairs, department offices, the District’s website and the office of the Association. This Section may be reopened by mutual agreement in order to add new classes to Appendix H. When a new course is approved, the District shall assign load based on past practice. Upon request, the Association has the option to discuss the load factor to be assigned to the course. Nothing in this section or Agreement shall require the District to reach mutual agreement with the Association prior to offering a new course. Load factors have been assigned to classes on the assumption that the weekly hours assigned to the teacher (WTH) are equal to the weekly student contact hours. Exceptions to this general rule are indicated on the load factor list. Under the compressed calendar, the weekly contact hours increase to 16.0 (e.g., a three hour class with a load factor of 1.0 will have 3.2 weekly contact hours). The total semester hours of teaching are the same under the traditional 18 week per semester calendar and the compressed calendar. Assignments in Counseling, Disabled Students Program, EOPS, the Library, the LRC, Psychological Services, the Student Health Program, service in a position placed on the Added Responsibility Schedule, and any other assignments which do not involve meeting regularly scheduled classes shall have a load factor of .500. Under the compressed calendar, this may result in scheduled hours of 32 hours per week, and schedules may be flexed to meet the needs of both the District and the faculty member, but the annual schedule shall not exceed the 1,080 scheduled hours that would have been scheduled under the traditional 18 week per semester calendar. It is not the intent of this paragraph that thirty-two thirtyItwo hours of student contact per week be scheduled for an individual faculty member. Schedules, including but not limited to student contact, meetings, and preparation time, shall be authorized by the appropriate administrator after consultation with the faculty member.