Common use of Course Loading Guidelines Clause in Contracts

Course Loading Guidelines. This section contains guidelines for assigning appropriate ELU for faculty instructional effort. These guidelines cover typical course situations. However, these must be viewed as guidelines and not dictates due to the variety of instructional settings and pedagogical approaches requiring different levels of development, support, and maintenance. Discussions regarding additional ELU loading for individual courses should occur during the course planning process. The Director(s) and Xxxxxxx (or designee), in consultation with the Program Chair or Coordinator and program faculty, will determine the ELU associated with each course. Deviations from the guidelines may be recommended by the Director, or Program Chair or Coordinator, and approved by the Xxxxxxx (or designee) based upon the type of instruction involved, as well as the needs of the program or institution. When additional ELU loading is granted under the following provisions: course development, writing intensive courses, team-taught courses or advising, the faculty member receiving the additional ELU loading will report on the outcome(s) of work performed for the additional loading as part of the Faculty Professional Annual Report (FPAR). a. Normally, one ELU equals one contact hour of lecture, recitation, discussion, etc. For example, a 4- credit course including two 1-hour and 50-minute lectures (~4 hours of lecture) is typically loading at four (4) ELU.