Flexible Calendar. 10.4.1 ‘C’ and ‘A/C’ Faculty whose semester length class days and holidays do not add up to 18 weeks will have flex responsibility.
10.4.2 The number of hours of flex time for members with released time or reassigned time shall be reduced by the same percentage as the members’ released time or reassigned time.
10.4.3 The number and designation (mandatory, optional, or variable) of flexible days shall be negotiated at the same time as the academic calendar. The flex days shall be included in the District calendar.
10.4.4 Variable flex for contract or regular faculty may be completed at any time during the current fiscal year (July 1 – June 30). Variable flex may be applied during the summer, recesses, or weekends. Variable Flex may be applied after 4pm on instructional days without LPG approval or before 4pm on instruction days for activities which are LPG approved and provided faculty meet all contractual obligations on those days. Temporary faculty must complete flex hours during the semester they are employed.
10.4.5 Faculty members are required to serve five (5) hours for each designated mandatory, optional, or variable flex day. Faculty members shall be given flex credit for a maximum of eight (8) hours per calendar day.
10.4.6 Faculty must submit a completed Flex agreement each year.
Flexible Calendar. 6.5.1 Instructional Faculty – Contract/Non-Contract Each instructor shall submit a written plan to the appropriate administrator designating two (2) staff development days, of six (6) hours each, for appropriate individual or group activities plus four (4) days each fiscal year, which will be designated as common days for college, division, or departmental activities. Full- time instructors will be required to be on campus on these common designated days. Department activities have priority on one of the two common days each semester. Any changes in procedures or timelines for plan submission will be prepared in consultation with the Association and distributed by the District. The appropriate administrator shall review and sign each staff development plan to insure that each plan is in accordance with Title V regulations and district policies. If the proposed plan is not approved by the appropriate administrator, a faculty member may, within ten (10) days, appeal the decision in writing to the appropriate College President or his/her designee. Notwithstanding the right of the District not to release instructors from teaching or other assigned responsibilities if it is deemed in the best interest of the District, the College President or his/her designee will approve the plan if it is in accordance with Title V regulations, district policies, and district needs. The decision of the College President or his/her designee is final. The approved plan is a legally binding contract. Failure to submit a plan on time, or failure to complete part or all of the plan, will result in a proportionate reduction in compensation. Development plans submitted by contract instructors shall constitute contractual obligations as outlined in the unit contract. Specifically, instructors shall have a thirty (30) hour scheduled commitment per week. Plans for non-contract instructors shall constitute 1.5 times the weekly contact hours. For non-contract instructors, staff development activities will be scheduled and organized by the administration and attendance at such activities is a required contractual obligation. A pro-rated number of staff development days will be computed for instructors on reduced contract, partial contract, and sabbatical leave assignment.
6.5.2 Counselors, Coordinators, Librarians, Health Service Staff, Special Services Faculty, and Other Categories not considered a Traditional Instructional Faculty. The above staff may submit a staff development plan that...
Flexible Calendar. 10.4.1 ‘C’ and ‘A/C’ Faculty whose semester length class days and holidays do not add up to 18 weeks will have flex responsibility.
Flexible Calendar. The purpose of the flexible calendar program is to provide time for faculty to participate in professional development activities that are related to “staff, student, and instructional improvement” (Title 5, Section 55720).
9.3.A. Mandatory Flex Days are days on which faculty will perform appropriate flex activities. Contract faculty members are required to attend Mandatory Flex Days and must report absences in accordance with Section 8.2. Faculty may request to complete other activities on the Substitute Activity for Mandatory Flex Day Form (Appendix H, Form B1 or B2). The request must be submitted and approved by the faculty member’s department chair or xxxx before mandatory flex day. In the event that time constraints do not allow for the approval by normal authority, or if approval is denied, faculty may appeal to the College President. In the event the proposal is still disapproved, faculty members may appeal to the normal authority when they return. Information regarding such approval will be shared with the normal approving authority at the earliest possible time.
(1) On mandatory flex days, contract faculty members shall attend not more than two hours of mandatory activity designed by the College President. Other activities on mandatory flex days are subject to negotiations. Other activities may include:
a. Division meetings, if scheduled, are mandatory. Division meetings may be subdivided into department or discipline groups to discuss appropriate topics for all or part of the division meeting.
b. Regular or special college committee meetings.
c. Meetings of other established faculty groups.
d. Activities scheduled by the appropriate campus flex day committee.
e. Teaching regular classes in those situations where it is not practical to cancel classes. These include classes involving plants, animals, licensing/certifying agencies, athletic and other performance classes with upcoming contests or performances, and other classes as approved by the College President. Faculty who teach approved regular classes are responsible for reporting the activity on a Flex Day Activity Form, (Appendix H, Form B1 or B2).
(2) Contract faculty members are required to participate in appropriate flex activities on each mandatory flex day for six (6) hours.
(3) Non-contract faculty members are required to participate in appropriate flex activities for the number of hours they would normally be assigned on the mandatory flex day.
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Flexible Calendar. Of the 175 contract days, regular faculty shall have service days as follows: 165 teaching days and ten (10) flexible days. The ten (10) days will be divided as follows:
Flexible Calendar. Of the 175 contract days, the number of instructional days and the number of Flexible Calendar days may vary according to the constraints of state mandates, however, there will be no more than seven (7) Flexible Calendar days with no more than two (2) required days and no more than five (5) optional days. The distribution of the instructional and Flexible Calendar days may also vary from semester to semester and year-to-year to meet state mandates. The seven (7) days will be divided as follows:
23.2.1 Two (2) required days, one of which will be at the beginning of each semester for "all District/school/department/division/area" activities as provided by Title 5 and AB 1726. New contract faculty are required to attend a staff orientation day during the first year of employment (will count as one optional flex day).
23.2.2 Five (5) optional flexible days for on-campus or off-campus activities as specified in individual contracts with written approval of the Xxxx. The activities will be based on FlexCal criteria as identified in Title 5.
23.2.3 Participation at commencement shall count for four optional flex hours.
23.2.4 The number of hours that comprise a non-instructional day for regular faculty will be six (6).
Flexible Calendar. In the area of Flexible Calendar, the District and the Association agree to write guidelines that will allow faculty to work outside the regular workdays, in an optional, nontraditional work-year calendar for the benefit of the students, community and District programs. In the interim and prior to the inclusion of contract language in the agreement, the administration and individual faculty members can mutually develop and agree to alternative work year schedules which benefit students, the community and District programs. Such work schedules will comply with legal requirements, the bargaining agreement, and district policy.
Flexible Calendar. 13 The Flexible Calendar Program allows California Community Colleges to use one to fifteen days of state- 14 mandated 175-day instructional year for faculty development. The purpose of the Flexible Calendar 15 Program is to provide time for faculty to participate in development activities that are related to “staff, 16 student, and instructional improvement” (title 5, section 55720).
Flexible Calendar. Of the 175 contract days, the number of instructional days and the number of Flexible Calendar days may vary according to the constraints of state mandates, however, there will be no more than seven (7) Flexible Calendar days with no more than two (2) required days and no more than five (5) optional days. The distribution of the instructional and Flexible Calendar days may also vary from semester to semester and year-to-year to meet state mandates. The seven (7) days will be divided as follows:
Flexible Calendar. In the area of Flexible Calendar, the District and MCFA agree to write guidelines that will allow faculty to work outside the regular workdays, in an optional, nontraditional work-year calendar for the benefit of the students, community and college programs. In the interim and prior to the inclusion of contract language in the agreement, the administration and individual faculty members can mutually develop and agree to alternative work year schedules which benefit students, the community and college programs. Such work schedules will comply with legal requirements, the bargaining agreement, and district policy.
