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. 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.
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. 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).
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. 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. 10 The Flexible Calendar Program allows California Community Colleges to use one to fifteen days of state- 11 mandated 175-day instructional year for faculty development. The purpose of the Flexible Calendar 12 Program is to provide time for faculty to participate in development activities that are related to “staff, 13 student, and instructional improvement” (Title 5, section 55720).
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.
Flexible Calendar. 6 Sierra College Board of Trustees has adopted the flexible calendar option allowed under Title 5, Article 2 7 §55720 et seq. The District has allocated ten (10) of the 175 required days as “flex” days.
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