Common use of Independent Study Assignments Clause in Contracts

Independent Study Assignments. Independent study assignments shall be defined as the faculty member’s supervision and teaching a student of a course that has been approved by the college’s regular course approval procedures, or shall be defined as the tutoring of a CBE (Competency Based Education) student. Such supervision and teaching has no scheduled formal lectures or labs and is available by arrangement with an instructor. Independent study assignments may be done as a part of the faculty member’s semester load or as overload. Because independent study is student initiated, independent study assignments shall not be subject to the summer rotation language contained in Article 10, Section 4. A faculty member who supervises/teaches an independent study course shall have his/her workload calculated as one-twelfth (1/12) of one credit for each student credit or CBE unit. A student credit shall be defined as one student enrolled for one credit. Independent study may not be used to substitute for course offerings, unless agreed to in writing by the faculty member and administration. Copies of such agreement when the number of students exceeds four (4) students per course per semester will be provided to the MSCF Chapter grievance representative and the State MSCF in a timely manner. A grievance regarding this Subdivision may be initiated at Step 2. The time limit for any such grievance will begin when written notice is received by either the MSCF Chapter grievance representative or the State MSCF.