Common use of Letter of Understanding: Global Studies Graduate Certificate Program Clause in Contracts

Letter of Understanding: Global Studies Graduate Certificate Program. Overview The Global Studies Graduate Certificate program is designed to assist students from a wide variety of academic backgrounds to apply their learning to international, global, and intercultural situations. Students will utilize and/or apply their existing international awareness; achieve recognition for formal learning which has been applied in an international or intercultural context; document knowledge, skills and attitudes developed during an international placement; and present their achievement in a portfolio. Class Grouping Arrangement Individual courses within this program may be delivered by faculty in one of two ways: 1. In an individualized self-directed format 2. In a cohort arrangement. When the student(s) enrolling in a GLST course are enrolling at different times and/or with very different topics or locations for study, the course will be offered in an individualized format. When 10 or more students with similar learning objectives enroll in one course with the expectation of beginning and completing the course at the same time, the College may elect to deliver the course in a cohort arrangement. Course delivery may include teaching strategies such as mentoring, PLA, distance delivery, practicum or internship experience, and portfolio development. Faculty Appointment The College of the Rockies and the College of the Rockies Faculty Association agree to pilot the following process: • Prior to each academic year a general advertisement indicating possible employment opportunities in the Global Studies Certificate program will be posted. • When the course is delivered in an individualized, self-directed format, the instructor will be assigned a total of nine (9) hours of accountable duty time1 for each student in each course offering at his or her salary schedule at the time of the assignment. • When the course is delivered in a cohort arrangement, it will be considered as one section as defined by the University Studies model. Before an external candidate is hired, all internal candidates who meet the following criteria will be considered, and once deemed qualified for this work will have the right of first refusal to this work. Faculty selection for each course assignment will be based on the following criteria: 1 For the purpose of this Letter of Understanding, nine hours of accountable duty time per student per course is equal to 9 hours out of 1302 annual duty hours or .69% of annual duty time (calculated using 186 annual duty days which is based on 261 duty days per year minus the sum of vacation, general statutory holiday entitlement and professional development days). 1. Focus of study of the student(s). 2. Relevancy of the academic expertise/knowledge of the faculty member. 3. Relevancy of the professional and other experience of the faculty member. This experience may include (but is not limited to): familiarity with the specific geographical region, familiarity with the specific culture or country, consultancy experience in the region. When more than one faculty member is equally qualified, the determining factor for hire will be based on the date of first appointment with the College. Implementation of the XXX • Regular full-time faculty members will calculate, in advance of each course delivery, how to incorporate the released time into his or her current work assignment or as banked time towards a future work assignment2. When preferred, a faculty member may bank this time until a discrete unit of release time is accrued and, following discussion with the faculty member’s Department Head, will take this accrued release time at a mutually- agreed time. • Regular Part-Time Faculty members working less than 100% will incorporate the number of accountable duty hours for each course into his or her workload assignment to a maximum of 100% workload for a semester or 100% workload averaged over the year. • Non-regular faculty will have the accumulated time added to the end of each employment assignment at the rate of 9 hours total per student per course or at the allotted time for courses offered in a cohort arrangement. Tracking Human Resources will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a system for tracking work accrued for future release time. The Human Resources Department will maintain a list of faculty deemed qualified for this work and provide CORFA with an updated copy of this list as it is revised. Human Resources will ensure that CORFA is provided with a copy of employment agreements developed pursuant to this letter of understanding. All other provisions in the Local and Common Collective Agreement apply.

Letter of Understanding: Global Studies Graduate Certificate Program. Overview The Global Studies Graduate Certificate program is designed to assist students from a wide variety of academic backgrounds to apply their learning to international, global, and intercultural situations. Students will utilize and/or apply their existing international awareness; achieve recognition for formal learning which has been applied in an international or intercultural context; document knowledge, skills and attitudes developed during an international placement; and present their achievement in a portfolio. Class Grouping Arrangement Individual courses within this program may be delivered by faculty in one of two ways: 1. : In an individualized self-directed format 2. format In a cohort arrangement. When the student(s) enrolling in a GLST course are enrolling at different times and/or with very different topics or locations for study, the course will be offered in an individualized format. When 10 or more students with similar learning objectives enroll in one course with the expectation of beginning and completing the course at the same time, the College may elect to deliver the course in a cohort arrangement. Course delivery may include teaching strategies such as mentoring, PLA, distance delivery, practicum or internship experience, and portfolio development. Faculty Appointment The College of the Rockies and the College of the Rockies Faculty Association agree to pilot the following process: • Prior to each academic year a general advertisement indicating possible employment opportunities in the Global Studies Certificate program will be posted. • When the course is delivered in an individualized, self-directed format, the instructor will be assigned a total of nine (9) hours of accountable duty time1 time2 for each student in each course offering at his or her salary schedule at the time of the assignment. • When the course is delivered in a cohort arrangement, it will be considered as one section as defined by the University Studies model. Before an external candidate is hired, all internal candidates who meet the following criteria will be considered, and once deemed qualified for this work will have the right of first refusal to this work. Faculty selection for each course assignment will be based on the following criteria: 1 For the purpose of this Letter of Understanding, nine hours of accountable duty time per student per course is equal to 9 hours out of 1302 annual duty hours or .69% of annual duty time (calculated using 186 annual duty days which is based on 261 duty days per year minus the sum of vacation, general statutory holiday entitlement and professional development days). 1. Focus of study of the student(s). 2. Relevancy of the academic expertise/knowledge of the faculty member. 3. Relevancy of the professional and other experience of the faculty member. This experience may include (but is not limited to): familiarity with the specific geographical region, familiarity with the specific culture or country, consultancy experience in the region. When more than one faculty member is equally qualified, the determining factor for hire will be based on the date of first appointment with the College. Implementation of the XXX • Regular full-time faculty members will calculate, in advance of each course delivery, how to incorporate the released time into his or her current work assignment or as banked time towards a future work assignment2assignment3. When preferred, a faculty member may bank this time until a discrete unit of release time is accrued and, following discussion with the faculty member’s Department Head, will take this accrued release time at a mutually- agreed mutuallyagreed time. • Regular Part-Time Faculty members working less than 100% will incorporate the number of accountable duty hours for each course into his or her workload assignment to a maximum of 100% workload for a semester or 100% workload averaged over the year. • Non-regular faculty will have the accumulated time added to the end of each employment assignment at the rate of 9 hours total per student per course or at the allotted time for courses offered in a cohort arrangement. Tracking Human Resources will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a system for tracking work accrued for future release time. The Human Resources Department will maintain a list of faculty deemed qualified for this work and provide CORFA with an updated copy of this list as it is revised. Human Resources will ensure that CORFA is provided with a copy of employment agreements developed pursuant to this letter of understanding. All other provisions in the Local and Common Collective Agreement apply. Faculty assigned to special projects instruction will be assigned to four and one half (4.5) contact hours per student in an individual 3 credit course, pro-rata.

Letter of Understanding: Global Studies Graduate Certificate Program. Overview The Global Studies Graduate Certificate program is designed to assist students from a wide variety of academic backgrounds to apply their learning to international, global, and intercultural situations. Students will utilize and/or apply their existing international awareness; achieve recognition for formal learning which has been applied in an international or intercultural context; document knowledge, skills and attitudes developed during an international placement; and present their achievement in a portfolio. Class Grouping Arrangement Individual courses within this program may be delivered by faculty in one of two ways: 1. In an individualized self-directed format 2. In a cohort arrangement. When the student(s) enrolling in a GLST course are enrolling at different times and/or with very different topics or locations for study, the course will be offered in an individualized format. When 10 or more students with similar learning objectives enroll in one course with the expectation of beginning and completing the course at the same time, the College may elect to deliver the course in a cohort arrangement. Course delivery may include teaching strategies such as mentoring, PLA, distance delivery, practicum or internship experience, and portfolio development. Faculty Appointment The College of the Rockies and the College of the Rockies Faculty Association agree to pilot the following process: •  Prior to each academic year a general advertisement indicating possible employment opportunities in the Global Studies Certificate program will be posted. •  When the course is delivered in an individualized, self-directed format, the instructor will be assigned a total of nine (9) hours of accountable duty time1 for each student in each course offering at his or her salary schedule at the time of the assignment. •  When the course is delivered in a cohort arrangement, it will be considered as one section as defined by the University Studies model. Before an external candidate is hired, all internal candidates who meet the following criteria will be considered, and once deemed qualified for this work will have the right of first refusal to this work. Faculty selection for each course assignment will be based on the following criteria: 1 For the purpose of this Letter of Understanding, nine hours of accountable duty time per student per course is equal to 9 hours out of 1302 annual duty hours or .69% of annual duty time (calculated using 186 annual duty days which is based on 261 duty days per year minus the sum of vacation, general statutory holiday entitlement and professional development days). 1. Focus of study of the student(s). 2. Relevancy of the academic expertise/knowledge of the faculty member. 3. Relevancy of the professional and other experience of the faculty member. This experience may include (but is not limited to): familiarity with the specific geographical region, familiarity with the specific culture or country, consultancy experience in the region. When more than one faculty member is equally qualified, the determining factor for hire will be based on the date of first appointment with the College. Implementation of the XXX •  Regular full-time faculty members will calculate, in advance of each course delivery, how to incorporate the released time into his or her current work assignment or as banked time towards a future work assignment2. When preferred, a faculty member may bank this time until a discrete unit of release time is accrued and, following discussion with the faculty member’s Department Head, will take this accrued release time at a mutually- agreed time. •  Regular Part-Time Faculty members working less than 100% will incorporate the number of accountable duty hours for each course into his or her workload assignment to a maximum of 100% workload for a semester or 100% workload averaged over the year. •  Non-regular faculty will have the accumulated time added to the end of each employment assignment at the rate of 9 hours total per student per course or at the allotted time for courses offered in a cohort arrangement. Tracking Human Resources will be responsible for establishing and maintaining a system for tracking work accrued for future release time. The Human Resources Department will maintain a list of faculty deemed qualified for this work and provide CORFA with an updated copy of this list as it is revised. Human Resources will ensure that CORFA is provided with a copy of employment agreements developed pursuant to this letter of understanding. All other provisions in the Local and Common Collective Agreement apply.