Common use of Letter of Understanding: Local Government Management Courses Overview Clause in Contracts

Letter of Understanding: Local Government Management Courses Overview. College of the Rockies offers four courses in the Local Government Management program – BUAD 240, 241, 242 and 243. These courses are offered on-line in a continuous intake, self- paced format. Because of this format, all four courses must be prepared and maintained throughout the academic year to facilitate student enrolment and will not be cancelled due to low or no enrolment. The College of the Rockies (COTR) and the College of the Rockies Faculty Association (CORFA) agree to the following interim agreement for faculty teaching the on-line, continuous intake, self-paced Local Government Management courses: 1. Faculty will be assigned 10 academic hours per LGM course to maintain the currency of the course databases for each of the four LGM courses per academic year. For the purpose of interpretation of this Letter of Agreement, these 10 academic hours will be counted as assigned contact hours for an annual academic workload. This assigned time recognizes the dynamic nature of the course content determined by external changes in the BC government’s regulatory environment. 2. Faculty will be assigned 4.5 contact hours per LGM student enrollment in the academic year. 3. All four LGM courses will be considered as three hours of preparation in each of the fall and winter semesters. 4. Faculty will provide the Department Head with the report of total student numbers upon closing enrolment in the LGM courses for the academic year. This formula will be applied on the first day of classes for Business Administration commencing September 8, 2009, until the final date of the instructional period (April 30, 2010). Workload will be adjusted accordingly. Faculty and the Department Head will collaborate throughout the academic year to determine if and when the number of students will necessitate a change in workload. It is understood, given the nature of this agreement, that there may be an amount of contact hours owing or banked at the end of the academic year which would be carried forward. The parties (CORFA and COTR) agree to review this interim agreement in April of 2010 and renew, revise or discontinue it.