Regular and Standard Contact Hour Loads a. The regular and standard contact hour load per week per semester for faculty who teach didactic sections exclusively or a mix of didactic and clinical sections in the Cosmetology, Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene programs is 18. The regular and standard contact hour load per week per semester for faculty who teach clinical sections exclusively in the Cosmetology, Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene programs is 24. The higher load (24) is used when calculating the threshold for temporary full-time status in these three programs. Consistent with the provisions of Section B.1 of this article, the maximum semester load for part-time faculty in the Cosmetology, Dental Assisting and Dental Hygiene programs is 12.
b. The regular and standard contact hour load per week per semester for Sign Language Interpreter Education faculty is eighteen (18).
c. The regular and standard contact hour load per week per semester for Respiratory Therapy instructors is eighteen (18).
d. The regular and standard contact hour load per week per semester for Fine Arts faculty whose major duties involve Art Studio, Graphic Design or Music Performance courses, including, but not limited to Graphic Design, is eighteen (18).
e. The regular and standard contact hour load per week per semester for faculty teaching a blend of Music Education and Music Performance is seventeen (17).
f. The regular and standard contact hour load per week per semester for faculty teaching in the Nurse Aide Program is eighteen (18).
g. The regular and standard contact hour load for counselors is fifteen (15).
h. As the College currently employees no full-time counselor, this position has not been enumerated as a job within the unit definition above. Nonetheless, the College and Union agree that counseling is bargaining unit work currently performed by Student Success Specialists and part-time counselors. In the event a full-time counselor is hired in the future, this job classification will be added back to the unit description in Section A of Article I.
i. For purposes of determining load for English Part-time/Adjunct faculty who are assigned to teach five (5) contact hour ACLT courses, the load is fifteen (15) contact hours per semester.
