Surgical Technology. The Tennessee community colleges hereinafter referred to as the “CCs" and the Tennessee colleges of applied technology hereinafter referred to as the “TCATs" have entered into a statewide partnership which promotes student transfer and program articulation. The partnership is for the purpose of providing eligible TCAT students the opportunity to receive college credit upon successful completion of qualified programs of study at TCATs, as identified in APPENDIX A. OVERVIEW In accordance with the guidelines set forth by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), and the procedures established by the individual CCs, we hereby enter into this Agreement to provide the eligible TCAT students the opportunity to receive college credit upon successful completion of qualified programs of study at TCATs. The CCs determine awarded credits within a successfully completed program based upon their course specific Student Learning Outcomes.
Surgical Technology. Accredited advanced certificate and AAS programs whose contact hours support multiple full-time Faculty load and are led by a Faculty/Program Director (PD), will have at least one (1) full-time Faculty member in addition to the PD, unless accreditation guidelines dictate otherwise.
Surgical Technology. The Surgical Technology instructor is a regular full-time faculty position required to teach three semesters (Fall, Spring and Summer), with 16 contact hours per semester as the base assignment. • Four contacts per semester will be dedicated to the Program Coordinator role, which are included in the 16 base contact hours listed above. • The Surgical Technology instructor will be compensated at the standard faculty overload rate for the 16 hours in the Summer semester. • The Surgical Technology instructor will also be paid overload for contact hour load in excess of 48 contacts for the three semesters. • The Surgical Technology instructor will be compensated as follows: o Faculty Salary Schedule for Fall and Spring semesters o Overload for Summer semester • Full compensation (Fall and Spring plus Summer overload) will be paid over 26 bi-weekly payments. Linked and Co-taught classes (Classes taught separately but linked by course material) Each instructor teaching a linked class will receive one contact hour beyond the course contact hours of the linked class they are teaching, to be paid as overload or applied to regular load at the instructor's discretion. Funding, beyond one credit hour, for the preparation of a first time linked course should be requested from CIE or outside grants and be approved by the appropriate academic chair. Co-taught courses have two instructors for the same class. The instructors in co-taught courses will share the contact hours for the class in proportion to the amount of the course they teach. The total number of contact hours for the instructors will not exceed the contact hours of the course. The assignment of co-taught courses needs to be approved by the appropriate chair(s). Non-Credit Instruction Non-credit instruction (including Extended Educational Services and Training courses) may be considered on a contact-hour basis as part of load with advance and written approval of the Vice President for Educational Services. However, such credit shall not exceed 25 percent of annual load. Revenue derived from non-credit instruction must yield the College general fund an amount not less than the current College class size average times the current in-district tuition per contact hour. It is understood that said non-credit instruction will be in the academic area of the individual faculty member.
Surgical Technology. E. SERVICE OBLIGATION
