Common use of Teaching Load Clause in Contracts

Teaching Load. a. The normal annual full-time workload for instructional faculty will be either 45 CHEs, or 54 contact hours to be averaged over a three-quarter period (typically 15 CHEs or 18 weekly contact hours per quarter). b. Evening assignments shall be voluntary, unless an evening class is required to maintain a full load. c. Based on, but not limited to, individual course enrollments, considerations of student needs, facilities, budget, and state guidelines, the Vice President of Instruction, in conjunction with a faculty member, may cooperatively develop a schedule (of student load, class size, class averaging and all other matters relevant to classroom instruction) which may differ from the normal full-time workload. The AHE President will be notified. d. Full-time faculty who accept an assignment exceeding the agreed upon annual workload will be paid for the overload assignment. A supplemental contract will be issued. e. Any deviation from the workload defined above will be negotiated by the appropriate administrator, AHE President, and the faculty member, prior to assignment. f. Any existing practices that vary from workload standards specified herein are obviated by this contract. Any variants considered subsequent to this Agreement must be reduced to writing and agreed to by the instructor and the appropriate administrator with the approval of the District chief academic officer. The AHE President will be notified.

Teaching Load. a. The normal annual full-time workload for instructional faculty will be either 45 CHEs, or 54 contact hours to be averaged over a three-three quarter period (typically 15 CHEs or 18 weekly contact hours per quarter). b. Evening assignments shall be voluntary, unless an evening class is required to maintain a full load. c. Based on, but not limited to, individual course enrollments, considerations of student needs, facilities, budget, and state guidelines, the Vice President of InstructionDistrict chief academic officer, in conjunction with a faculty member, may cooperatively develop a schedule (of student load, class size, class averaging and all other matters relevant to classroom instruction) which may differ from the normal full-time workload. The AHE President will be notified. d. Full-time faculty who accept an assignment exceeding the agreed upon annual workload will be paid for the overload assignment. A supplemental contract will be issued. e. Any deviation from the workload defined above will be negotiated by the appropriate administrator, AHE President, and the faculty member, prior to assignment. f. Any existing practices that vary from workload standards specified herein are obviated by this contract. Any variants considered subsequent to this Agreement must be reduced to writing and agreed to by the instructor and the appropriate administrator with the approval of the District chief academic officer. The AHE President will be notified.

Teaching Load. a. The normal annual full-time workload for instructional faculty will be either 45 CHEs, or 54 contact hours to be averaged over a three-quarter period (typically 15 CHEs or 18 weekly contact hours per quarter). b. Evening assignments shall be voluntary, voluntary unless an evening class is required to maintain a full load. c. Based on, but not limited to, individual course enrollments, considerations of student needs, facilities, budget, and state guidelines, the Vice President of Instruction, in conjunction with a faculty member, may cooperatively develop a schedule (of student load, class size, class averaging averaging, and all other matters relevant to classroom instruction) which may differ from the normal full-time workload. The AHE President will be notifiednotified within 10 days of the development of this schedule. d. Full-time faculty who accept accepts an assignment exceeding the agreed upon annual workload will be paid for the overload assignment. A supplemental contract will be issued. e. Any deviation from the workload defined above will be negotiated by the appropriate administrator, AHE President, and the faculty member, prior to assignment. f. Any existing practices that vary from workload standards specified herein are obviated by this contract. Any variants considered subsequent to this Agreement must be reduced to writing and agreed to by the instructor and the appropriate administrator with the approval of the District chief academic officerVice President of Instruction. The AHE President will be notifiednotified within 10 days the approval.