Teaching Units. 10.4.1 The standard teaching load is thirty (30) teaching units per year with fifteen (15) teaching units usually assigned per semester. The teaching units will be based on the following criteria: 10.4.1.1 One (1.125) lecture hour equals one (1) teaching unit. 10.4.1.2 One (1.125) laboratory hour equals 0.9 teaching unit. 10.4.1.3 One (1.125) off-site nursing assignment hour (which takes place at a medical facility) equals one (1) teaching unit. 10.4.1.4 Faculty members teaching a work experience class shall receive three (3) teaching units. All work experience classes will have a maximum enrollment of fifteen (15) students unless the Vice President, Academic Affairs approves otherwise. 10.4.1.5 Teaching units for field work in clinical practicum shall be calculated as follows: Teaching Units = (Number of Students*) x (Number of Minutes**) *The number of students shall be calculated at the end of the 3rd week of the class. **The number of minutes per student shall be defined as follows: • Type 1 (wherein Instructor/Coordinators visit multiple job sites over a large geographical area) = 20 minutes/week • Clinical practicum = 30 minutes/week 10.4.2 Any exceptions to the standard teaching load as recommended by the department head and area xxxx or Xxxx, Counseling and Student Support Services shall be mutually agreed to by the affected faculty member, department head, and the first line xxxx. 10.4.3 Teaching units shall be rounded to one decimal place, with decimals of five one-hundredths or more being rounded upward and decimals of four one-hundredths or less being rounded downward.
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