Common use of CLASS SIZE Clause in Contracts

CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a question-and- answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group. (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood that

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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement

CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings Postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (``triggers'') specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/ grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a question-and- and-answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group.; (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat (e) does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs;

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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement

CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer Employer and the union Union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer Employer shall be set out in position postings Postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/ grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer Employer and the union Union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a questionquestion- and-and- answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group.; (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat (e) does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First-year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of ten hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • Teaching Group (a): twenty-five for a one-hour group, thirty for a one-and-one- half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): forty; (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g): twenty-five • Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (h): twenty-eight (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16.05.1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enroll above those triggers without the permission of the tutorial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not they agree in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article 12.13 will be taken as indication that permission has been granted, until such time as the letter of offer is returned. (iv) The level of assistance required by this article shall be calculated on the basis of enrolments recorded for the 1 November official enrolment reporting date for fall and fall/winter courses, the 1 February official enrolment reporting date for Winter courses, the 1 March official enrolment reporting date for winter/summer courses and as of the deadline date for withdrawal without academic penalty for courses in each of the summer sessions. Where assistance is paid pursuant to this article, such payment shall be made in one lump sum as soon as practicable after the dates specified above. (v) Where additional compensation per (iv) already has been paid to an employee who subsequently is replaced, the replacement employee shall be entitled to assistance/additional compensation at the appropriate rate per 16.05.1, prorated to the portion of the academic session remaining at the time of their appointment. 16.05.2 With respect to teaching groups in which students do not formally enroll: (i) the hiring unit shall keep attendance records for all meetings of such teaching groups. Additional compensation shall be paid for each meeting, after the first meeting of a teaching group in which actual attendance exceeds the appropriate trigger specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii), and shall be paid on the basis of one thirty-fifth of the appropriate rate specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii) for each occurrence. (ii) Such additional compensation shall be included in the employee’s last regular monthly salary payment. (i) It is understood that the figures specified in 16.05.1 (i) are not intended to represent norms in class size; (ii) In any event, enrolments shall not exceed: • Teaching Group (a): thirty for a one-hour group, thirty-six for a one-and-one-half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): fifty; • Teaching Group (c): fifteen for a two-hour or three-hour group;

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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement

CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings Postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/ grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a question-and- and-answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group.; (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat (e) does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First-year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of ten hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • Teaching Group (a): twenty-five for a one-hour group, thirty for a one-and-one-half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): forty; (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g): twenty-five • Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (h): twenty-eight (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16.05.1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enrol above those triggers without the permission of the tutorial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not she agrees in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article

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Sources: Collective Agreement, Collective Agreement

CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a questionquestion- and-and- answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group. (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of ten hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • Teaching Group (a): twenty-five for a one-hour group, thirty for a one-and- one-half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): forty; (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g): twenty-five Second year 9-credit foundations tutorials (h): twenty-eight (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16.05.1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enroll above those triggers without the permission of the tutorial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not they agree in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article 12.13 will be taken as indication that permission has been granted, until such time as the letter of offer is returned. (iv) The level of assistance required by this article shall be calculated on the basis of enrolments recorded for the 1 November official enrolment reporting date for fall and fall/winter courses, the 1 February official enrolment reporting date for winter courses, the 1 March official enrolment reporting date for winter/summer courses and as of the deadline date for withdrawal without academic penalty for courses in each of the summer sessions. Where assistance is paid pursuant to this article, such payment shall be made in one lump sum as soon as practicable after the dates specified above. (v) Where additional compensation per (iv) already has been paid to an employee who subsequently is replaced, the replacement employee shall be entitled to assistance/additional compensation at the appropriate rate per 16.05.1, pro- rated to the portion of the academic session remaining at the time of their appointment. 16.05.2 With respect to teaching groups in which students do not formally enroll: (i) the hiring unit shall keep attendance records for all meetings of such teaching groups. Additional compensation shall be paid for each meeting, after the first meeting, of a teaching group in which actual attendance exceeds the appropriate trigger specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii), and shall be paid on the basis of one thirty-fifth of the appropriate rate specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii) for each occurrence. (ii) Such additional compensation shall be included in the employee’s last regular monthly salary payment. (i) It is understood that the figures specified in 16.05.1 (i) are not intended to represent norms in class size; (ii) In any event, enrolments shall not exceed: • Teaching Group (a): thirty for a one-hour group, thirty-six for a one-and-one- half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): fifty; • Teaching Group (c): fifteen for a two-hour or three-hour group;

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Sources: Collective Agreement

CLASS SIZE. 16.01 16 .01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundnesssoundness . 16.02 16 .02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings Postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevantrelevant . Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.116 .05 .1 . 16.03 16 .03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/ grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment enrol‑ ment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b)) . 16.04 16 .04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employeeemployee . The following groups are identifiableiden‑ tifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g.e .g ., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures lec‑ tures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a question-and- answer question‑and‑answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual audio‑visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinationsexam‑ inations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group.; (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instrumentsinstruments . It is understood thatthat (e) does not apply when the group is being led by the course director . It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First‑year 9‑credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9‑credit Foundations tutorials

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Sources: Collective Agreement

CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a question-and- and-answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where here the group is an English as a Second Language Group. (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat (e) does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of ten hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • (a) twenty-five for a one-hour group, thirty for a one-and- one-half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): forty; (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g): twenty-five Second year 9-credit foundations tutorials (h): twenty-eight (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16.05.1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enrol above those triggers without the permission of the tutorial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not she agrees in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article 12.13 will be taken as indication that permission has been granted, until such time as the letter of offer is returned. (iv) The level of assistance required by this article shall be calculated on the basis of enrolments recorded for the 1 November official enrolment reporting date for fall and fall/winter courses, the 1 February official enrolment reporting date for winter courses, the 1 March official enrolment reporting date for winter/summer courses and as of the deadline date for withdrawal without academic penalty for courses in each of the summer sessions. Where assistance is paid pursuant to this article, such payment shall be made in one lump sum as soon as practicable after the dates specified above. (v) Where additional compensation per (iv) already has been paid to an employee who subsequently is replaced, the replacement employee shall be entitled to assistance/additional compensation at the appropriate rate per 16.05.1, pro-rated to the portion of the academic session remaining at the time of her appointment. 16.05.2 With respect to teaching groups in which students do not formally enrol: (i) the hiring unit shall keep attendance records for all meetings of such teaching groups. Additional compensation shall be paid for each meeting, after the first meeting, of a teaching group in which actual attendance exceeds the appropriate trigger specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii), and shall be paid on the basis of one thirty-fifth of the appropriate rate specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii) for each occurrence. (ii) Such additional compensation shall be included in the employee’s last regular monthly salary payment. 16.05.3 (i) (i) are not intended to represent norms in class size; (ii) In any event, enrolments shall not exceed: • (a) thirty for a one-hour group, thirty-six for a one-and- one-half hour or two-hour group; • (b) fifty; • Teaching Group (c): fifteen for a two-hour or three-hour group; •

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Sources: Collective Agreement

CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings Postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/ grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a question-and- and-answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group.; (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat (e) does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also February 10, 2020 version understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First-year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of ten hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • Teaching Group (a): twenty-five for a one-hour group, thirty for a one-and-one-half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): forty; (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g): twenty-five • Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (h): twenty-eight (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16.05.1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enrol above those triggers without the permission of the tutorial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not she agrees in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article

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Sources: Collective Agreement

CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings Postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/ grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a question-and- and-answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the groupthegroup; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group.; (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat (e) does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First-year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of ten hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • Teaching Group (a): twenty-five for a one-hour group, thirty for a one-and-one-half hour or two- hour group; • Teaching Group (b): forty; (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g): twenty-five • Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (h): twenty-eight (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16.05.1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enroll above those triggers without the permission of the tutorial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not they agrees in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article

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CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a question-and- and-answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group. (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood that

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CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer Employer and the union Union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer Employer shall be set out in position postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer Employer and the union Union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a questionquestion- and-and- answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group. (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of ten hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • Teaching Group (a): twenty-five for a one-hour group, thirty for a one-and-one- half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): forty; (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g): twenty-five Second year 9-credit foundations tutorials (h): twenty-eight (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16.05.1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enroll above those triggers without the permission of the tutorial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not they agree in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article 12.13 will be taken as indication that permission has been granted, until such time as the letter of offer is returned. (iv) The level of assistance required by this article shall be calculated on the basis of enrolments recorded for the 1 November official enrolment reporting date for fall and fall/winter courses, the 1 February official enrolment reporting date for winter courses, the 1 March official enrolment reporting date for winter/summer courses and as of the deadline date for withdrawal without academic penalty for courses in each of the summer sessions. Where assistance is paid pursuant to this article, such payment shall be made in one lump sum as soon as practicable after the dates specified above. (v) Where additional compensation per (iv) already has been paid to an employee who subsequently is replaced, the replacement employee shall be entitled to assistance/additional compensation at the appropriate rate per 16.05.1, pro-rated to the portion of the academic session remaining at the time of their appointment. 16.05.2 With respect to teaching groups in which students do not formally enroll: (i) the hiring unit shall keep attendance records for all meetings of such teaching groups. Additional compensation shall be paid for each meeting, after the first meeting, of a teaching group in which actual attendance exceeds the appropriate trigger specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii), and shall be paid on the basis of one thirty-fifth of the appropriate rate specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii) for each occurrence. (ii) Such additional compensation shall be included in the employee’s last regular monthly salary payment. (i) It is understood that the figures specified in 16.05.1 (i) are not intended to represent norms in class size; (ii) In any event, enrolments shall not exceed: • Teaching Group (a): thirty for a one-hour group, thirty-six for a one-and-one-half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): fifty; • Teaching Group (c): fifteen for a two-hour or three-hour group;

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CLASS SIZE. CUPE 3903’s Proposed Language 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director director, including course directors of online and blended courses, shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty twenty-five as follows: (a) The For every 25 students enrolled in a course, assistance assigned shall be at least provided in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader assistance;an 1.0 teaching assistantship in the form of an additional tutorial leader, marker grader or lab instructor (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fiftytwenty-five, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (dc) Where the projected enrolment is fifty twenty-five or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fiftytwenty-five, assistance shall be provided as per (a) (d) and (b)Where official enrolment of a group exceeds the appropriate enrolment level at which additional assistance in the form of a 1.0 teaching assistantship in the form of tutorial leader, marker-grader, or lab instructor is provided by more than 20%, the employer shall open another section of the course. Where the employer decides not to open another section, it shall, at the request of the union, state the reasons for its decision in writing within 10 business days. 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g.e g, writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a question-and- and-answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group. (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat (e) does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of twelve hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16 05 1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enrol above those triggers without the permission of the tutorial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not she agrees in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article 12. 13 will be taken as indication that permission has been granted, until such time as the letter of offer is returned. (iv) The level of assistance required by this article shall be calculated on the basis of enrolments recorded for the 1 November official enrolment reporting date for fall and fall/winter courses, the 1 February official enrolment reporting date for winter courses, the 1 March official enrolment reporting date for winter/summer courses and as of the deadline date for withdrawal without academic penalty for courses in each of the summer sessions. Where assistance is paid pursuant to this article, such payment shall be made in one lump sum as soon as practicable after the dates specified above. (v) Where additional compensation per (iv) already has been paid to an employee who subsequently is replaced, the replacement employee shall be entitled to assistance/additional compensation at the appropriate rate per 16. 05. 1, pro-rated to the portion of the academic session remaining at the time of her appointment. 16.05.2 With respect to teaching groups in which students do not formally enrol: (i) the hiring unit shall keep attendance records for all meetings of such teaching groups. Additional compensation shall be paid for each meeting, after the first meeting, of a teaching group in which actual attendance exceeds the appropriate trigger specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii), and shall be paid on the basis of one thirty-fifth of the appropriate rate specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii) for each occurrence.

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CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings Postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/ grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a questionquestion- and-and- answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group.; (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat (e) does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First-year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of ten hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • Teaching Group (a): twenty-five for a one-hour group, thirty for a one-and-one- half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): forty; (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g): twenty-five • Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (h): twenty-eight (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16.05.1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enroll above those triggers without the permission of the tutorial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not they agree in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article 12.13 will be taken as indication that permission has been granted, until such time as the letter of offer is returned. (iv) The level of assistance required by this article shall be calculated on the basis of enrolments recorded for the 1 November official enrolment reporting date for fall and fall/winter courses, the 1 February official enrolment reporting date for Winter courses, the 1 March official enrolment reporting date for winter/summer courses and as of the deadline date for withdrawal without academic penalty for courses in each of the summer sessions. Where assistance is paid pursuant to this article, such payment shall be made in one lump sum as soon as practicable after the dates specified above. (v) Where additional compensation per (iv) already has been paid to an employee who subsequently is replaced, the replacement employee shall be entitled to assistance/additional compensation at the appropriate rate per 16.05.1, pro-rated to the portion of the academic session remaining at the time of their appointment. 16.05.2 With respect to teaching groups in which students do not formally enroll: (i) the hiring unit shall keep attendance records for all meetings of such teaching groups. Additional compensation shall be paid for each meeting, after the first meeting, of a teaching group in which actual attendance exceeds the appropriate trigger specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii), and shall be paid on the basis of one thirty-fifth of the appropriate rate specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii) for each occurrence. (ii) Such additional compensation shall be included in the employee’s last regular monthly salary payment. (i) It is understood that the figures specified in 16.05.1 (i) are not intended to represent norms in class size; (ii) In any event, enrolments shall not exceed: • Teaching Group (a): thirty for a one-hour group, thirty-six for a one-and-one-half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): fifty; • Teaching Group (c): fifteen for a two-hour or three-hour group;

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CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a questionquestion- and-and- answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group. (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of ten hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • Teaching Group (a): twenty-five for a one-hour group, thirty for a one-and- one-half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): forty; (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g): twenty-five Second year 9-credit foundations tutorials (h): twenty-eight (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16.05.1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enroll above those triggers without the permission of the tutorial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not they agree in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article 12.13 will be taken as indication that permission has been granted, until such time as the letter of offer is returned. (iv) The level of assistance required by this article shall be calculated on the basis of enrolments recorded for the 1 November official enrolment reporting date for fall and fall/winter courses, the 1 February official enrolment reporting date for winter courses, the 1 March official enrolment reporting date for winter/summer courses and as of the deadline date for withdrawal without academic penalty for courses in each of the summer sessions. Where assistance is paid pursuant to this article, such payment shall be made in one lump sum as soon as practicable after the dates specified above. (v) Where additional compensation per (iv) already has been paid to an employee who subsequently is replaced, the replacement employee shall be entitled to assistance/additional compensation at the appropriate rate per 16.05.1, pro- rated to the portion of the academic session remaining at the time of their appointment. 16.05.2 With respect to teaching groups in which students do not formally enroll: (i) the hiring unit shall keep attendance records for all meetings of such teaching groups. Additional compensation shall be paid for each meeting, after the first meeting, of a teaching group in which actual attendance exceeds the appropriate trigger specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii), and shall be paid on the basis of one thirty-fifth of the appropriate rate specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii) for each occurrence. (ii) Such additional compensation shall be included in the employee’s last regular monthly salary payment. (i) It is understood that the figures specified in 16.05.1 (i) are not intended to represent norms in class size; (ii) In any event, enrolments shall not exceed: • Teaching Group (a): thirty for a one-hour group, thirty-six for a one-and-one- half hour or two-hour group; • Teaching Group (b): fifty; • Teaching Group (c): fifteen for a two-hour or three-hour group;

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CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings Postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/ grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment enrol‑ ment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiableiden‑ tifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures lec‑ tures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a question-and- answer question‑and‑answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual audio‑visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinationsexam‑ inations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group.; (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat (e) does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First‑year 9‑credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9‑credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of ten hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • Teaching Group (a): twenty-five for a one-hour group, thirty for a one‑ and‑one‑half hour or two‑hour group; • Teaching Group (b): forty; (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g): twenty-five • Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (h): twenty-eight (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16.05.1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enrol above those triggers without the permission of the tutorial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not she agrees in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article 12.13 will be taken as indication that permission has been granted, until such time as the letter of offer is returned. (iv) The level of assistance required by this article shall be calculated on the basis of enrolments recorded for the 1 November official enrolment reporting date for fall and fall/winter courses, the 1 February official enrolment reporting date for Winter courses, the 1 March official enrol‑ ment reporting date for winter/summer courses and as of the deadline date for withdrawal without academic penalty for courses in each of the summer sessions. Where assistance is paid pursuant to this article, such payment shall be made in one lump sum as soon as practicable after the dates specified above. (v) Where additional compensation per (iv) already has been paid to an employee who subsequently is replaced, the replacement employee shall be entitled to assistance/additional compensation at the appropriate rate per 16.05.1, pro‑rated to the portion of the academic session remaining at the time of her appointment. 16.05.2 With respect to teaching groups in which students do not formally enrol: (i) the hiring unit shall keep attendance records for all meetings of such teaching groups. Additional compensation shall be paid for each meeting, after the first meeting, of a teaching group in which actual attendance exceeds the appropriate trigger specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii), and shall be paid on the basis of one thirty‑fifth of the appropriate rate specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii) for each occurrence. (ii) Such additional compensation shall be included in the employee’s last regular monthly salary payment. (i) It is understood that the figures specified in 16.05.1 (i) are not intended to represent norms in class size; (ii) In any event, enrolments shall not exceed: • Teaching Group (a): thirty for a one-hour group, thirty-six for a one- and‑one‑half hour or two‑hour group; • Teaching Group (b): fifty; • Teaching Group (c): fifteen for a two-hour or three- hour group;

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Sources: Collective Agreement

CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings Postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (“triggers”) specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/ grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a question-and- and-answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinations/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the groupthegroup; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group.; (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat (e) does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orchestras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First-year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of ten hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • Teaching Group (a): twenty-five for a one-hour group, thirty for a one-and-one-half hour or two- hour group; • Teaching Group (b): forty; (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: • First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g): twenty-five • Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (h): twenty-eight (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16.05.1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enroll above those triggers without the permission of the tutorial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not they agree in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article

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Sources: Collective Agreement

CLASS SIZE. 16.01 The employer and the union agree upon the objective of maintaining class sizes and formats conducive to pedagogical soundness. 16.02 Projected course enrolments established by the employer shall be set out in position postings Postings and employee contracts for all employees, except where not relevant. Projected course enrolments identified in Postings may not exceed marker/grader assistance levels (``triggers'') specified in 16.05.1. 16.03 A course director shall be assigned assistance and/or additional compensation to reflect course enrolments above fifty as follows: (a) The assistance assigned shall be at least in the form of ▇▇▇▇- ▇▇/grader marker/ grader assistance; (b) The assistance shall be at least at the rate of fifteen hours for each block of five students, or portion thereof, exceeding fifty; (c) Assistance shall be provided from the commencement of the course where the projected enrolment exceeds fifty, but the assistance may be modified so as to reflect the actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting report- ing date in each session; (d) Where the projected enrolment is fifty or less but actual enrolment as of the first official enrolment reporting date in each session exceeds fifty, assistance assis- tance shall be provided as per (a) and (b). 16.04 The employer and the union recognize that teaching groups within courses have different purposes and, consequently, different appropriate enrolment levels and different demands on the employee. The following groups are identifiable: (a) Where the primary purpose of the group is textual analysis, teaching a particular par- ticular skill (e.g., writing), presenting material not presented in any other teaching format in the course, including discussion of course lectures and readings; (b) Where the primary purpose of the group is a problem session and/or a questionques- tion-and- and-answer session and/or a presentation of audio-visual materials directly related to course lectures or reading material, or examinationsexamina- tions/assignments, and where the group leader is not assigned primary responsibility for design and/or presentation of materials presented in the group; (c) Where the group is an English as a Second Language Group.; (d) Where the primary purpose of the group is laboratory work; (e) Where the group is in the Faculty of Fine Arts Departments of Music and Dance, and where the principal focus of the course is performance involving involv- ing movement, dancing, choreography, singing or playing of instruments. It is understood thatthat (e) does not apply when the group is being led by the course director. It is also understood that (e) is not meant to include orches- tras, bands or choirs; Effective September 1, 1999: (f) First-year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g) Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials 16.05.1 With respect to teaching groups in which students are formally enrolled: (i) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of ten hours for each block of three students, or portion thereof, exceeding: Teaching Group (a): twenty-five for a one-hour group, thirty for a one- and- one-half hour or two-hour group; Teaching Group (b): forty. (ii) Assistance shall be assigned and/or additional compensation paid in the form of marker/grader assistance at the rate of eleven hours for each block of 3 students, or portion thereof, exceeding: First year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (f): twenty-five Second year 9-credit Foundations tutorials (g): twenty-eight (iii) For the triggers articulated in Article 16.05.1(ii) only, hiring units are not permitted to enrol above those triggers without the permission of the tuto- rial instructor. The letter of offer for Foundations tutorials will be revised so that the employee can indicate whether or not she agrees in advance to allow enrolments to rise above the trigger. Failure to return the letter of offer by the time indicated in Article 12.13 will be taken as indication that permission has been granted, until such time as the letter of offer is returned. (iv) The level of assistance required by this article shall be calculated on the basis of enrolments recorded for the 1 November official enrolment reporting date for fall and fall/winter courses, the 1 February official enrol- ment reporting date for Winter courses, the 1 March official enrolment reporting date for winter/summer courses and as of the deadline date for withdrawal without academic penalty for courses in each of the summer sessions. Where assistance is paid pursuant to this article, such payment shall be made in one lump sum as soon as practicable after the dates spec- ified above. (v) Where additional compensation per (iv) already has been paid to an employee who subsequently is replaced, the replacement employee shall be entitled to assistance/additional compensation at the appropriate rate per 16.05.1, pro-rated to the portion of the academic session remaining at the time of her appointment. 16.05.2 With respect to teaching groups in which students do not formally enroll: (i) the hiring unit shall keep attendance records for all meetings of such teach- ing groups. Additional compensation shall be paid for each meeting, after the first meeting, of a teaching group in which actual attendance exceeds the appropriate trigger specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii), and shall be paid on the basis of one thirty-fifth of the appropriate rate specified in 16.05.1(i) and (ii) for each occurrence. (ii) Such additional compensation shall be included in the employee's last reg- ular monthly salary payment. 16.05.3 (i) It is understood that the figures specified in 16.05.1 (i) are not intended to represent norms in class size; (ii) In any event, enrolments shall not exceed: Teaching Group (a): thirty for a one-hour group, thirty-six for a one- and- one-half hour or two-hour group; Teaching Group (b): fifty;

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Sources: Collective Agreement