Contract Hour. A contract hour is defined as one fifty-minute (50) hour of lecture weekly for the full academic semester. Contract hours for Independent Study will be awarded according to the following table: 1 0.25 0.40 0.55 0.70 0.85 1.00 2 0.40 0.70 1.00 1.30 1.60 1.90 3 0.55 1.00 1.45 1.90 2.35 2.80 4 0.70 1.30 1.90 2.50 3.10 3.70 5 0.85 1.60 2.35 3.10 3.85 4.60 Contract hours for Labs and Clinicals will be calculated with the following formula: Lab/Clinical clock hours (without ratio calculations applied) X .75 = Contract hours The following definitions will be used: Clinicals – A supervised nursing practice experience which involves any component of direct patient care and under direct supervision of an instructor or subject matter expert. Lab – A period of study where students demonstrate a working knowledge of the information taught in lecture through simulation or mock training aids within a controlled educational environment under the direct supervision of an instructor or subject matter expert. Where “blocking” of multiple courses occurs, the faculty member’s load shall be based on the contribution to that load generated by one of the blocked sections; if the blocked sections carry differing contract hour values, the highest shall be used.
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Sources: Employment Agreement, Contract Between Edison State Community College and the Edison State Education Association, Contract Between Edison State Community College and the Edison State Education Association