Common use of Equated hours Clause in Contracts

Equated hours. a. Equated hours are calculated in the following manner: Lecture and Recitation 1 to 1 VCS/Online/Hybrid 1 to 1 Scheduled Labs 1 to 1 Nursing Clinical Supervision 1 to 1* Certificate Programs (Adult) 1 to 1 Fitness Labs 1 to 1 Auto Body 1 to 1 *Nursing Faculty Members shall have the first right of refusal on all clinical nursing assignments. Clinical nursing assignments which are not accepted by Nursing Faculty Members shall be assigned to non-Faculty clinical nursing personnel. Such clinical Nursing personnel are excluded from the bargaining unit and shall not become included in the bargaining unit solely on the basis of the number of equated hours of clinical nursing supervision, the provisions of Article 3.3 notwithstanding. b. An Employee responsible for individual vocal or instrumental instruction will receive equated hours toward their load at a rate equivalent to 0.2 times the number of students assigned each semester (i.e., number of students x 0.2 = equated hours).