Instructional Assignments Sample Clauses
The "Instructional Assignments" clause defines how teaching duties and responsibilities are allocated to instructors within an educational institution. It typically outlines the process for assigning courses, class schedules, and other instructional tasks, often considering factors such as faculty qualifications, seniority, or departmental needs. This clause ensures that teaching assignments are distributed fairly and transparently, helping to prevent disputes and clarify expectations for both faculty and administration.
Instructional Assignments. Article 8: The annual workload for a full time equivalent faculty position in the School of Craft and Design will consist of 720 hours of instruction. All contact hours, whether delivered as “core” or “studio” courses, will be considered equivalent for the purpose of workload calculations. This instruction will normally be delivered over two terms, but could be configured differently to meet the needs of a program.
Instructional Assignments. It is the professional responsibility of a Faculty Member to prepare and deliver courses and to evaluate students. Assignments defined in this article are calculated based on Schedule I: Workload Calculations.
Instructional Assignments. Annual ten-month salary ÷ hours per year x PTF = semester hourly rate
Instructional Assignments. A. A spirit of cooperation and collaboration should prevail between supervising administrators and bargaining unit members in determining course schedules and faculty assignments. At all times, the needs of the student population and academic programs shall be the paramount consideration in determining course schedules. Prior to determining course schedules for future semesters, each immediate supervisor shall request each bargaining unit member's availability for assignments and should make reasonable attempts to accommodate bargaining unit member’s requests with regard to his/her required load for that semester. Reasonable attempts should be made to resolve conflicts with assignments.
B. Teaching assignments will be made in a fair and equitable manner among qualified and credentialed faculty based on criteria including, but not limited to, credentials, expertise, performance, experience with the same or similar courses and seniority. When these criteria are essentially comparable, full time faculty will be given first preference of teaching assignments before adjunct assignments unless it is in the best interests of the students and the academic program.
Instructional Assignments. Employees in the bargaining unit who are required to perform instructional duties* shall be assigned not more than six and hours and forty minutes of instruction daily, including preparation time. Instruction for elementary art, music, and physical education for each elementary building shall be provided by teachers certificated or licensed in these subject areas and who are employed to teach only those areas so long as funds are available. Employees who function as regular classroom teachers on the secondary level shall not be assigned instructional duties in more than four (4) subject preparations daily. This requirement may be waived if this limitation prevents courses from being offered or a teacher from having a full schedule. Employees who function as regular classroom teachers on the secondary level shall not be required to change subject area teaching stations any more than is necessary. A teacher may be assigned to teach an Early Bird Class 45 minutes prior to the normal start of school/Night Owl Class 45 minutes after the end of the school day if both the teacher and administration mutually agree. Compensation shall be either ending their school day by a time equal to the length of the early bird/night owl class or paying them an amount equal to 1/7th of their current salary.
Instructional Assignments. Instructional assignments are those where an employee teaches a course that is assigned equivalent semester hours (ESH) and a course reference number (CRN). Instructional assignments shall be made for a period of a semester, a part of an academic year, or for an entire academic year, in Management’s discretion.
Instructional Assignments. A. As long as traditional modes of delivery are available, participation by members of the bargaining unit in distance learning courses, whether as part of a regular teaching load or as overloads, will be strictly voluntary. The decision by a member of the bargaining unit not to participate will not be used in any evaluative manner.
B. No faculty shall be assigned to teach a distance learning course that involves learning new technologies without training in those technologies. Faculty members who are new to online teaching must complete ten (10) hours of training, including pedagogical and technical best practices. These faculty members may also have the benefit of an experienced mentor during their first semester of teaching online.
C. Full-time faculty who have a demonstrated record of student success and retention may request to teach more than one online course as part of their standard loads. Department heads will consider each request in good faith; however, all scheduling decisions and faculty assignments will be at the sole discretion of the College.
Instructional Assignments. Article 8: The annual workload for a full time equivalent faculty position in the Kootenay Studio Arts will consist of 720 hours of instruction. All contact hours, whether delivered as “core” or “studio” courses, will be considered equivalent for the purpose of workload calculations. This instruction will normally be delivered over two terms, but could be configured differently to meet the needs of a program.
Instructional Assignments. The Director of the School of Nursing or their designate, shall meet at least once annually with the members of the Faculty of the School for the purpose of providing an opportunity to discuss the assignment of areas of responsibility or changes in the areas of responsibility.
Instructional Assignments. (a) High school teachers will not be assigned more than thirty (30) instructional periods over the course of an eight (8) day rotation. Instructional blocks are fifty-six (56) minutes in length. The High School will schedule six (6) periods per day over an eight- day rotation to equal forty-eight (48) periods per rotation cycle. High School teachers will have a minimum of ten (10) planning periods over the course of an eight-day rotation. High School teachers may have up to two (2) PLC periods over the course of an eight-day rotation. High School teachers will have five (5) extra help and duty periods over the course of an eight-day rotation. Duty periods may only include study hall supervision, cafeteria supervision, or hallway supervision. Extra help periods may only include subject-specific interventions, assessment retakes and makeups, or homework club. Teachers will not be required to prepare lessons for extra help periods. On any day where a teacher has a second non-instructional block, he/she may be assigned to a supervisory duty as long as the teacher has their ten (10) planning periods in an eight-day rotation. Middle School teachers will not be assigned more than 30 instructional periods over the course of a seven (7) day rotation. Instructional blocks are not more than 53 minutes in length. The Middle School will schedule six (6) periods per day over a seven-day rotation to equal forty-two (42) periods per rotation cycle.
(b) The Committee shall not allow a teacher to teach outside the provisions of his/her licensure for more than 20 percent of a full teaching program.
(c) Exceptions to the provisions of Section b above may be made only if the Superintendent (or his/her designee) determines it is necessary and if the teacher involved and the Association are in agreement prior to implementation of the exception.
(d) If a teacher, upon agreement with the Association and the Superintendent, voluntarily agrees to teach beyond the contractual maximum, said teacher will be paid 15% more in salary for one course or 3% more in salary for an additional teaching period per week if they perform all other duties. If there is a shift in duty performance, then both sides will agree to a fair reimbursement.