Common use of Instructional Load Clause in Contracts

Instructional Load. It is understood that an instructional LHE comprises three elements: course preparation, delivery of instruction, and evaluation of student work. Variations in LHEs assigned to courses reflect the varying proportion of one or more of these elements. Ordinarily, a load will be 15 LHEs each semester but, depending on institutional needs, the total load may be determined on the basis of both semesters in the academic year (30 LHEs). Ordinarily the regular load in any given semester will not be less than 12 LHEs nor more than 18 LHEs. In those cases where a faculty member routinely must teach in excess of base load in the spring term due to built-in overload, at the request of the faculty member, the ▇▇▇▇ will work with the faculty member in an attempt to find an alternative schedule. For online course load, see PD 4107b “Deans’ Guideline – Assigning Distance Learning Classes to Full and PT Faculty.” If a load is possible that meets the stipulations below, but the faculty member chooses a load that is inconsistent with them, the faculty member must sign a waiver of the additional LHEs. 1. Every effort will be made to assign a base load to each faculty member that does not require more than three different preparations for courses within a semester (or two preparations for courses of 6 or more LHEs for lecture/standard laboratory faculty members). In those cases when additional preparations must be assigned, each course will be credited with an additional 0.75 LHE (e.g., in such circumstances a faculty member whose usual load is five 3 LHE courses would instead have a load of four 3.75 LHE courses for a total of 15 LHEs). The following guidelines apply: a. When multiple preparations are required to construct a full load (e.g., when multiple sections are not available) the premium will not be paid, unless special kinds of courses/circumstances are required (e.g., when new courses are involved). b. Classes taught in the same room at the same time by a single instructor (e.g., ART 131 and ART 231) are considered a single preparation. c. Modular courses normally taught as a group or sequence by the same instructor (e.g., CAS 111, CAS 112, and CAS 113) are considered a single preparation. d. Non-modular courses having fewer than 3 LHEs are counted as fractional preparations (i.e., a 1 LHE course is 1/3 of a preparation; a 2 LHE course is 2/3 of a preparation). e. Those practicum courses that involve regularly scheduled lecture/discussion sessions will be assigned fractional preparations for the lecture/discussion sessions as provided in item d., above. However, those without such sessions will not be considered to be additional preparations. (Practicum courses are understood to be those courses that require the instructor to visit students at work/clinical/practicum sites, with payment based on a factor times the number of students.) f. In those instances where a faculty member has demonstrated to the appropriate ▇▇▇▇ that the course materials used for a distance learning or Online/Hybrid class require substantially different preparation than traditional sections of the course, this will be recognized as a course preparation that is separate from the other sections of the course. g. When a faculty member is assigned four or more different preparations for courses with different LHE values, the faculty member will be awarded the following additional LHEs: Courses worth 3 LHEs or more .75 for each course with a separate preparation Courses worth fewer than 3 LHEs .25 per LHE for each separate preparation h. No preparation premium is paid for overload classes. i. In no case will a faculty member receive more than three LHEs per semester for extra preparations. 2. Only under extreme circumstances, when institutional need dictates and all other options have been exhausted, may a faculty member be required to teach a schedule that differs from the schedule approved by the ▇▇▇▇ for that semester. When such a situation arises in the week before the class(es) begin, the faculty member will be awarded:

Instructional Load. It is understood that an instructional LHE comprises three elements: course preparation, delivery of instruction, and evaluation of student work. Variations in LHEs assigned to courses reflect the varying proportion of one or more of these elements. Ordinarily, a load will be 15 LHEs each semester but, depending on institutional needs, the total load may be determined on the basis of both semesters in the academic year (30 LHEs). Ordinarily the regular load in any given semester will not be less than 12 LHEs nor more than 18 LHEs. In those cases where a faculty member routinely must teach in excess of base load in the spring term due to built-in overload, at the request of the faculty member, the ▇▇▇▇ will work with the faculty member in an attempt to find an alternative schedule. For online course load, see PD 4107b “Deans’ Guideline – Assigning Distance Learning Classes to Full and PT Faculty.” If a load is possible that meets the stipulations below, but the faculty member chooses a load that is inconsistent with them, the faculty member must sign a waiver of the additional LHEs. 1. Every effort will be made to assign a base load to each faculty member that does not require more than three different preparations for courses within a semester (or two preparations for courses of 6 or more LHEs for lecture/standard laboratory faculty members). In those cases when additional preparations must be assigned, each course will be credited with an additional 0.75 LHE (e.g., in such circumstances a faculty member whose usual load is five 3 LHE courses would instead have a load of four 3.75 LHE courses for a total of 15 LHEs). The following guidelines apply: a. When multiple preparations are required to construct a full load (e.g., when multiple sections are not available) the premium will not be paid, unless special kinds of courses/circumstances are required (e.g., when new courses are involved). b. Classes taught in the same room at the same time by a single instructor (e.g., ART 131 and ART 231) are considered a single preparation. c. Modular courses normally taught as a group or sequence by the same instructor (e.g., CAS 111, CAS 112, and CAS 113) are considered a single preparation. d. Non-modular courses having fewer than 3 LHEs are counted as fractional preparations (i.e., a 1 LHE course is 1/3 of a preparation; a 2 LHE course is 2/3 of a preparation). e. Those practicum courses that involve regularly scheduled lecture/discussion sessions will be assigned fractional preparations for the lecture/discussion sessions as provided in item d., above. However, those without such sessions will not be considered to be additional preparations. (Practicum courses are understood to be those courses that require the instructor to visit students at work/clinical/practicum sites, with payment based on a factor times the number of students.) f. In those instances where a faculty member has demonstrated to the appropriate ▇▇▇▇ that the course materials used for a distance learning or Online/Hybrid class require substantially different preparation than traditional sections of the course, this will be recognized as a course preparation that is separate from the other sections of the course. g. When a faculty member is assigned four or more different preparations for courses with different LHE values, the faculty member will be awarded the following additional LHEs: Courses worth 3 LHEs or more .75 for each course with a separate preparation Courses worth fewer than 3 LHEs .25 per LHE for each separate preparation h. No preparation premium is paid for overload classes. i. In no case will a faculty member receive more than three LHEs per semester for extra preparations. 2. Only under extreme circumstances, when institutional need dictates and all other options have been exhausted, may a faculty member be required to teach a schedule that differs from the schedule approved by the ▇▇▇▇ for that semester. When such a situation arises in the week before the class(es) begin, the faculty member will be awarded:

Instructional Load. It is understood that an instructional LHE comprises three elements: course preparation, delivery of instruction, and evaluation of student work. Variations in LHEs assigned to courses reflect the varying proportion of one or more of these elements. OrdinarilyNormally, a load will be 15 LHEs each semester but, depending on institutional needs, the total load may be determined on the basis of both semesters in the academic year (30 LHEs). Ordinarily the regular load in any given semester will not be less than 12 LHEs nor more than 18 LHEs. In those cases where a faculty member routinely must teach in excess of base load in the spring term due to built-in overload15 LHEs per term, at the request of the faculty member, the ▇▇▇▇ will work with the faculty member in an attempt to find an alternative schedule. For online course load, see PD 4107b “Deans’ Guideline – Assigning Distance Learning Classes to Full and PT Faculty.” If a load is possible that meets the stipulations below, but the faculty member chooses a load that is inconsistent with them, the faculty member must sign a waiver of the additional LHEs. 1. Every effort will be made to assign a base load to each faculty member that does not require more than three different preparations for courses within a semester (or two preparations for courses of 6 or more LHEs for lecture/standard laboratory faculty members). In those cases when additional preparations must be assigned, each course will be credited with an additional 0.75 LHE (e.g., in such circumstances a faculty member whose usual load is five 3 LHE courses would instead have a load of four 3.75 LHE courses for a total of 15 LHEs). The following guidelines apply: a. When multiple preparations are required to construct a full load (e.g., when multiple sections are not available) the premium will not be paid, unless special kinds of courses/circumstances are required require (e.g., when new courses are involved). b. Classes taught in the same room at the same time by a single instructor (e.g., ART 131 and ART 231) are considered a single preparation. c. Modular courses normally taught as a group or sequence by the same instructor (e.g., CAS 111, CAS 112, and CAS 113) are considered a single preparation. d. Non-modular courses having fewer than 3 LHEs are counted as fractional preparations (i.e., a 1 LHE course is 1/3 of a preparation; a 2 LHE course is 2/3 of a preparation). e. Those practicum courses that involve regularly scheduled lecture/discussion sessions will be assigned fractional preparations for the lecture/discussion sessions as provided in item d., above. However, those without such sessions will not be considered to be additional preparations. (Practicum courses are understood to be those courses that require the instructor to visit students at work/clinical/practicum sites, with payment based on a factor times the number of students.) f. In those instances where a faculty member has demonstrated to the appropriate ▇▇▇▇ that the course materials used for a distance learning or Online/Hybrid class require substantially different preparation than traditional sections of the course, this will be recognized as a course preparation that is separate from the other sections of the course. g. When a faculty member is assigned four or more different preparations for courses with different LHE values, the faculty member will be awarded the following additional LHEs: Courses worth 3 LHEs or more .75 for each course with a separate preparation Courses worth fewer than 3 LHEs .25 per LHE for each separate preparation h. No preparation premium is paid for overload classes. i. In no case will a faculty member receive more than three LHEs per semester for extra preparations. 2. Only under extreme circumstances, when institutional need dictates and all other options have been exhausted, may a faculty member be required to teach a schedule that differs from the schedule approved by the ▇▇▇▇ for that semester. When such a situation arises in the week before the class(es) begin, the faculty member will be awarded: