Common use of Teaching Load – Credit Instructors Clause in Contracts

Teaching Load – Credit Instructors. Normal teaching load for full-time credit faculty shall be thirty (30) teaching units per school year. Classes are normally equated in terms of one teaching unit (LHE) equaling one lecture hour. Laboratory units will be assigned on a 0.90 ratio of a lecture hour, effective January 1, 2015. With the consent of the instructor, variations in the normal teaching load may occur to provide for research and innovation. Effective July 1, 2017, the lab rate will be increased to 1.0 LHE for extensive preparation courses (anthropology, geography, nursing and hard sciences) using proposed criteria. (See Appendix N.) No contract will be issued for less than nine (9) LHE per semester. Regular college instructors employed on a partial basis shall be paid on a pro-rata rate. Although the normal teaching load is fifteen (15) LHE per semester, faculty may have, with mutual agreement between the supervising administrator and the faculty member, more or less than fifteen (15) LHE per semester as long as thirty (30) LHE is obtained for the contract year. To qualify for a full teaching load, any faculty member with an assignment for fewer than fifteen (15) LHE during the fall semester may satisfy his or her contractual obligation by any of the following ways: 1. Carry a load in the spring semester which will, when combined with the fall load, equal thirty (30) LHE 2. Use banked LHE 3. Agree to a reduced contract. For assignments in work experience and independent studies the load credits may be adjusted on the basis of student contact hours. Instructors assigned to teach the following compositions courses, English 061, English 099, English 101, English 102, English 103, EMLS 109, EMLS 110, and EMLS ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Assistant 246, Paralegal Assistant 248, Spanish 213, Spanish 212, and qualifying composition courses meeting the same standard, shall receive an additional 0.5 LHE per section, paid at the part- time/beyond contract rate.

Teaching Load – Credit Instructors. Normal teaching load for full-time credit faculty shall be thirty (30) teaching units per school year. Classes are normally equated in terms of one teaching unit (LHE) equaling one lecture hour. Laboratory units will be assigned on a 0.90 ratio of a lecture hour, effective January 1, 2015. With the consent of the instructor, variations in the normal teaching load may occur to provide for research and innovation. Effective July 1, 2017, the lab rate will be increased to 1.0 LHE for extensive preparation courses (anthropology, geography, nursing and hard sciences) using proposed criteria. (See Appendix N.) No contract will be issued for less than nine (9) LHE per semester. Regular college instructors employed on a partial basis shall be paid on a pro-rata rate. Although the normal teaching load is fifteen (15) LHE per semester, faculty may have, with mutual agreement between the supervising administrator and the faculty member, more or less than fifteen (15) LHE per semester as long as thirty (30) LHE is obtained for the contract year. To qualify for a full teaching load, any faculty member with an assignment for fewer than fifteen (15) LHE during the fall semester may satisfy his or her contractual obligation by any of the following ways: 1. Carry a load in the spring semester which will, when combined with the fall load, equal thirty (30) LHE 2. Use banked LHE 3. Agree to a reduced contract. For assignments in work experience and independent studies the load credits may be adjusted on the basis of student contact hours. Instructors assigned to teach the following compositions courses, English 061, English 099, English 101, English 102, English 103, EMLS 109, EMLS 110, and EMLS ▇▇▇112, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ACE 102, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ACE 116, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Legal Assistant 246, Paralegal Legal Assistant 248, Spanish 213, Spanish 212, 213 and qualifying composition courses meeting the same standard, shall receive an additional 0.5 LHE per section, paid at the part- part-time/beyond contract rate.