Common use of Teaching Load of Members, Excluding Librarians Clause in Contracts

Teaching Load of Members, Excluding Librarians. 25.6.1 Teaching Stream Members shall normally teach six (6) courses over a three-term academic year. 25.6.2 Tenure Stream Members shall normally teach two (2) courses in one term and three (3) courses in another term of a three-term academic year. Any redistribution of a Member’s normal two and three teaching load must be made with the Member’s permission. 25.6.3 A Member may make a request to the VPAD to teach below their expected load. If approved, such Member may enter a Course Credit deficit for a period not normally exceeding three (3) years. Any Course Credit earned while a deficit exists shall be automatically applied to such a deficit; otherwise, the Member may be required to teach above their expected load before the expiry of the three-year period. 25.6.4 Members may be assigned one (1) additional course per year with the approval of the VPAD, on advice from the relevant Department Chair or Program Director. Any Member who teaches an additional course shall receive a Course Credit. No Member shall be required to teach an additional course. 25.6.5 Members shall normally teach a minimum of two (2) courses every academic year. 25.6.6 Tenure Stream Members shall be entitled to a Research and Professional Development Term, normally the Spring term, unless the Member agrees otherwise. 25.6.7 Teaching Stream Members shall be entitled to one (1) term in six (6) with no assigned teaching. In the academic year in which the non-teaching term occurs, the Member’s normal course load shall be distributed over the two other terms.