7.0 Workload
7.1 It is mutually understood that the basis of the total workload assignment is a
40-hour work week, inclusive of all the obligations of the Unit Member. Those
obligations include, but are not limited to classroom time, preparation time, office
hours, and professional responsibilities as defined in Article 7.1.4.
7.1.1 The Board establishes a full load for Unit Members as 15 lecture hours
equivalent per semester.
7.1.2 Load for assisted lab activities shall be .5 of a lecture hour or the
equivalent. Load for unassisted lab activities shall be .67 of a lecture hour
or equivalent.
7.1.3 Unit Members assigned to the following instructional areas: Counseling,
Librarian, Vocational Nursing, Associate Degree Nursing, Psychiatric
Technology, Radiologic Technology, Academic Skills Center, and
Nursing Assistant Program shall have a load of up to 30 hours of assigned
time per week plus five (5) office hours per week. 2.67 clock hours of
non-teaching duties are equivalent to one lecture hour of load.
7.1.4 Professional responsibilities are defined as hiring committees, department
meetings, district sanctioned committees and participation in discipline
specific organizations (i.e., boards, advisory groups, and etc., both internal
and external). Unit Members shall be obligated to participate in a range of
professional responsibilities related to their assigned duties each semester.
Professional responsibilities are in addition to classroom time, preparation
time, counseling time, and office hours, and shall be approximately 5
hours per week, on average.
7.2 If a Unit Member is assigned a load greater than that considered a full load for a
given semester because of special needs of the District, the Unit Member's load
will be reduced during subsequent semesters, so that over the six (6) semesters or
the life of this contract, the average load will be as near as practical to 15 lecture
hours or equivalent per semester; however, a Unit Member may be balanced from
13 to 17 load units over the life of the contract if a balanced load is impractical.
The District shall endeavor to "balance" the Unit Member's teaching assignment
within each contract year. By way of example, a Unit Member who has a 17-unit
load in one semester should have a 13-unit load in the next semester. The District
and the individual Unit Member by mutual consent may "balance" the teaching
assignment load over a greater period of time within the term of the contract.
7.2.1 In the event that an overload exists at the end of the contract, the Unit
Member shall be compensated from the EP salary schedule in effect at the
time the contract ends.
7.2.1.1 It is incumbent upon both the scheduling Dean and the Unit
Member to monitor load so that it does not exceed the maximum
during this three-year contract. Regular load units which exceed
30 per year will be designated as EP not to exceed 12 load units per year, exclusive of Intersession and Summer Session. In the
case of an emergency staffing situation, the District and the
Association will reach mutual consent regarding a solution.
7.2.2 The appropriate Dean shall provide each Unit Member with a draft copy
of the Unit Member’s proposed schedule at least two weeks prior to the
date the final schedule is due in the appropriate College Vice President or
Clear Lake Campus Dean’s office. The statement shall reflect a
cumulative unit load total from the first semester of this contract including
EP load units.
7.2.2.1 In the event of modification of a Unit Member’s schedule (due
to class cancellation, an additional load assignment, or other
circumstance), the appropriate Dean shall provide the Unit
Member with a corrected draft of the load statement including
EP within five (5) working days after the change.
7.2.3 On October 1 for the fall semester and March 1 for the spring semester,
the District shall provide the Association with a copy of each Unit
Member's cumulative load statement. By November 15 for the fall
semester and April 15 for the spring semester, an updated cumulative load
statement for each Unit Member will be provided to the Association. The
statements shall reflect the Unit Member’s load units and EP assignments.
7.3 The scheduling of evening assignments shall be done in consultation with the Unit
Member and the appropriate Dean. No Unit Member shall be given an evening
teaching, counseling, or librarian assignment except when that evening
assignment is necessary in order to avoid a reduction in the Unit Member’s
program load or unless requested by the Unit Member.
7.3.1 All assignments for load on a particular day shall be within a nine-hour
span unless the Unit Member agrees to a longer time span by signing an
exception notice provided by the Human Resources Development and
Personnel Services Office.
7.3.2 If a Unit Member is given an evening teaching, counseling, or librarian
assignment to fill out his/her load, a 12-hour time span must be allowed
before the beginning of the Unit Member’s next load assignment. For
example, if a Unit Member’s evening assignment ends at 9 p.m., he/she
may not be scheduled to return to campus before 9 a.m. the next morning.
The Unit Member may agree to waive this time span by signing an
exception notice provided by the Human Resources Development and
Personnel Services Office.
7.4 In general, contract classes shall not be canceled after the first week of instruction
or second class meeting, whichever is later.
7.5 In the event that a Unit Member’s contract load drops below 15 load units because
of a class cancellation during the first week of instruction or second class meeting,
whichever is later, the Dean and the Unit Member in consultation may consider
any of the following options for filling the Unit Member’s load: Balance the load by teaching additional units in the subsequent semester or
restructure the load in the subsequent semester (or as soon as possible)
within this three-year contract (not an option to be used in the final semester
of this contract);
- Teach a late-starting class within the same semester;
- Undertake a District-approved curriculum project as an alternate assignment;
- Teach for load a class that the Unit Member may be teaching as an EP class;
- Teach for load a class that the Unit Member is qualified to teach which is
being taught by an adjunct instructor; - Teach for load a class that the Unit Member is qualified to teach which is
being taught for EP by another Unit Member, if the other Unit Member
agrees to relinquish the class.
7.6 In the event that an underload occurs in the final semester of this contract and all
other options as addressed in Article 7.5 have been considered, a Unit Member’s
EP class or classes may be reassigned as contract load providing the provisions of
Articles 7.3.1 and 7.3.2 are met.
7.7 Each full-time Unit Member shall be on campus or an alternate site five (5) days
per week to participate in campus activities, serve on committees, be available to
students, and maintain daily office hours. With approval of the scheduling Dean,
office hours may be held from an alternate site.
7.7.1 For classroom Unit Members, office hours are generally for purposes of
assisting students through formal and informal advisory processes.
7.7.2 For non-classroom Unit Members, office hours are generally for purposes
of meeting with colleagues or other contacts, doing research, or
completing other professional duties related to the assignment.
7.7.3 In the case of a Unit Member who has more than six (6) District scheduled
hours on any one day, such Unit Member shall not be required to hold an
office hour on that day but shall instead hold two (2) office hours on
another day.
7.7.4 In the case of a Unit Member whose assignment is primarily off-campus
or at an off-campus worksite, the Unit Member shall be allowed to hold
office hours at the daily off-campus worksite assignment. (By example, if
a Unit Member is scheduled to work at an alternate site on Tuesdays,
he/she may hold office hours at that site Tuesdays.)
7.7.5 A Unit Member whose teaching load is at least 20% distributive learning
may complete four (4) hours of regular office hours and one (1) hour of
virtual office hour and is expected to be on campus five (5) days per week.
7.8 The appropriate Dean shall attempt whenever possible to limit the number of
major and separate preparations to three (3). Upon mutual consent by the Unit
Member and immediate Dean, preparations in excess of three may be assigned.
7.9 Unit Members may request EP assignments, subject to the requirements of
Article 13 and Article 7.2.1.1 of this Agreement.