FACULTY ASSIGNMENT AND LOAD

6.1  Each full-time unit member shall be on campus or performing duties of their assignment a minimum of thirty (30) hours per week in the regular college year.

6.1.1  Notwithstanding 6.1, each Child Care teacher's assignment shall be eight hours per day for the 185 days related to the days that students attend classes, as arranged by the Child Care Head Teacher, his or her immediate supervisor and the appropriate personnel administrator. Additional days to conform with calendar needs may be arranged if required. Each Child Care head teacher's assignment shall be eight hours per day for the 195 days related to the days students attend college classes, as arranged by the Child Care Head Teacher's immediate supervisor and the appropriate personnel administrator.

6.2  "On campus" time shall include, but is not limited to, classes taught at both on- and off- campus locations, student office hours, approved conferences and field trips, and consultation with other faculty, the administration and community members. These hours are exclusive of overload extra-pay assignments.

6.3  "Duties of their assignment," for full-time unit members, may include, but are not limited to: classes taught at both on- and off-campus locations; student office hours; performance of teaching assignments, counseling, providing health services or library services; approved conferences and field trips; consultation with other faculty, the administration, and community members; interacting with students as a mentor, club advisor, or event advisor; maintaining subject matter currency through reading professional literature, participating in a professional association, publishing a book or article, presenting a workshop, completing a sabbatical or fellowship project, attending work-related workshops or conferences, or taking classes; participating in curriculum development by revising course outlines, developing new courses, or working with four year colleges to facilitate articulation; preparing lectures or grading student assignments or tests; participating in institutional or assignment-based research; participating on a college committee, Academic Senate committee, Faculty Association committee, or task force; participating in peer review through service on a hiring committee, tenure evaluation committee, or biannual evaluation of hourly faculty; or mentoring new faculty.

6.3.1 Participation in the above activities shall be documented as part of the biannual self-evaluation process, using the form in Appendix J.

6.4  Faculty on partial contract shall be on campus and responsible for the duties specified above for periods of time prorated according to the proportion of contract held. These provisions do not apply to hourly rate faculty.

6.5  For each unit member whose weekly teaching assignment is 12 to 16 WTH (weekly teaching hours) per week, four hours per week of the assigned total hours shall be devoted to office hours, regularly scheduled on at least three days of each week. Faculty members whose weekly teaching assignment is 17, 18, or 19 WTH per week shall schedule three office hours per week, regularly scheduled on at least three days of each week. Faculty members whose weekly teaching assignment is 20 WTH or more per week shall schedule at least one office hour per week. Department chairs shall ensure that office hours are maintained in accordance with this Agreement. Office hours are not required of unit members paid on an hourly basis.

6.5.1 Tenured and probationary faculty members of the mathematics department will schedule two hours per week in the math lab in lieu of two of their office hours unless the department chair authorizes four hours of office hours because it is impractical to be in the math lab.

6.5.2 Hourly faculty employed for either the regular fall or regular spring semester shall attend at least one department meeting per semester as part of their semester assignment. If department meetings are always held at times that conflict with the faculty member's other employment, department chairs or an appropriate personnel administrator may excuse the faculty member from this requirement. Payment for full semester assignments shall be calculated at 18 weeks times the weekly load for those paid as graded hourly faculty.

6.5.3 Hourly faculty shall be allowed to attend department meetings. Hourly faculty shall be notified by department chairs of department meetings on a timely basis.

6.5.4 Sample contracts for hourly employment are shown in Appendix L, and cannot be changed without prior consultation with the Association. The Association shall be informed as to which contracts will be distributed as soon as the District has reached a decision, but in no event later than the first day of classes for the relevant semester or intersession.

6.6  Department chairs, after taking into consideration the preference of tenured, probationary and hourly faculty members, shall recommend assignments to the appropriate academic administrator. This provision does not imply that re-employment is guaranteed for hourly faculty. Hourly faculty may be required to make their preferences known on a different form, and at a different time than may be required of the tenured and probationary faculty. The academic administrator shall have final responsibility for assignments but shall make a reasonable effort to confer with the department chairs or their designated alternates if changes are to be made in the courses to be taught or the time schedules of those courses. Under normal circumstances, class assignments of tenured and probationary faculty shall be made between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday and may allow a week of 3, 4 or 5 scheduled teaching days.

  When it is necessary in order to complete a full assignment, a faculty member may be assigned to any time during the regular day or evening schedule, but such an assignment should be made only under special circumstances. If tenured or probationary faculty members are required to teach an evening class as part of their contract load, they shall not be required to teach before 9 a.m. on the following day.

6.6.1   The one year reemployment provision for designated hourly faculty, who shall be known as Associate Faculty, shall continue in 1997-1998. Associate faculty are automatically renominated subject to the consent of the department chair and the Vice President, provided that the faculty member has not received a less than satisfactory evaluation in either semester of his or her contract, and provided that the program needs or ratio of full time to part time instructors have not changed to such a degree that classes are no longer available to complete the contract. Up to 25 additional faculty members shall be nominated in Fall 1997 for the designation of Associate Faculty for Spring, 1998. The nomination may be made by the department chair to the Vice-President or designee. After review, the Vice-President or designee may accept or reject any nomination.

Notwithstanding the above, a department may not nominate faculty for the designation of Associate if 60% or more of the Fall semester hourly faculty in that department have the designation. Furthermore, no associate faculty may be renominated until the number is reduced to lower than 60% for that department.

A committee consisting of (1) the Vice-President; (2) an appropriate personnel administrator; (3) any appropriate administrator, dean, or department chair chosen by the District; (4) the Faculty Association President; (5) the chair of the hourly committee of the Faculty Association; and (6) a department chair appointed by the Faculty Association shall review, evaluate and change the nomination procedures and criteria as needed. Agreement of a majority of the committee is necessary to include the process in the contract (Appendix K). If the committee is unable to reach agreement on changes in the nominating process and criteria for Associate Faculty, the criteria and procedures agreed upon for Spring, 1994 will remain in effect.

6.6.2  Department chairs or the appropriate personnel administrator shall inform hourly faculty of their tentative schedule for an upcoming semester at the earliest possible time. Any changes that occur to this tentative schedule shall also be communicated at the earliest possible time.

6.7  Standards for Assignment and Load.

6.7.1  A full load for a full-time faculty member shall be 15 Lecture Hour Equivalents (LHE). The LHE for each assignment shall be the product of the weekly teacher hours and the load factor. Load factors for all credit courses are listed in Appendix H, which is available in the Office of Instruction, division and department offices, and the office of the Association.

  Load factors have been assigned to classes on the assumption that the weekly hours assigned to the teacher (WTH) are equal to the weekly student contact hours. Exceptions to this general rule are indicated on the load factor list.

  The District and the Association agree that the issue of load needs to be studied and re-evaluated. Such a study shall include but not be limited to 1) the exploration of load "equalization"; 2) the exploration of preparation factors associated with types of classes; 3) the exploration of the development of definitions for a limited number of load factors to refine the system currently in place; and 4) the exploration of the possibility that a revision of load factors may be too divisive a task to undertake at this time. A joint District Administration and Faculty Association Load Committee composed of three members from each group and chaired jointly will collect data from departments and shall consult and attempt to agree upon load issues and any adjustments to classes on the list. The classes in Appendix H will be evaluated, and, if agreed to by a majority of representatives from both the District and the Association, adjusted to conform with agreed upon parameters. The class list will be updated to include Emeritus classes and any new classes. Recommendations of the committee shall be subject to review by the District and Association negotiating teams, and included in negotiations for the next open contract. If either Negotiating Team finds that the Load Committee is making no progress, the Negotiators will assume the work of the committee, as part of contract negotiations.

6.7.2  Under the compressed calendar, the weekly contact hours increase to 16.0 (e.g., a three unit class with a load factor of 1.0 will have 3.2 weekly contact hours). The total semester hours of teaching are the same under the traditional 18 week per semester calendar and the compressed calendar.

6.7.3  Assignments in Counseling, Advising, Disabled Students Program, EOP&S, the Library, the LRC, Psychological Services, the Student Health Program, service in a Coordinator or other position placed on the Added Responsibility Schedule, and any other assignments which do not involve meeting regularly scheduled classes shall have a load factor of .500. Under the compressed calendar, this may result in scheduled hours of 32 hours per week, and schedules may be flexed to meet the needs of both the District and the faculty member, but the annual schedule shall not exceed the 1,080 scheduled hours that would have been scheduled under the traditional 18 week per semester calendar. It is not the intent of this paragraph that thirty-two hours of student contact per week be scheduled for an individual faculty member. Schedules, including but not limited to student contact, meetings, and preparation time, shall be authorized by the appropriate administrator after consultation with the faculty member.

6.8  Banking of Assigned Load

6.8.1 When the assigned load of a regular or contract faculty member differs from standard LHE by more than 0.1 LHE, that difference shall be accumulated and carried forward from semester to semester. This cumulative difference from loads of standard LHE may be balanced by taking a smaller or larger load in subsequent semesters.

The cumulative difference at the end of the academic year may not exceed negative 3 LHE or positive 5 LHE. When a faculty member resigns or retires, if the cumulative difference is positive, it will be balanced by a single payment at the faculty member's current hourly rate for each LHE, or, if the cumulative difference is negative, it will be balanced by a single deduction from the faculty member's final salary check at the faculty member's current hourly rate for each LHE.

When, in accordance with the provisions of this article, a faculty member wishes to be scheduled for a reduction in load of 5 or more LHE, permission shall be obtained from the Vice President.

6.8.2  Any regular faculty member may earn LHE's for his or her bank. Once the bank has a balance of six or more LHE's, it becomes a prime account. If a prime account balance falls below six LHE's because a faculty member has "cashed in" the necessary accumulated hours so that the faculty member had no assignment in a given semester, it loses its prime status and shall not be allowed to regain a prime account status in the future. Only prime accounts may accumulate six or more LHE's.

The bank may be used to bank uncompensated hours worked. These provisions apply to probationary and tenured faculty. Faculty members may apply to "cash in" the necessary accumulated hours so they will have a reduced assignment or no assignment in a given semester. If, after reviewing the applications, the Vice President and the Faculty Association President or their designees agree that all applications to use banked hours can be approved without causing a negative effect on the educational program, the number of approvals may exceed ten. However, if they agree that approval would cause a negative effect on the educational program, then less than ten approvals may be granted. When no agreement can be reached, all applications shall be approved. However, if that would exceed ten in any one semester, the administration shall select at least ten (10) for the semester and carry the balance forward to be used at the rate of at least ten each semester taking into consideration the faculty members' preferences.

6.8.3  Each full time unit member who has an overload bank will receive accurate, up-to-date data regarding the balance in the bank each semester. A copy of the complete report will be given to the Association at the same time.

6.9  Adjustments to Assignment and Load

6.9.1  With the permission of the Vice President, an individual faculty member's load shall be adjusted for unusual class sizes or for special circumstances placing unusual demands on the instructor. The Association shall be notified in writing at the end of each semester or intersession of any adjustments under 6.9.1.

6.9.2  With prior agreement between the faculty member, the department chair and the Vice-President or designee, oversized classes may be scheduled. The following enrollments for lecture classes will be credited with the listed factor times Weekly Teaching Hours.

Size	Load Factor
60-74	1.333
75-99	1.500
100-119	1.667
120 and up	2.000

With prior agreement between the faculty member, the department chair, and the Vice-President or designee, oversized classes may be scheduled using the following enrollments for English composition classes:

30+

1.500

All classes must have stated enrollment on census day to receive the oversized adjustment, except as provided for in 6.9.1.

The District will ensure that computerized class scheduling reflects the arrangement to accommodate an oversize class.

6.9.3  All reassigned time for faculty, the accounts and amounts charged, and sources of reimbursement, if any, of such reassigned time shall be reported in writing to the Association by the sixth week of each semester or intersession in which reassigned time is granted.

6.9.4   Should distance learning classes be offered, load factors for such classes will have to be negotiated prior to such offering.

6.10  Exceptions to load policies delineated in sections 6.1 through 6.9 may be made by the Vice President when the faculty member, department chair and appropriate administrator all agree that the exception is in the best interest of the instructional program. The Association shall be informed and shall have the opportunity to inform the faculty member of Agreement provisions regarding load before a final decision is reached. Such arrangements shall be non-precedent setting.

6.10.1 The service of regular tenured or probationary counselors may be needed during days not included in the faculty duty day calendar. In order to meet this need with minimum contractual requirements on the counseling staff, the following provisions will apply:

(a) The appropriate academic administrator, in consultation with the chair of the Counseling Department, will determine those non-duty dates on which counseling service is required and the number of counselors to be involved. These dates may include any non-duty days during the school year as well as any days in the last week of the school year but excluding holidays and Winter and Spring recesses. In addition, the appropriate academic administrator, in consultation with the chair of the Counseling Department, shall designate a "low load" period during which compensatory time may be taken.

(b) All counselors will be given an opportunity to volunteer to serve on one or more of the specified non-duty days in exchange for compensatory time off during the designated "low load" period. Each volunteer and his or her compensatory time request must be approved by the appropriate academic administrator.

(c) If all needed counselor time is not satisfied by approved volunteers, the appropriate academic administrator may draft counselors to serve as needed. The appropriate academic administrator shall attempt to make these mandatory assignments and the related compensatory time in the best interest of the counseling office and the counselors involved. Counselors drafted for service should be selected on a rotational basis which over time will require all counselors to share in the non-duty day assignments.

(d) Summer and winter intersessions are specifically excluded from 6.10.1.c. However, counselors may be assigned to work the week preceding the start of spring semester, as well as peak periods during the fall and spring semesters.

6.11  The maximum number of hours of either classroom teaching or other duties paid at an hourly rate which may be assigned to tenured or probationary faculty members is six (6) hours per week. With the permission of the Vice President, exceptions to this policy may be made.

6.12  Department chairs shall recommend maximum class size to the appropriate academic administrator. The appropriate academic administrator shall have final responsibility for setting such maximums and shall make a reasonable effort to confer with department chairs or their designated alternates if changes are to be made.

6.13  The minimum class size on opening day of each semester or session shall be eighteen (18) students. Exceptions to this guideline may be made by the administrator in consultation with department chairs. If there are no students enrolled in a class, it may be canceled at any time during the semester. If the instructor is hourly, no further compensation shall be paid after the date of cancellation. If the instructor is tenured or probationary, the LHE's for the class shall be prorated for the length of the class. Any loss of LHE shall be balanced as indicated in 6.8.

6.14  A reasonable attempt shall be made to consult with the faculty member concerned before a class is canceled. A tenured or probationary faculty member whose class is canceled shall be reassigned to another section in accordance with the provisions of section 6.5. When a class taught as an hourly rate overload of a tenured or probationary faculty member or taught by an hourly faculty member is canceled, no alternate assignment which displaces any other faculty member shall be made.

6.15  Department chairs will be compensated each semester in accordance with the following rules.

6.15.1  A dollar amount, to be negotiated each year, will be set aside as the total compensation to be shared by all department chairs except the chairs of the library and counseling (see 6.16.5) during the fall and spring semesters. For Spring, 1994, this amount will be $32,815 and for Fall, 1994, this amount will be $33,307 for a total of 18 departments. Seven and one-half percent (7.5%) of the amount earned by each chair in each semester shall be set aside together with an equal amount from the District and used to compensate the person serving as department chair during the following summer. Five percent (5%) of the amount earned by each chair shall be set aside together with an equal amount from the District and used to compensate the person serving as department chair for the winter session.

6.15.2  If a department chair position is eliminated, the base amount previously received by that chair and the average increment of all chairs for the preceding semester shall be subtracted from the amount determined in section 6.16.1.

  Similarly, if a department chair position is created, a base amount for that chair shall be negotiated and the average increment of all chairs for the preceding semester shall be added to the amount determined in section 6.16.1.

6.15.3  Each chair will receive a base amount equal to the increment paid in the spring 1984 semester or subsequently negotiated. These base payments will be subtracted from the amount determined in section 6.16.1. A formula will be used to compute a point value for each department. The percentage of the total points computed will be calculated for each department and applied to the balance of the amount authorized in section 6.16.1 after subtraction of the base.

Example:

Dept. Chair Compensation

=

Sp'84 increment

+

Points for Department Total points for all depts.

x

(Total allocation, less Base Amounts)

6.15.4  The following formula will be used to compute points for a department:

  Points = 15 x Contract Head Count + 5 x hourly head count + F

(a)  "Contract Head Count" means the number of contract, long-term substitutes, and regular faculty members assigned to a department. Such persons will be counted in one department only and in the department to which they are assigned by the college administration.

(b)  "Hourly Head Count" means the number of persons assigned to the department teaching graded hourly or adult classes. An hourly teacher will be counted only once in the department where the majority of his/her weekly teaching hours are performed.

(c)  F is a factor assigned to a department as a representation for unusual supply, equipment, laboratory or production responsibilities:

60	Art, Auto/Trades, Life Science, Theater Arts
50	Cosmetology, Physical Science
40	Graphic Arts, Applied Design
30	Business, Earth Science, Music
20	Communications
10	English, Mathematics
0	Behavioral Studies, Foreign Language, Social Science, Physical Education

6.15.5  The chairpersons of counseling and library will each receive a ratio of .063 of Group 2, Step 17 of the probationary and tenured faculty salary schedule as their increment.

6.15.6  Department chairs are permitted reassigned time of three (3) LHE for departmental duties. Chairs of the English and Business departments are permitted six (6) LHE reassigned time. Additional reassigned time for special or recurring projects may be granted, with the permission of the Vice President and notice to the Association.

The allowed reassigned time may be taken over a single year with unequal amounts taken in the fall and spring semesters. Reassigned time allowances not taken during the year may not be carried into succeeding years (as described in section 6.8) but will be compensated at the rate of two steps on the extra responsibility schedule for each LHE of reassigned time not taken.

With the permission of the Vice President, department chairs may request additional reassigned time in lieu of direct compensation. Such reassigned time will be valued at two steps on the added responsibility schedule for each additional LHE of reassigned time.

Except with permission of the Vice President, department chairs may not be assigned to hourly rate overload classes which start prior to 3 p.m.

6.16  Faculty members who are assigned to the following positions of extra responsibility listed in this paragraph and in paragraph 6.17, and who receive additional compensation as indicated in appropriate Appendix E, may form a study group to evaluate possible changes in the additional compensation schedule to increase fairness. Recommendations from the committee will be presented to the District and the Faculty Association negotiating teams for finalization through the collective bargaining process.

 

 

Step 1	Coordinator of School Science Magnet Program.
Step 2	Coordinators of Child Care Services, Psychological Services, Special Programs for African-American Students, Latino Center, Environmental College, International Students Center.
Step 3	Coordinators for Disabled Students, EOPS, Student Health Programs, Humanities Center, Institutional Research, Corsair Advisor.

6.17  Tenured, probationary and hourly faculty who are head coaches of intercollegiate sports classes, and the Athletic Director are assigned to the Added Responsibility Schedule as follows and will receive additional compensation as indicated in appropriate Appendix E.

Step 1	Head coaches of Cross Country, Soccer, Tennis, Track, Volleyball, and Waterpolo
Step 2	Head coaches of Baseball, Basketball, Softball, and Swimming
Step 3	Head Coach of Football, Athletic Director

If a head coach is assigned to Men's and Women's Teams simultaneously, he or she will receive 150% of the added responsibility increment for a single assignment.

   Hourly faculty who are Assistant Coaches will be assigned Weekly Teacher Hours for their assignments as specified in Appendix H and will not be placed on the Added Responsibility Schedule. Tenured and probationary faculty who serve as Assistant Coaches will be assigned Weekly Teacher Hours as a part of their contract load and will not be placed on the Added Responsibility Schedule. Full-time faculty hired as football coaches shall receive an added responsibility increment specified in Appendix E-2, step 1, as long as they serve continuously as a coach.

6.18  Tenured, probationary, and hourly faculty who are head coaches or assistant coaches of an intercollegiate sport may be required to conduct preseason practice prior to the first duty day of the fall or spring semesters. The appropriate administrator, after consultation with head coaches, shall determine the number of days (or half days) of such preseason practice which must be conducted. All sports except football shall be limited to 5 half days of preseason practice.

   Tenured and probationary faculty will be paid at their contract rate for preseason practice days. Hourly faculty will be paid six (6) hours for full days and three (3) hours for half days.

6.19  Basketball is the one sport whose regular season, when the traditional 18 week per semester calendar is in use, extends through the week between semesters, a period of up to 5 non-duty days. The coaches of men's and women's basketball shall receive one half day of compensation for each non-duty day in the week between semesters. Contract faculty will be paid at contract rates for this midseason time. This provision does not apply when a compressed calendar is in force and the coach has a winter assignment. Hourly coaches will receive 3 hours pay for each half day.

6.20  Any current or new added responsibility position not on the Added Responsibility Schedule shall be negotiated as to its placement.