ARTICLE
7: HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT
7.1 175
WORK DAY YEAR FOR REGULAR FACULTY: The total required number of service
days for each faculty member on a regular academic year contract shall not
exceed one hundred seventy-five (175) work days, including any flex or staff
development days included in the year.
7.1.1 The
contract responsibility days of instructional faculty shall end once the
total required number of service days is served and final grades and other official paperwork are
submitted.
1.
the total required number of service days are
served,
2.
final grades are submitted, and
3. college checkout procedures are completed.
7.1.2 The contract responsibility days of non-instructional faculty shall end
at the conclusion of the final examination period. provided that college
checkout procedures are completed.
7.2 DEFINITION OF ACADEMIC YEAR: The
academic year consists of two (2) separate instructional semesters, each of which begin on the first day of instruction and end on the last
day of final examinations.
7.2 7.3 ADOPTION
OF ACADEMIC CALENDAR: Following negotiations with the
7.2.1 7.3.1
When a declared holiday falls on Sunday, the succeeding workday not
designated as a holiday shall be observed as the holiday. When a declared
holiday falls on a Saturday, the preceding workday not designated as a holiday
shall be deemed the holiday.
7.3
7.4 DEFINING OFFICE HOURS: Office hours are defined as regularly
scheduled times when faculty members are present in their assigned office or
approved alternate location, and available for consultation with students.
7.4 WORKWEEK FOR FULL-TIME NON-INSTRUCTIONAL
& NON-COUNSELING FACULTY: Full-time faculty members on a regular academic year contract who are
assigned to duties other than teaching or counseling will be employed for a
basic workweek of thirty-seven and one-half (37.5) hours. The requirements of
this section shall be reduced proportionately for regular contract faculty
members with less than full-time assignments.
7.5 WORKWEEK FOR COUNSELING FACULTY: Full-time faculty members on a regular
academic year contract who are assigned to counseling duties will be employed
for a basic minimum workweek of thirty (30) hours. The requirements of this section shall be
reduced proportionately for regular contract counseling faculty members with
less than full-time assignments.
7.6 WORKWEEK FOR FULL-TIME INSTRUCTIONAL
FACULTY: A
portion of each full-time instructor’s workweek is to be spent on campus or at
an off-campus center. Each full-time
instructor on a regular academic year contract shall be present on campus in
scheduled class, office, or other assigned hours for a minimum of twenty-five
(25) hours per standard five-day work week, Monday through Friday. The
requirements of this section shall be reduced proportionately for regular
contract instructors with less than full-time assignments.
7.5 Workweek for Full-Time Instructional Faculty: Full-time instructional faculty shall be present on campus in scheduled classes, offices or other assigned professional duties for a minimum of twenty-five (25) hours per week, prorated for regular and contract faculty with less than a full-time assignment.
7.6 Workweek
for Full-Time Counseling Faculty:
Full-time counseling faculty and faculty advisors shall be
present on campus a minimum of thirty (30) hours per week, a maximun of twenty-five
(25) of which are scheduled professional duties and direct student contact, at least five (5)
of which are for other professional duties. that do not involve direct
student contact. Hours are prorated
for regular or contract counselors and faculty advisors with less than a
full-time assignment.
7.7
Workweek for Full-Time Librarians: Full-time faculty librarians shall have a thirty-seven
and one-half (37.5) workweek, of which thirty-two and one-half (32.5) hours are
on campus scheduled professional duties and five (5) of which are other professional
duties. Hours are prorated for regular
or contract librarians with less than a full-time assignment.
7.8
Workweek for Full-Time
Non-Instructional Faculty: Full-time
college nurses, and faculty assigned to other duties shall be present on campus
in scheduled professional duties thirty-seven and one half (37.5) hours per
week, prorated for regular or contract college nurses and faculty assigned to
other duties with less than a full-time assignment.
7.9
Minimum
Elapsed Time: The minimum elapsed time between the
beginning time of any regular workday assignment and the beginning of the
following day’s regular workday assignment will be eleven (11) hours, except by
mutual agreement between the employee and the District.
7.7 ON CAMPUS AT LEAST TWO HOURS PER SERVICE DAY: Each full-time faculty member on a regular
academic year contract shall normally be present on campus a minimum of two (2)
hours (including at least one scheduled office hour) each required service day.
7.7.1 However,
a A faculty member may, by written mutual agreement with the appropriate
division dean on a semester-by-semester basis, be assigned to less than a
five-day per week schedule. A faculty
member so assigned may be exempt from the two (2) hour minimum on-campus requirement
for those days he/she has no assigned class or other activity. This exemption will not reduce the
twenty-five (25) hours per week minimum on-campus requirement.
7.8
7.10 FINAL EXAM PERIODS
INCLUDED IN SERVICE DAYS: Final examination periods are included within
the required number of service days. Instructors must meet all assigned classes
for final examinations at the appropriate hour as published in the College
final examination schedule, except by written permission in advance from the appropriate
Vice President.
7.8.1 During the final examination period, teaching faculty members will be
available for consultation on the days on which they have no final examination
scheduled. This consultation time can be satisfied by two hours on campus available
to students or by the availability of the faculty member by telephone either
through their faculty or division office or at home. A final examination schedule, including
consultation time, must be on file in the division office one week prior to the
final exam period.
7.9
7.11 FLEX DAY OBLIGATIONS:
The District academic calendar may contain flex (staff development) days. The
following provisions shall apply:
7.9.1 7.11.1 Faculty members on a regular
academic year contract shall participate in such flex days as part of their
basic assignments. Regular faculty will
be expected to participate in flex day activities for five (5) hours per flex
day.
7.9.2 7.11.2 Part-time
faculty members shall participate in flex activities as part of their basic
assignments if the flex day falls on a scheduled workday. For example, if a part-time faculty member
normally holds a class on a Monday and that day is a scheduled flex day and
thus his/her normally scheduled class(es) are not
held, the part-time faculty member shall participate in the flex activities and
shall receive regular pay for the normal student contact hours that would have
been worked that day. Other part-time
faculty members may voluntarily participate in flex activities, but shall not
receive pay for such activity.
7.12 COUNSELING ASSIGNMENTS OUTSIDE REGULAR
175 DAYS: The District
and the counseling staff recognize that the dates needed for counseling
services differ from the regular 175 day academic calendar and are essential to
fulfilling the needs of students in the District. For that reason, faculty
whose primary responsibility is counseling and whose annual teaching schedule
allows for blocks of five (5) or more exchange working days within the academic
year may be involuntarily assigned up to ten (10) working days of
counseling duties different from the regular 175 day academic calendar, during
semester breaks and/or Summer session. Involuntary assignments will only occur if
there are not sufficient numbers of suitable volunteers.
7.12.1 Whenever possible, voluntary assignments will be arranged in preference
to involuntary assignments. It may not be that every counselor will be assigned
by their administrator to work a full ten (10) days outside of the 175-day
calendar because of the need for particular expertise or specialized program
knowledge.
7.12.2 The days of counseling duties different from the regular 175 day
academic calendar will be scheduled on consecutive blocks of working days (for
example, five consecutive working days at the beginning of the Fall and Spring
semester), unless an exception is mutually agreed upon. For purposes of this section, Fridays during Summer session are not considered workdays. Normally, each
day will consist of six hours total. However, upon mutual agreement between the
counselor and supervisor, the total hours per day may be increased or decreased
and the number of days worked outside the 175-day academic calendar may be
increased beyond the ten (10).
7.12.3 Those counselors who are assigned up to ten (10) days per year
to work outside the 175 day academic calendar will receive exchange time during
the 175 day academic calendar. “Exchange time” means that an equivalent amount
of time may be taken off with full pay. The exchange days may be taken on consecutive
days unless an exception is mutually agreed upon. The regular ten-month or
twelve-month payment schedule for an employee’s full-time salary will not be
altered by any change of work schedule arranged as a result of this agreement.
7.12.4 Time assigned
outside the academic year as well as the exchange time will be determined
between the counselor and his/her supervisor prior to the assignment. A good
faith effort will be made to find times that are reasonable and that achieves
mutual benefit.
7.12.5 The District will provide one (1) semester advance notice to counselors
of the need for their services outside of the 175-day academic calendar.
7.12.6 Counselors who volunteer for and are assigned time outside the 175-day
academic calendar will be given priority for receiving assignments for days in
addition to the 175-day calendar.
7.13 COMPENSATION:
Compensation for counseling/advising responsibilities beyond the total
175 day commitment will be either pay at the faculty overload hourly
lab rate, unit banking, or compensatory time, schedule permitting.