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About eLearning Virtual Instructional HoursThe MCC Workload Policy states that the normal work week scheduled for full-time teaching faculty during the Fall and Spring semesters will be 5 days with at least 30 scheduled office and classroom hours on campus. (Exceptions, such as six day schedules, may be approved in advance by the Dean and VPAA; however, total hours must never be below 30.) Each Duty Schedule will include a minimum of 1 hour per day during which the faculty member will be available at a designated campus location for student consultation. This hour is not to be marked in any way, such as marking it "SC" (Student Consultation). Hours for lunch, overload, and other salary compensatory assignments will not be included in the normal workweek. Most Duty Schedules will show 30 hours in the Total Hours box on the bottom of the Duty Schedule. However, due to the complexity of some ILH configurations, Total Hours boxes will show anywhere from 30-35 hours. The exception to this is that faculty teaching elearning web classes may show fewer than 30 hours. (See eLearning section below.) Directed Studies take place during office hours and are not to be noted on the duty schedule. Any OL hours must be clearly marked OL and noted in the Total Hours box as OL. (Example: 30 + 3 OL) OL listed in the Total Hours box on the Duty Schedules must match with the faculty's PT/OL payroll and contract. For music and other non-standard areas (such as Art and Graphic Design) ILH formulas, there should be a double entry across the bottom of the Duty Schedule listing Total Hours and OL and then listing ILH and ILH OL. On the bottom of these more complicated Duty Schedules, there should also be a notation listing ILH equivalencies. Example: MVK 1111A = 1.5 ILH. Travel back and forth between campuses--when it occurs between duty schedule hours--can be counted as part of the total 30 hours. Travel at the very beginning or very end of the duty day cannot be counted as part of the total 30 hours. Reassigned times will be noted on the bottom of the Duty Schedules. (Ex: Brain Bowl 3ILH Reassigned Time.) Stipends are not listed on the Duty Schedule. Department Chair Duty Schedules must show 35 hours per week and 6 ILH per Fall and Spring semester--or a reassigned equivalent. Full-time Instructional Assistant Duty Schedules must show 35 hours per week. Any classes taught (if not part of the contract) will be designated as OL beyond the 35.
eLearning Duty Schedules: One (1) hour "virtual location" credit is given for each 3-hour distance learning web class. This means that for each 3 hours of eLearning web classes that a full-time faculty member teaches, the faculty member may indicate 2 office hours instead of 3 on the duty schedule. Please note on the bottom of the duty schedule a statement reflecting how many hours have been deducted for which web classes. This is not in effect in the summer semesters. Only one duty schedule should be submitted for those teaching eLearning courses. See Appendix A. Any OL eLearning class does NOT need to show equivalent office hours. Extended adjuncts teaching eLearning classes should submit a Duty Schedule showing 20 hours per week for the entire semester plus any OL's. Extended Adjuncts do not need to show equivalent office hours for eLearning classes.
Click here to see more eLearning related policy below... Summer Duty Schedules: The normal work week for Summer A and Summer B classes will be determined by the individual teaching load of the faculty member. Faculty teaching summer classes who receive the premium rate are required to post two office hours on campus per 3 ILH per week. Faculty not receiving the premium rate are not required to post office hours. Classes that begin in A and are longer than six weeks should have the office hours equally dispersed across Summer A and Summer B. (Example: A faculty member teaches 4 classes in Summer A. Two are 12-week classes and two are 6-week classes. The faculty member is not teaching any other classes during B. This faculty can earn premium rate payment for 4 classes by posting 6 office hours in A and 2 office hours in B. or 3 in A and 3 in B, etc.) In the Total Hours box, post the actual hours and the ILH. Example: 20 (6ILH). See Appendix B. Faculty paid the premium rate for a class that runs 12-weeks will need to mark the class on the duty schedule with (C). That will indicate that this class runs 12-weeks and that the office hours may be split between A and B. If the premium rate class is a eLearning class that runs for a 12 week period, faculty you will be required to show the ILH for the class, plus one office hr for A and one for B, listing it as a ( C) term (See appendix D) Any full-time faculty member recommended for continued-employment either on continuing contract or tenure track annual contract is offered the premium rate during summer teaching assignments. Retiring faculty won't be eligible since they can't work for the summer per FRS rules. Lecturers are not paid at the premium rate. Instructional assistants are not paid the premium rate in the summer. Department Chair Duty Schedules during Summer A and the week starting Summer B should show 24 hours per week from 8:00 - 2:00 unless otherwise approved by the Dean and VPAA. Any classes taught in Summer A will be considered overload, are not part of the 24 office hours, and are not paid at the premium rate. Department Chairs can create one Summer A Duty Schedule with class(es) and office hours listed and note on the bottom of the Duty Schedule the dates for the office hours. See Appendix C. Classes taught in Summer B will be considered overload and will be paid premium rate if two office hours per class per week are posted on the duty schedule. Co-ops paid the premium rate in summer require office hours based on the number of students enrolled (minimum ½ hr), not to exceed the 2 hours required per premium class.
MCC Division of Arts and Letters & Social and Behavioral Sciences Duty Schedule Guidelines Revised April 2006 ** All Guidelines Pertain to Full-Time Faculty unless otherwise noted* * Revised: Jan 2006 |
