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12.1.1 Assignments

12.1.1.1 Instructional

An instructional assignment is an activity that results in awarding of academic credit by the college. Each and every instructional assignment shall either be counted as part of the assigned load or counted as part of a voluntary overload assignment, exclusively, and shall be subject to the provision of each respectively. (See Assigned Load and Overload below.) The different components of an instructional assignment are contained in 12.3.

12.1.1.2 Non-Instructional

A non-instructional assignment is any professional faculty service or activity authorized by the District or the state that does not satisfy the conditions of an instructional assignment as defined above. The different components of a non- instructional assignment are contained in 12.3.

12.1.2 Load

The load is the instructional and/or non-instructional workload (or a portion thereof) of a faculty member and is measured as a decimal fraction or percentage of a full-time faculty member’s academic year employment obligation, as defined by this bargaining agreement, and known as one full-time equivalent faculty (1.00 FTEF).

The following are the different types of load: 12.1.2.1 Normal Load

The normal load is the amount of workload that a full-time faculty needs to perform in order to satisfy the academic year employment obligation as outlined in this contract of a 1.00 Full-Time Equivalent Faculty (FTEF).

12.1.2.2 Regular Load

The regular load is the faculty member’s workload obligation as authorized by the District. For a full-time faculty member, the regular load is the normal load, but the District may authorize a regular load of less than 1.00 FTEF.

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A mixed load is a workload that includes a combination of instructional and non- instructional assignments. The assigned mixed load should combine the appropriate proportions of 1.00 FTEF for each of the component loads.

12.1.2.4 Assigned Load

The assigned load is the workload assigned to the faculty member for the semester to fulfill the employment requirement of that Faculty member’s regular load. Due to course configuration and other scheduling difficulties, the assigned load may not be the same as the regular load.

12.1.3 When the assigned load differs from the regular load, the following definitions apply: 12.1.3.1 Assigned Credit

The assigned credit is the amount of the assigned load that exceeds the regular load.

12.1.3.2 Assigned Deficit

The assigned deficit is that portion of the regular load that is not assigned. 12.1.3.3 Cumulative Load

The cumulative load is the sum of all of the assigned credits minus the sum of the assigned deficits. The cumulative load may be deficit (negative), balanced (zero), or credit (positive).

12.2 GUIDELINES

12.2.1 The cumulative load is subject to the following restrictions:

12.2.1.1 If the cumulative load is deficit (negative) by more than ten percent (10% or 0.10 of a 1.00 FTEF), then the immediate supervisor and the faculty member shall meet to devise a plan to reduce the deficit cumulative load to less than ten percent (10% 0.10) deficit.

12.2.1.2 When there is an assigned credit, one of the following guidelines shall apply: A. If the faculty member has a deficit cumulative load, then the assigned credit

shall be used to reduce the deficit cumulative load.

OR

B. If the faculty member has a credit cumulative load, then the assigned credit shall be used to increase the credit cumulative load. If the faculty member chooses not to do this, then the District shall by default compensate the faculty member for the assigned credit at the current hourly rate of pay.

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12.2.1.3 When there is an assigned deficit, the following guidelines shall apply:

A. If the faculty member has a credit cumulative load, then the credit shall be used to reduce the assigned deficit in order to complete a regular load.

AND

B. The assigned deficit may not be used to add to the deficit cumulative load without the faculty member’s written permission.

C. Under the circumstances where there are no other assignments in any of the faculty member’s FSA’s to complete the regular load, the faculty member must be given, in the next semester, an assignment that will eliminate any cumulative deficit. If this does not occur, the faculty member shall not be required to make up the deficit caused by the lack of assignment.

12.2.1.4 If the cumulative credit load is ten percent (10% or 0.10) or more of 1.00 FTEF, then the immediate supervisor may, in consultation with the faculty member and subject to other provisions of this contract, use any or all of the credit cumulative load as part of the next semester’s assigned load of the faculty member.

12.2.2 The faculty member may use any or all of the credit cumulative load as part of his/her assigned load. However, the faculty member may neither receive any financial compensation for credit cumulative load at the adjunct faculty rate nor convert it to overload.

12.2.3 If the faculty member leaves the Faculty Association bargaining unit and/or District employment and/or retires, then:

12.2.3.1 Any deficit cumulative load is eliminated, and the faculty member has no obligation to reimburse the District for this deficit.

12.2.3.2. Any credit cumulative load is eliminated, and the District has no financial obligation to compensate the faculty member for this credit.

12.2.4 Overload

An overload is a separate, voluntary assignment requested by the faculty member in addition to the faculty members assigned load that requires a separate contract and is subject to the provisions of the article on overload (Article 15) in this bargaining agreement.