1.1 The standard teaching assignment for all full time tenured, and tenure-track faculty is defined as fifteen (15) credit hours in the academic year. The standard teaching
assignment for limited term faculty is defined as eighteen (18) credit hours. These credit hours may further be described to include contact hours in classes, labs, clinic, studio and required tutorials. Each hour a class meets per week of term is defined as one contact hour. Each hour of a studio, clinical or laboratory, which is supplementary to the classroom activity, shall be considered to be equivalent to one-half hour of classroom activity. Each hour of scheduled tutorial or problem session shall be considered
equivalent to one-third hour of classroom activity. Faculty must be present and teaching for the period for which they are claiming teaching credit. When a Lab Instructor is assigned to a contact period, the professor shall claim no teaching credit for that course, unless the professor is present and teaching.
1.2 No Faculty member shall be obliged to teach more than the standard teaching
assignment for his or her appointment. Any Faculty member may voluntarily apply to the appropriate Dean to undertake teaching in excess of standard teaching assignment and shall be compensated in accordance with the rate for teaching courses as overload. 1.3.1 In the Faculty of Education, a practicum responsibility for fourteen (14) students
over an academic year shall be considered equivalent to six (6) credit hours for faculty members and Education Practicum Supervisors.
Third Collective Agreement: July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2016 Page 79 of 245 1.3.2 In the School of Nursing, clinical responsibility should normally range between six
(6) and nine (9) students per clinical group, taking into account the greater intensity of supervision for newer students as well as students with higher learning needs.
Assignment of clinical student ratio will be done in consultation with the faculty member, year coordinator, and the Chair.
1.3.3 An enrolment of six (6) students for one academic term in individual instruction of applied music courses requiring one hour per week of individual instruction is equivalent to a three-credit course assignment; for an enrolment of fewer students or for individual instruction of less than one hour, the fulfillment of teaching expectation is adjusted proportionally. Instruction of ensembles in the Music
Department shall be credited at 0.5 times 1 credit hour of each hour of weekly ensemble. 1.3.4 In the Department of Adult Education, the teaching of one three-week Foundations
Institute is equivalent to a teaching assignment of three (3) credit hours for faculty members; should the enrolment in any Foundations Institute be equal to or greater than 20 students, it will be equivalent to a teaching assignment of six (6) credit hours. The remainder of the teaching assignment for faculty in the Department of Adult Education, to the maximum of 15 credit hours, consists of instructing students about research and supervising student learning throughout their program. A responsibility for seven (7) students over an academic year for this ongoing instruction shall be considered equivalent to three (3) credit hours for faculty members. For a student to count, she or he will be registered and paying the appropriate full-time or part-time tuition fees.
1.4 The supervision of advanced students is a responsibility of every Department. It is the responsibility of the Chair in consultation with the Department to allocate this supervision in a fair and equitable manner.
1.5 Professors’ responsibilities extend beyond the classroom. Professors shall be
available in their offices for consultation with students for at least two hours per week for each three hour credit course to a required maximum of six hours per week at stated times between 8:15 am and 5:15 pm Monday through Friday . These hours shall be spread over a minimum of three work days. In addition, professors shall contribute to the
administrative work of the Department and of the University.
1.6 Canada Research Chairs and Faculty occupying other externally funded research positions shall have a teaching assignment of seven and one-half (7.5) credit hours each year. This can also be attained with nine credit hours one year and six the subsequent year. Where the program or sponsor requires a teaching assignment less than 7.5 credit hours per year, the teaching assignment will be further reduced. In the event of a clawback of a CRC position by the CRC program through no fault of the affected member, the member shall retain the title associated with the Chair or a similar designation assigned by the University for the term of the Chair that would have occurred in the absence of the clawback. The affected member shall retain rights of the CRC including the teaching load for externally funded research chairs as described in this
Third Collective Agreement: July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2016 Page 80 of 245 article and the CRC stipend for the term of the Chair that would have occurred in the absence of the clawback.
2.0 Variation in Standard Teaching Assignment
2.1 Upon voluntary application by a Faculty member, the Dean may, after consultation with the Department Chair, authorize a variation in the number of courses taught in a particular period in order that the standard teaching assignment may be realized over a longer period.
2.2 Faculty may be issued a contract to teach overload only when requested by the
Department Chair. All overload course assignments must be approved by the appropriate Dean
3.0 Continuing and Distance Education Courses
3.1 When a course in Continuing and Distance Education is being planned, but in any case before a person to teach the course is hired, the University shall notify Department Chairs annually that such a course is contemplated. Department Chairs shall then forward this information to the members of their Departments.
3.2 Faculty may be issued a contract to teach overload for Continuing and Distance Education only when requested by the Department Chair. All overload course assignments must be approved by the appropriate Dean.