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MCCFA Employment Contract 1999-2001
ARTICLE 10
WORK ASSIGNMENTS
It is recognized that full-time faculty members normally average forty (40) or more hours per week in carrying out their professional responsibilities. It is further recognized that a community college faculty member's work assignment includes a number of diverse professional responsibilities. Classroom teaching and other contacts with students form the core of the faculty work assignment. Additionally, professional development and service to the college are the other core components of a faculty member's work assignment. A faculty member will plan to engage in such activities as: student advising, course evaluation, classroom preparation, the evaluation of student performance, committee assignments, classroom research and community service as part of overall work assignment. Some of these activities may be completed off campus. It is also recognized that the work assignments of part-time faculty include similar duties performed on a proportional basis.
Assignments by the Employer will be made within the following limits:
Section 1. Instructors.
A faculty member may be assigned either the thirty (30) credit per academic year limit or the forty (40) contact hour per academic year limit. Whenever either limit has been reached, the instructor may accept additional credit or contact hour assignments only as overload. When making full-time faculty assignments for spring term, the teaching credits and the resulting contact hours shall be assigned before the non-teaching assignments. When making part-time faculty assignments, the credit/contact hour limitations shall be a proration of the fifteen (15) credit or twenty (20) contact hour term limits based on the FTE percentage. When calculating the workload for part-time faculty who have a combination of credits and contact hour assignments, the calculation which produces the higher amount of salary will be used, e.g., if the faculty member teaches a three (3) credit lecture course and two one (1) credit labs [seven (7) contact hours total], the total credits would be five (5), but the faculty member would be paid for 7/20 thirty-five percent (35%) or 5.25 credits.
Subd. 1. Credits
| Per Semester | Per Academic Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Credits (assigned to courses or equated credits) | 15 | 30 |
An individual instructor may be assigned as many as eighteen (18) credits in a given semester if this assignment is necessary to provide the course offerings within a specific program or department.
The total credits assigned for the year shall not exceed thirty (30),
and any additional assignments beyond 30 shall be considered
overload.
Upon mutual agreement between the faculty member and the administration, the total credits assigned for the first academic year of two (2) consecutive academic years may be up to twenty-seven (27) credits and including thirty-three (33) credits the following year. This two (2) year averaging of credits may be assigned only under the following condition. The agreement must be provided in writing to the individual instructor prior to spring semester of the first (twenty-seven (27) credit) academic year with a copy to the local grievance representative. The agreement may also provide for necessary adjustments to the contact hour limitation up to and including twenty-two (22) hours per semester, forty-four (44) hours per academic year and one (1) additional preparation for the second year of the two (2) year cycle.
Subd. 2. Contact Hours
| Per Semester | Per Academic Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | 20 | 40 |
Contact hours above twenty (20), but no more than twenty-five (25) per semester, are allowable by mutual written agreement between the instructor and the college president.
However, the forty (40) hours per year limitation shall remain. Part-time faculty contact hour assignments shall be determined on a pro rata basis.
Subd. 3. Science Laboratory Courses.
Science laboratory courses (chemistry, biology, physics, natural science) shall be credited on the basis of one (1) credit for each one (1) lecture hour and one (1) credit for each two (2) laboratory hours. Credits for science laboratories shall be averaged over the academic year with totals in odd numbers being rounded to the nearest whole number. For purposes of rounding, .5 shall be rounded up to one (1).
Subd. 4. Preparation.
When possible, without disrupting the normal class offerings, a maximum of three (3) separate class preparations may be assigned. A faculty member normally will not be assigned more than six (6) class preparations for classes of three (3) or more credits in an academic year. A class counts as a separate preparation each semester quarter in which it is taught. More than six (6) class preparations may be assigned with the approval of the individual instructor. When the number of preparations exceeds seven (7), the total credits assigned to the faculty member will be reduced by one (1) credit per each additional preparation.
Subd. 5. Office Hours.
Each instructor shall post and maintain one (1) one hour or hour of student availability in some other campus location per week for each three (3) credits taught to a maximum of fifteen (15) credits. Additional office hours or student availability may be scheduled at the instructor's option.
Subd. 6. Class Size
The administration at each college shall establish, through the meet and confer process, a regulation which sets a reasonable maximum class size for all instruction at the college.
There will be no intentional enrollment beyond the maximum class size unless agreed to by the state Association and the administration. When a class size maximum is accidentally exceeded, the faculty member shall receive one hundred dollars ( $100) plus the current resident tuition rate for each student that is above the maximum for each class.
Once the regulation is established, any change must be considered through the meet and confer process at least one (1) semester in advance, or unless the annual staffing allocation would necessitate a change, in which case such change shall be considered as soon as it can be scheduled after the publication of the allocation.
Subd. 7. Non-Credit Instruction.
When non-credit instruction is assigned as part of an instructor's load up to a full-time load, one (1) CCU shall count as two-thirds (2/3) credit for the purpose of load computation.
Subd. 8. Elapsed Time.
The average daily elapsed time per week from the beginning of the first assignment to the end of the last assignment shall not exceed six (6) hours exclusive of self-assigned office hours. An individual instructor may be assigned a schedule in which the average daily elapsed time per week is increased to a maximum of eight (8) hours if this assignment is necessary to provide the course offerings within a specific program or department. An individual instructor must approve any increase in average daily elapsed time per week. In any case, where a variation is implemented, the administration shall provide in writing to the instructor and to the local grievance representative the reasons why this assignment is necessary and reasonable.
Subd. 9. Class Schedules.
Class schedules for each instructor shall be developed in each college by the administration based on consultation with the faculty member. Such schedules shall be provided to the faculty member in writing and shall include an itemization of all equated credit assignments.
Subd. 10. Combined Classes.
An assignment to teach two (2) or more classes of different content at the same time may be made only if requested by the instructor. If such an assignment is then made by the administration, the number of credits assigned to the instructor shall be the credits of the class with the greatest number of credits of those in this assignment plus one (1) or one-half ( ½ )the total number of credits assigned for all the individual classes plus one (1), whichever is greater.
Subd. 11. Intern Supervision
When instructors are assigned to supervise students who are working as interns, the workload shall be assigned on a term to term basis.
However a full-time instructor may have the assigned credit(s) distributed over the academic year. The calculation shall be made for each term using the following formula:
One (1) credit of workload shall be assigned for the supervision of every thirteen (13) student credits. Student credits is defined as the number of students times the number of credits enrolled in. The resulting actual number of workload credits will be rounded to the nearest one-half (1/2) credit with the lowest possible number being one-half (1/2) credit.
Subd. 12. Saturday and Sunday Assignments.
Assignments to faculty members for Saturdays and Sundays shall be considered to be within the academic calendar. This provision does not include student activity assignments. Faculty members assigned to Saturday and/or Sunday shall have their schedules arranged to provide two (2) consecutive days in each week without assignment, if desired.
Subd. 13. Team Teaching
Team teaching assignments may be made by mutual agreement between faculty and administration.
The faculty loads, both credits and contact hours, for instructors involved in team teaching shall be determined prior to the semester in which the course is offered and must be agreed to by the administration and the faculty members involved in the course. In no case may the total faculty credits be fewer than the credits for the course, nor may the total faculty contact hours be fewer than those for students in the course.
Section 2. Librarians.
Librarians, by assigned field, shall be responsible for the development and implementation of library/media services including summer coverage to support the mission and philosophy of each institution and to develop cooperatively with the administration, the goals and objectives for these services prior to the start of each academic year. Librarians on each campus, among themselves, shall develop their methods of implementation for the purpose of accomplishing these goals and objectives. Priority will be given to services necessary to fulfill the educational needs of students and instructional needs of faculty. It is recognized that the quality and quantity of these services will depend upon the availability of staff and other resources. Librarians on each campus, among themselves, after consultation with the administration, shall develop and post their hours of availability. When librarians perform teaching assignments their responsibilities shall be adjusted proportionately. Part-time librarian assignments shall be determined on a pro rata basis.
Section 3. Counselors.
Counselors, by assigned field, shall be responsible for the development and implementation of the counseling services including summer coverage to support the mission and philosophy of each institution and to develop cooperatively with the administration, the goals and objectives for these services prior to the start of each academic year. Counselors on each campus, among themselves, shall develop their methods of implementation for the purpose of accomplishing these goals and objectives. Priority will be given to services necessary to fulfill the educational needs of students and instructional needs of faculty. It is recognized that the quality and quantity of these services will depend upon the availability of staff and other resources. It is further recognized by the parties that:
- After consultation with the counseling department, the college president or designee decides when and where counseling services necessary to meet the goals and objectives shall be offered.
- Counselors on each campus, among themselves, shall decide which individuals shall work to cover the hours set by the college president or designee.
- In the event that counselors are unable to decide which individuals shall work to cover the set hours, the college president or designee shall assign individual counselors.
- For each counselor, no more than twenty-five (25) hours of student contact hours of availability over a five (5) day week shall be scheduled and no more than six (6) hours averaged daily elapsed time of student contact availability may be scheduled for an individual counselor per week. When counselors perform teaching assignments, their responsibilities shall be adjusted proportionately. Part-time counselor assignments shall be determined on a pro rata basis.
Section 4. Other Assignments.
Instructors, librarians and counselors who are assigned full time to perform duties other than teaching, counseling duties or librarian duties, or who are assigned to instructional labs which require no special advance preparation or evaluation which cannot be completed during the lab periods shall be responsible for scheduling thirty-five (35) hours per week for the purposes of carrying out the development and implementation of services to support the mission and philosophy of their assigned field or area of assignment and to develop cooperatively with the administration, the goals and objectives for these services prior to the start of each academic year or the start of an assignment. These individuals, or groups as is appropriate on each campus shall develop, after consultation with the administration, their hours of work and methods of implementation for purposes of accomplishing the goals and objectives.
Priority will be given to services necessary to fulfill the educational needs of students and the instructional needs of faculty. It is recognized that the quality and quantity of these services will depend upon the availability of staff and other resources.
If faculty members have a portion of their assignments in conformity with "Other Assignments" clause, then the balance of their assignment under the counselor, librarian or instructor clauses of the Contract will be reduced proportionately.
Section 5. Department and/or Division Coordinators
The president may establish, through meet and confer, at each college, department and/or division coordinator positions as needed based upon a community of interest.
If such coordinator positions are established, the faculty members in each department and/or division may annually submit to the college president a list of at least two (2) acceptable candidates for the position of department and/or division coordinator. The college president shall appoint the department and/or division coordinator from among the acceptable candidates. However, if none of these will voluntarily accept the appointment, or if no list is submitted, then the college president may select and appoint a department and/or division coordinator from the department for a one (1) year term.
Department and/or division coordinators shall coordinate the activities of the department and/or division, and may responsibly direct other members of the bargaining unit in their department and/or division only, but may not exercise other supervisory responsibilities as defined by M.S. 179A.03, Subd. 17.
The administration at each college shall establish, through the meet and confer process, the tasks and responsibilities which will be assigned to each department and/or division coordinator. After these tasks and responsibilities have been established, a reasonable credit equivalence shall be assigned to department and/or division coordinators for their coordination responsibilities. If there are ten (10) or fewer F.T.E. faculty positions in the department/division, the credit equivalence shall be no less than three (3) per semester unless the chapter president, coordinator and college president agree in writing to a lesser amount. If there are more than ten (10) F.T.E. faculty positions in the department/division, at least one (1) additional equated credit per semester shall be assigned for each additional ten (10) F.T.E. faculty positions or fraction thereof. Normally, the equated credits will be used in determining release time from other assignments. However, in cases where the release time cannot reasonably be granted without undue disruption of the responsibilities of the department/division, the administration may elect to pay for the equated credits as overload pay. Also, the administration may in such cases elect to assign part of the equated credits as release time and the rest as overload pay.
Department and/or division coordination overload pay may exceed the thirty percent (30%) overload limitation; but if it does, such department/division coordinator shall not be eligible for additional overload pay extra weeks, or summer school.
Section 6. Occupational Program Coordinators.
The college president or designee may determine that an occupational program shall have a coordinator who shall responsibly direct other members of the bargaining unit in the program, but not exercise other supervisory responsibilities as defined in M.S. 179A.03, Subd. 17. Such coordinator shall be selected and appointed by the president, and be given a minimum credit equivalence of three (3) credits per semester, unless the chapter president, coordinator and college president agree in writing to a lesser amount.
Section 7. Independent Study Assignments.
Independent study assignments shall be defined as the faculty member's supervision of a course, for a student, which has been approved by the college's regular course approval procedures, or shall be defined as the tutoring of a CBE (Competency Based Education) student. Upon agreement of the faculty member and the college president or designee, the faculty member's semester load may include independent study assignments. A faculty member who agrees to accept additional independent study or CBE assignments as overload shall be paid at the rate of 1/450 of schedule salary for each student credit or CBE unit. Independent study may not be used to substitute for course offerings, unless agreed to by the faculty member and administration. Such agreement must include approval of the local grievance representative when the number of students exceeds three (3) students per course per semester.
Section 8. Student Activity Assignments.
Student activity assignments to faculty members shall be given an equitable credit equivalence on each campus according to the following:
Subd. 1. Uniform Assignments
A. Athletics
| Sport | Credit Equivalencies |
|---|---|
| Football (Head) | 7 |
| Football (Asst.) | 4 |
| Wrestling (Head) | 7 |
| Wrestling (Asst. or J.V.) | 4 |
| Hockey | 7 |
| Baseball | 7 |
| Volleyball | 7 |
| Basketball (Head) | 7 |
| Basketball (Asst. or J.V.) | 4 |
| Softball | 7 |
| Cross Country | 3 |
| Golf | 3 |
| Tennis (Women) | 3 |
| Tennis (Men) | 3 |
| Track | 4 |
Athletic Coordinator: Credit equivalency allocation to be based on number of sports for which there is responsibility, as follows:
| Sport | Credit Equivalencies |
|---|---|
| General Responsibility | 2 |
| Football | 2 |
| Cross Country (Men's) | .5 |
| Cross Country (Women's) | .5 |
| Volleyball | 2 |
| Hockey | 2 |
| Wrestling | 2 |
| Basketball | 2 |
| Baseball | 1.5 |
| Softball | 1.5 |
| Track (Men's) | .5 |
| Track (Women's) | .5 |
| Golf (Men's) | .5 |
| Golf (Women's) | .5 |
| Tennis (Men's) | .5 |
| Tennis (Women's) | .5 |
Athletic coordinators may responsibly direct other members of the bargaining unit in their activity only, and may perform other administrative duties, but may not exercise other supervisory responsibility as defined in M.S. 179A.03, Subd. 17.
B. Theater
| 1. Major Production | Seven (7) credits per major production to be divided as appropriate between director and technical director(s), at the request of the director |
| 2. Minor Production | two (2) credits per minor production, to be divided as appropriate between director and technical director. |
C. Music
| 1. Major group - a group which rehearses a minimum of four (4) times per week, and has a minimum of one (1) major performance per semester. | five (5) credits per semester |
| 2. Intermediate group - group which rehearses three (3) times per week, and has at least one (1) major performance per semester. | four (4) credits per semester |
| 3. Minor group - a group which rehearses a minimum of two (2) times per week, and has at least one (1) major performance per semester. | three (3) credits per semester |
| 4. Specialty group - a group which does not meet the specifications of 1. 2. or 3. above. | credits determined under non-uniform assignments. |
The number of rehearsals shall be a part of the course outline as approved by the curriculum committee. For music activities, the credit equivalency of the instructor will not be affected by the extent to which students do or do not receive credit for participation.
D. Publications
| 1. Major Publication - a publicationhich requires four (4) or more multi-page publications per semester. | five (5) credits per semester w |
| 2. Minor Publication - a publication which requires fewer than four (4) publications per semester. | three (3) credits per semester |
Subd. 2. Non-Uniform Activity Assignments.
The credit equivalency for all activities not stated in Section 8., Subd. 1. above shall be one (1) credit for every twenty (20) hours anticipated with students in any of the following: practice, rehearsal, performance, instruction and activity supervision. (This would include such activities as forensics, costuming, choreography, technical directing or stage managing of non-theater activities, intramurals, drill-dance teams, cheerleading and others not listed.) The assignment is actually to be made in credit equivalencies, not as total number of hours to be devoted to all aspects of the activity. The determination of anticipated contact hours is merely a method for arriving at the credit equivalency.
Subd. 3. Variations of Equated Credits.
Variance from the listed number of equated credits may be requested through the following process:
- After discussion at local meet and confer, variations of equated credits may be requested by the college president, provided that justification is included which clearly demonstrates the need or desirability for such variations. The requests and justification will be made in writing to the chancellor's designee.
- Both the chancellor's designee and the Association must agree to the variance prior to implementation. If such variation is approved, the fact and the reasons for it shall be posted on official bulletin boards.
Subd. 4. Scheduling Activities and Credit Determination
The faculty member shall have responsibility for scheduling the activity in cooperation with the administration. However, the actual contact hours of the activity will not be counted in the determination of the faculty member's classroom contact hour limitation; instead the annual classroom contact hours limitation for faculty members assigned activities will be reduced by the same proportion that the equated credits are of thirty (30). The classroom contact hours reduction shall be applied in total to the semester in which the activity assignment occurs unless requested by the faculty member and agreed to by the administration. The administration will endeavor to schedule classes for faculty members having student activity assignments at such times that the combination of classes and activities will result in reasonable elapsed time.
Section 9. Reasonable Credit Equivalence
Any assignment given faculty members by the administration which is not otherwise within the load description of Article 10 shall be given a reasonable credit equivalence, e.g., art gallery.
The actual hours of assignment will not be counted in the determination of the faculty member's contact hour limitation. Instead, the annual classroom contact hours limitation for faculty members given assignments which are not within the load description will be reduced by the same proportion that the equated credits are of thirty (30). The classroom contact hours reduction shall be applied in total to the semester(s) in which the assignment(s) occur(s). The administration will endeavor to schedule classes for faculty members having assignments which are not within the load description at such times that the combination of classes and other assignments will result in reasonable elapsed time.
Section 10. Unique Assignments.
If a faculty member is given an assignment that is not in compliance with the statements in this contract, the assignment must be acceptable to the faculty member, the local association and the local association grievance representative.
Section 11. Distance Learning.
The intent of distance learning, including telecourses, is to provide
access for students to instruction and services. Tapes or other materials
developed expressly for distance learning may not be reused without the
instructor's permission. The instructor shall not be responsible for the
maintenance of equipment. The terms of this contract shall apply to faculty
that are providing such services.