The Austin Community College Board of Trustees adopted this policy on April 21, 1997 and amended on June 2, 1997. It is a consolidation of the provisions of previous policies V-74, Full-Time Faculty Workloads, (adopted May 4, 1981 and amended June 1, 1987, July 10, 1989, May 6, 1991 and July 13, 1992), VIII-80, Appointment and Workload of Part-Time Faculty, (adopted July 24, 1979 and amended August 3, 1987), and VIII-85, Part-Time Faculty Stipends for Non-Teaching Duties (adopted December 5, 1994).
A. In this and all other Board policies, the term "faculty"
does not refer to the adjunct faculty or faculty paid hourly unless
specifically indicated.
B. Faculty
[1] The total responsibilities of faculty positions shall require
at least 35 hours per week on a full-time basis. Such positions
are filled by the faculty appointment process described in Policy
VIII-75. They will typically be on a full-time basis with an optional
half load in the summer, but the President may establish fractional
faculty positions when deemed appropriate, in which case both
the salary and all the responsibilities described below are reduced
proportionally.
[2] The workload for faculty will typically include a teaching
courseload of 30 lecture equivalent hours (LEH) for an academic
year (an average of 15 hours per week), with an option of 5 or
6 additional LEH in a summer semester compensated at 1/6 of the
rate for a 9-month academic year. Faculty members shall schedule
at least five office hours per week for consultation with students,
and shall make at least five additional office hours per week
available by appointment.
[3] The President shall set equivalency rules for faculty workloads
to determine how labs, unusual teaching situations, and other
modes of direct student contact will be counted toward this courseload.
These rules may also provide that only partial credit is given
for sections substantially smaller than the target size for that
course.
[4] The President shall specify workload and vacation rules for
faculty whose primary responsibilities are other than classroom
teaching, such as librarians and counselors with faculty status.
[5] Each faculty member shall be expected to share responsibilities
related to the total concerns of the College. Such responsibilities
include instructional development, faculty meetings, committee
and task-force assignments, registration duties, student advisement,
other assigned responsibilities, and appropriate self-directed
professional activities. The President may correspondingly reduce
courseloads and/or provide stipends to faculty members whose non-teaching
assignments substantially exceed the typical amount.
[6] Faculty members who, with appropriate approvals, teach more
than a full courseload (with appropriate additional office hours)
will be paid for the excess at adjunct-faculty rates.
[7] Each faculty member shall be consulted prior to the determination
of his or her teaching schedule and work assignments; however,
the administration may make work and class assignments as needed.
C. Adjunct Faculty
[1] Adjunct faculty are hired by the College on an as-needed basis
for direct instruction. Their course based compensation, which
is proportional to the number of lecture hours taught (or equivalent),
covers the time used for direct instruction, course preparation,
grading, and at least one office hour per course per week for
individual consultation with students. Any additional work asked
of people serving as adjunct faculty, such as service on official
instructional or governance committees, task forces, or councils
(including the Adjunct Faculty Council), is not part of the standard
adjunct-faculty job and shall be compensated separately.
[2] The President shall ensure that the College's use of adjunct
faculty is not excessive or poorly controlled, and that the College
does not usually permit adjunct-faculty workloads in excess of
9 credit hours or 11 LEH per week.
D. Reports
The President shall report to the Board during the annual budget
process on the recent and projected pattern of faculty courseloads,
including overloads and courseload reductions, on the recent and
projected level of use of adjunct faculty, and on any planned
changes in workload rules or practices which would result in a
change in expenditure of more than $100,000 per year.