ARTICLE 10
Section A. Faculty Workload . The workload of faculty includes student advising, maintaining and improving expertise in a discipline and in pedagogy, serving on departmental and university committees, contributing to student growth and development, evaluating student performance, scholarly activities, and service to university and community, as well as teaching and class preparation. Additionally, as a professional, a faculty member shall devote a substantial amount of his/her workload to course preparation, research , the maintenance of professional expertise, innovations in teaching/learning and other similar activities. These endeavors shall comprise the faculty member ’s workload.
Subd. 1. A faculty member ’s teaching load shall not exceed fourteen (14) undergraduate credit hours per semester nor twenty-four (24) undergraduate credit hours per academic year .
a. For purposes of calculating teaching load , a three (3) credit graduate course shall be the equivalent of a four (4) credit undergraduate course, and a four (4) credit graduate course shall be the equivalent of a five (5) credit undergraduate course. All other graduate courses shall be calculated as the equivalent of one and one fourth (1.25) undergraduate credits per one (1) graduate credit hour. Graduate equivalency shall apply only to courses exclusively for graduate students.
b. Undergraduate studio courses , activity courses, and private lessons shall be credited on the basis of at least one (1) credit hour for each two (2) contact hours.
c. Undergraduate music studio courses and private music lessons shall be credited on the basis of at least two (2) credit hours for each three (3) contact hours.
d. Undergraduate laboratory courses shall be credited on the basis of one (1) credit hour for each lecture hour and at least one (1) credit hour for each two (2) laboratory hours.
e . Metropolitan State University Resident Faculty Teaching . A resident faculty member ’s teaching load shall not exceed twenty-one (21) undergraduate credits per academic year . Resident faculty with primary responsibilities in academic advising or psychological counseling shall teach at least six (6) undergraduate credits per year. Teaching for all resident faculty may include educational planning. A resident faculty member with less than a full-time appointment will have a pro-rata teaching assignment based on the percentage of time employed. Resident faculty members may have alternative assignments. Alternative assignments shall be mutually agreed to by the resident faculty member, and the President /designee . Alternative assignments must be made annually.
All other Subdivisions of Section A(1)(a-d), above shall apply to Metropolitan State University resident faculty teaching.
a. Normally, the faculty member will be responsible for ten (10) hours weekly for student advising and other contacts with students, at times and approved locations, either on or off campus, posted at the faculty member ’s office.
b. Metropolitan State University Advising . As part of his/her regular workload , at any point in time a resident faculty member with a full-time appointment may not be required to advise more than forty-five (45) student advisees. Because of the difference in other areas of their workload, resident faculty members with a full-time assignment in a graduate program may be assigned fewer than forty-five (45) advisees. A resident faculty member with a part-time appointment shall not be required to advise more than a proportionate number of student advisees. Responsibilities for resident faculty in advising shall be established by June 30, 1994 through the mutual agreement of the Faculty Association and the President .
Subd. 3. Interactive Television
. Interactive television
may be conducted as part of load or as
overload
,
subject to Article 12
,
Section B. For purposes of calculating
teaching load
, one
(1) interactive television credit shall be the equivalent of one and one fourth
(1.25) undergraduate credits. If a
faculty member
has a plan that has been appropriately
approved for developing an interactive television course, he/she shall receive
appropriate compensation
or release time for development of course
materials. Technical and
paraprofessional support
shall be provided at the originating location
as well as at each site.
Subd. 4. Off-campus
Credit Instruction
. Off-campus courses may be taught as part of load
or as overload
,
subject to Article 12
,
Section B. For travel time
in connection with the offering of off-campus
courses, a faculty member
will be reimbursed at the rate of at least ten
cents ($.10) for each mile traveled. Effective July 1, 2002, for travel time in
connection with the offering of off-campus courses, a faculty member
will be reimbursed at the rate of at least
$.25 (twenty-five cents) for each mile traveled. Mileage will be measured from
the university
campus, or from the faculty member’s residence
,
whichever is closer to the off-campus site, based upon the approved state
mileage table. If a faculty member’s assignment
includes teaching load at an off-campus site, a portion of his/her office hour
obligation can be at the off-campus site.
Subd. 5. Assessment of Prior Learning . The decision to assess prior learning shall be reached after consultation between the President /designee and the department. Compensation for faculty involved in assessment of prior learning shall be either seventy five dollars ($75) or eighteen dollars and seventy-five cents ($18.75) per credit requested, whichever is greater.
Subd. 6. Miscellaneous Instructional
Categories
. Faculty
members providing packaged courses or
correspondence courses approved by the President
/designee
shall be compensated at the rate of sixty-five
dollars ($65) per credit hour per student. Non-credit generating workshop instruction may be compensated at
overload
rate as provided in Article 12
,
Section B.
Section B. Non-Teaching
Faculty
Workload
. All members of the non-teaching faculty
such as those involved in library/learning
resources, counseling center, student teacher supervision, full-time intern
supervision, and laboratory school teaching/supervision
who are members of the appropriate unit shall
enjoy full faculty status with all the privileges and responsibilities
pertaining thereto. The workload
of a non-teaching faculty member
shall include maintenance of professional
expertise, committee
assignments, research
,
community service and other similar professional activities.
Subd. 1. Librarians/Media Faculty
. Librarians/Media Faculty
shall be responsible for implementation of
library/media services to support the mission and philosophy of each
institution. Librarians/Media Faculty
on each campus shall recommend to the
Administration
objectives and methods for library/media
services, giving priority to providing services necessary to fulfill the
educational needs of students and instructional needs of faculty. The Administration on each campus, after
consultation with the librarians/media faculty, shall schedule the
library/media services.
Subd. 2. Counseling Center Faculty Members . The workload of a counseling center faculty member shall include client contact hours, preparation for and evaluation of client contacts, maintenance of professional expertise, crisis intervention, and other professional activities.
Subd. 3. Student Teacher Supervisors . The full workload for the academic year of supervisors of student teachers shall be determined by the President after meeting and conferring with the Association . The meet and confer session shall include consideration of faculty/student teacher ratios and travel requirements .
Subd. 4. Exceptions. For those non-teaching faculty members whose work involves classroom teaching or other special duties and/or projects, the Administration shall assign duties in a manner that will result in a total workload consistent with that of a non-teaching faculty member whose workload does not include a teaching assignment or other special duties and/or projects.
Section C. Excess Workload . An excess workload may be agreed to by the faculty member and the President /designee subject to provisions of Article 12 .
Subd. 1. Regular Contracts
. The duty year for regular contract faculty
members shall consist of one hundred sixty-eight (168) duty days within the
academic year. Resident faculty members
at Metropolitan State University, the Association, and the President/designee
may mutually agree
to
alternative duty day calendars of 168 duty days during an academic year. Appointments
. The duty year for faculty members with
regular appointments shall consist of one hundred sixty-eight (168) duty days
within the academic year
. Resident faculty
members at Metropolitan State University, the
Association
,
and the President
/designee
may mutually agree to
alternative
duty day calendars of 168 duty days during an
academic year.
Duty days shall not be scheduled on New Years Day, Martin Luther King Day, Presidents Day*, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day*, Veterans Day*, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve Day, and Christmas Day.
*The President may, after meeting and conferring with the Association , designate alternate non-duty days for the observance of these days for academic units when such revisions are in the best interests of the university .
Subd. 2. Extended Contracts