Article 8 Faculty Workload Workload is the primary measure of how a faculty member fulfills their contract. It is measured in contact hours and applied uniformly throughout the College. The Board of Regents Code defines a minimum load for a faculty member at a community college as thirty (30) credits per academic year. Every attempt should be made to ensure that student needs and faculty welfare are considered in the assignment of faculty workload. 8.1 Rules Governing Workload 1. Contact hours include formal class/lab meetings, whether for credit or not for credit, but part of a for-credit program. 2. A standard of fifteen (15) contact hours per week per semester should be used to schedule full-time instructional faculty. Except in extraordinary circumstances, tenured faculty may refuse a teaching assignment beginning after 5:00 p.m. which is directly followed by an early morning assignment (before 9:00 a.m.) or for more than two consecutive courses in a row. Department course schedules are designed to meet student and programmatic needs. Departments shall establish and maintain an equitable process for course assignments. 3. A six-credit (6) per semester overload teaching limit, paid at the part-time rate, will be upheld consistently throughout all instructional divisions except in the case of an emergency (sudden resignation, unexpected absence, etc.) when a faculty member may be granted an exception with the recommendation of the Department Chair and approval of the Dean and Vice President. 4. Independent Study courses and Internship courses are scheduled as single-seat 2022-2025 TMCC-NFA Contract Article 8 Page 25
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