SECTION IV.

REMUNERATION, LOAD REDUCTION & RELATED PROVISIONS

A.        Division Chairperson

1.   The division chairperson's base stipend, payment for residential faculty member supervision is as defined in the Residential Faculty Policies or R.F.P, appendix D.

2.   Load reduction for division chairs with departments is as defined in Appendix B. Load reduction for division chairs without departments shall be a minimum of six (6) hours per year. (For Service Faculty see Section IV part A, 7.)

3.   Division chairpersons who have adjunct faculty or early retiree faculty within the division shall receive remuneration according to R.F.P., appendix D with the sole exception that in divisions with departments, only the department chairperson will receive the 1/2 percent of the base allowed for adjunct faculty and early retiree faculty.

4.   Division chairpersons who directly supervise full-time P.S.A. and/or M.A.T personnel shall receive remuneration according to R.F.P., appendix D. In the event that full-time P.S.A. and/or M.A.T. personnel are supervised by both a division and department chair, the remuneration shall be allocated as mutually agreed, with approval of the Vice President of Academic Affairs or Vice President of Occupational Education.

5.   Load reduction is intended to provide time for the duties of the chairperson and should not be converted to the cash equivalent. Department/Division chairpersons will not teach on an overload basis during the day program. Total permissible load is the sum of teaching load and all reassigned time and this sum may not exceed 32 load hours per academic year during the day program. Exceptions, based on exigency, can be individually authorized by the appropriate Vice President.

6.   Division chair remuneration, load reduction, clerical support and summer extended contract hours will be determined by the number of F.T.T.E. in each department/division of the previous semester, adjusted as of the 45th day of the current fall semester. (See Appendix B)

7.   Division chairpersons shall receive 50% of the available summer extended contract hours as defined in the R.F.P., based on the number of F.T.T.E. in each department within the division (except in divisions without departments where the division chairperson will receive 100% of the available summer extended contract hours.) Summer extended contract hours are to be utilized to perform duties related to the school year. (See Appendix C)

8.   Since chairpersons of service divisions must be away from their duties as service faculty, load reduction (or reassigned time) for division chairs who are service faculty, will be 224 clock hours per academic year. Arrangements will be made to provide coverage during this reassigned time.

B.         Department Chairpersons

1.   The department chairperson's base stipend, payment for residential faculty member supervision are as defined in the Residential Faculty Policies and load reduction, are as defined in Appendix D of this document.

2.   Department chairpersons who directly supervise full-time P.S.A. and/or M.A.T. personnel and who have visiting faculty or early retiree faculty within the division shall receive remuneration according to R.F.P., appendix D.

3.   Load reduction is intended to provide time for the duties of the chairperson and should not be converted to the cash equivalent. Department chairpersons will not teach on an overload basis during the day program. Total permissible load is the sum of teaching load and all reassigned time and this sum may not exceed 32 load hours per academic year during the day program. Exceptions, based on exigency, can be individually authorized by the appropriate vice president.

4.   Department chair remuneration for load reduction, clerical support and summer extended contract hours will be determined by the number of F.T.T.E in each department, adjusted as of the 45th day of the current fall semester. (See Appendix B).

5.   Department chairpersons shall receive 50% of the available summer extended contract hours as defined in the R.F.P. based on the number of F.T.T.E. in each department. (See Appendix C)

C.        Evening Division/Department Chair

1.   Fall evening, spring evening and summer (day and evening) shall be treated as three (3) separate semesters. The amount of pay, for fall evening and spring evening scheduling of classes, is at the extended rate x 0.2 load hours per section, not to exceed 30 sections per semester, as specified in R.F.P.

2.   The amount of pay, for the summer (day and evening) schedule, is at the extended contract rate x 0.1 load hours per section, not to exceed 30 sections per semester. This pay is for scheduling of classes only and separate from summer coordinator pay.

D.        Summer Coordinator

The amount of pay is at the extended contract rate x 0.1 load hours per section, not to exceed 30 sections per session. A separate pay figure shall be computed for each of the two day and evening sessions.

E.         Occupational Program Director

Occupational program directors may be granted one (1) to six (6) load hours of reassigned time per year. The amount of reassigned time warranted is determined by the Vice President of Occupational Education division chairperson through review of the approved activity evaluation sheet.

F.         When responsibilities are allocated or shared among R.F.P. faculty within the division, remuneration or load reduction shall be allocated as mutually agreed with approval of the Vice President of Academic Affairs or Vice President of Occupational Education.

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Last Modified on July 7, 2008