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Instructional Faculty

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Agreements & Workloads

Workload and assignments for full-time faculty shall fulfill the instructional and student support needs of the College District. The appropriate department chair or supervisor, in consultation with the faculty member, shall have primary responsibility for faculty work-loads and assignments. Final workload and assignments shall be subject to the approval of the dean and other administrators as appropriate.

In the fall and spring semesters, full-time instructional faculty contractual obligations begin one week prior to the first instructional day of the semester and end with the last instructional day of the semester. In the summer semester, contractual obligations begin and end with the first and last instructional days of the assigned class session(s).

The total responsibilities of faculty positions shall require at least 40 hours per week on a full-time basis. Faculty appointments shall typically be on a full-time basis, but the College Chancellor may establish fractional faculty positions when deemed appropriate, in which case both the salary and all the responsibilities shall be reduced proportionally. Full-time faculty contracts shall cover a nine-month period, which generally includes fall and spring semesters. A full-time faculty member shall have the option to teach during a summer session, at one-sixth of their nine-month pay.

Each faculty member is expected to share responsibilities related to the total concerns of the College District. Such responsibilities include non-instructional planning and development program and personnel evaluation, faculty meetings, shared governance responsibilities such as committee and task-force assignments, registration duties, student advisement, other assigned responsibilities, and/or appropriate self-directed professional activities.

 

Additional General Information

Agreements

From Administrative Rule #4.1000.02: Faculty Agreements:

1. 1. In accordance with Board Policy D-3, Faculty Workloads, all full-time classroom faculty are presumed to have a contract for 10½ months each academic year.  This contract guarantees full-time faculty assignments for the Fall, Spring and Summer according to the full-time faculty pay schedule.  These contracts should be signed at or before the beginning of the Fall Semester.
   2. When a full-time classroom faculty member on a 10½ month contract is unable to fulfill the contract obligation during the Summer Session, the faculty member will notify the Dean of the decision not to teach in the summer no later than March 1st of each academic year.  The contract will then be modified to a nine-month contract.
   3. A full-time classroom faculty member may request a nine-month contract.  Such a contract should be requested only if a full-time faculty member has no intention of teaching during the Summer Session.  Only under exceptional circumstances may a faculty contract originally signed for nine months be modified to 10.5 months.  Such instances would require documentation and substantial justification and may be granted or denied at the discretion of the appropriate Vice Chancellor.
   4. When a full-time classroom faculty member teaches outside the contract obligation or contract period, the faculty member will be paid at the overload rate.
   5. All full-time counselors who are hired after 7/1/07 will work an 11-month contract; all other counselors are encouraged to work 10.5 or 11-month contracts with the exception of designated counselors employed in 12-month positions. Counselors hired before July 1, 2007 may be considered for a 9-month contract by special approval of the Vice Chancellor.

1. 6. All full-time head librarians and full-time librarian faculty are presumed to have a contract for twelve months each academic year.  In exceptional cases, a full-time librarian faculty member may request approval to work 10½ months with prior supervisor approval.
   7. All full-time head librarians and full-time librarian faculty are presumed to have a contract for twelve months each academic year.  In exceptional cases, a full-time librarian faculty member may request approval to work 10½ months with prior supervisor approval.
   8. The Office of Human Resources shall provide guidelines to permit flexibility in monthly payments under contracts issued according to this rule.
   9. The Office of Human Resources shall provide an annual report to the Chancellor on the distribution of contracts under this rule.

 

 

 

Workloads

From Administrative Rule #4.1000.03: Full-Time Faculty Workload:

Workload and assignments for full-time faculty shall fulfill the instructional and student support needs of the College in accordance with the Guidelines/Procedures 4.1000.03.1. Primary responsibility for faculty workloads and assignments is with the appropriate department chair or supervisor, in consultation with the faculty member, and subject to the approval of the dean, and other administrators as appropriate.

 

Workload of Employees Retired under Teachers Retirement System

A TRS retiree who plans to return to work in Texas public education after retirement should carefully review all requirements. Prior to the start of each semester, the retiree should calculate how many hours they will work each calendar month. The TRS has provided detailed guidance in their Employment After Retirement guide.

Before they begin their work with ACC, all returning retirees should contact TRS directly (800-223-8778) to find out how re-employment with a TRS employer will affect their retirement or monthly annuity payments.

TRS Rules on Working Hours Limits: If a TRS retiree has taken a full calendar year break in service or they retired prior to January 1, 2011, they may work without restriction on the number of hours worked. Also, there are no limits on the amount an ORP retiree may work. However, all other TRS retirees are limited to working no more than 50% of the total work hours in a calendar month.

Reporting of Monthly Hours Worker: The number of hours that may be worked each month varies between 80, 84, 88, or 92. Each month ACC reports all of the hours worked by a retiree including class time (either in person or online), hourly time, stipend hours, CE/AE classes, etc. There are a number of variables that impact how many hours and days are reported each month for a working TRS retiree including:

1. 1. • • For lecture and lab classes, how many days and hours during the month the class meets,
        • For online classes, how many course credit hours are they worth,
        • CE and AE classes are calculated differently from course credit classes,
        • Did the retiree substitute any during the month (this cuts in half the number of DAYS a retiree may work in the month and should be avoided by most retirees), and
        • Is it an 8, 12, or 16-week course or a summer course (the shorter the course the more hours).