[Factc] Factc Digest, Vol 24, Issue 1
Reza Forough
reza.forough at bellevuecollege.edu
Mon Dec 4 07:59:10 PST 2017
Diane, this is a response I got from a colleague in my department. Gerry, I forwarded your question to a colleague in English Dept and am waiting for her response.
What I do know is that looking at the credits we teach, we are also credited with .75 per lab hour. For example, most of our classes are 6 credits, with 3 hours of lecture and 4 hours of lab, 7 hours total. We are credited with 3 credit hours for 3 hours of lecture, and 3 credit hours for 4 hours of lab.
When it comes to load, this gets more complicated because we don’t calculate load based strictly on number of credits. Below is the contract language for that portion. In my mind, we are actually penalized further when calculating our load. Since we only get 6 credits for 7 hours, our load is further reduced by having a load factor of .957 instead of 1. We are shorted 4.3% of that time.
I hope this is helpful.
Jason
1. 14.3.5. Full-Time Load. The full-time load shall be computed on an annual basis. The normal faculty full-time load shall be three (3) times the normal quarterly load (1.0 FTEF) or 3.0 FTEF annually. The annual full-time load may be plus or minus 0.133 FTEF, providing a range of 2.867 to 3.133 FTEF for the regular Academic Year.
14.4. Modes of Instruction/Professional Load Factors
14.4.1. Category Definitions.
a. General Lecture/Discussion. Class time is spent on presentation of the course subject matter and learning activities appropriate for a group setting, with appropriate student participation, discussion, and/or problem solving. The instructor spends additional time outside of class designing and preparing learning materials, strategies, and assignments, assessing student progress, up- dating course curriculum, and working with students.
FTEF = (1.0 x weekly hours scheduled) / 15
b. Mixed Lecture/Laboratory. A portion of class time is devoted to lecturing and preparing students for experiential and/or project-based learning activities; the remainder of the time is spent guiding and assisting students who are working on those activities. The instructor spends additional time outside of class designing learning materials, strategies, and assignments, assessing student progress, up-dating course curriculum, and working with students.
FTEF = (0.80 x weekly hours scheduled) / 15
FTEF for all natural science and engineering sections = (0.957 x weekly hours scheduled / 15)
FTEF for all natural science double sections = (1.914 x weekly lecture hours scheduled / 15) + (0.957 x weekly lab hours scheduled / 15)
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1. Lecture - Lab Parity question (Diane Pelletier)
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Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2017 20:58:14 +0000
From: Diane Pelletier <DPelletier at greenriver.edu>
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Subject: [Factc] Lecture - Lab Parity question
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Hello FACTC members,
Many years ago, FACTC had a discussion about science lecture-lab parity; if I recall correctly, there were no 2 year colleges in the state with lecture-lab parity. Could you please answer a question about lecture-lab parity in science classes at your college?
At Green River College, we do not have lecture-lab parity in the sciences; faculty receive 0.75 credit toward our load for each 1 hour spent teaching a lab class, compared to 1.0 credit for each 1 hour spent in lecture class. For example, our 5 credit BIOL&100 class meets for 4 hours of lecture and 2 hours of lab each week; when calculating quarterly loads, faculty receive 4 credits (4 hrs/week) for the lecture component and 1.5 credits (2 hrs/week) for the lab component.
Could you please ask your science faculty and respond to the following question?
At your college, do science faculty receive equal credit for teaching lecture and lab classes; that is, is there lecture-lab parity?
If NOT, assuming 1 hour of lecture = 1.0 credit toward a faculty member's load, how much credit is received for 1 hour spent teaching a lab class?
Thank you!
Diane
Diane Pelletier, Ph.D.
Instructor: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Microbiology
Science Division
Green River Community College
12401 SE 320th St.
Auburn, WA 98092-3622
Phone: 253 833 9111 ext 4241
Fax: 253 288 3465
dpelletier at greenriver.edu
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From: "Smith, Gerard" <GSmith at clark.edu>
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Dear FACTC representatives,
Could you please forward the following to your English department leads, and thank you!
Request for Information
Clark College's English Department wishes to propose our 3-credit literature courses be changed to 5-credit courses. In order to make our case, we would appreciate the following information:
1) How many credits are your literature courses?
2) What types of writing assignments are required: response papers, journals, literary analysis?
3) Is any research or discussion of literary theory part of your 100 or 200 level literature courses?
Clark College's English Department is also considering a revision to you communication general education requirement. Currently all DTA students are required to take both English 101 and English 102. What is the communication requirement at your college?
Please respond to gsmith at clark.edu<mailto:gsmith at clark.edu>
Thanks you for your time,
Gerard Smith
FACTC President
Clark College, English Department.
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