Full-time teaching faculty are employed for a minimum of 40 hours per workweek. Teaching faculty are normally employed for 39-weeks (nine-months) encompassing the Fall and Spring Semesters. The summer semester stands alone and is not a guaranteed employment period. Academic deans, assistant deans, department heads, and academic program directors are expected to work during the summer semester. Non-teaching days and non-workdays are identified in the GTC academic calendar.
Teaching faculty are exempt employees meaning they are expected to work with their direct supervisor to accomplish the expectations of their job. Their work schedule is flexible with coordination and approval from the academic dean through the direct supervisor.
Faculty are required to be on campus a minimum of 30 hours each week, spread out over the standard workweek, Monday through Friday, with a minimum of 2 hours each day. Additional time may be required at the discretion of the divisional dean.
Teaching assignments
Full-time faculty may be assigned credit or non-credit courses to fulfill their teaching loads. Their teaching schedule may consist of day, evening, weekend, blended, and/or online classes. Assigned classes may be taught at any of GTC’s campuses as well as off-campus locations such as career centers, local high schools, and/or business and industry sites.
When instructors are assigned to teach courses on two or more campuses during a single workday, travel compensation will be provided according to GTC travel procedures. Adjustments in other on-campus activities may be considered.
Teaching loads, schedules and related duties
Required weekly teaching loads are determined by the dean for each department prior to the beginning of the semester. The Chief Academic Officer (CAO) may adjust the minimum teaching loads for specific semesters when warranted. The credit or contact hours described in this paragraph are teaching hours only and do not include other Direct Instructional Activities as defined in paragraph 3e (1). Course lecture/lab ratios and credit hours are defined by the GTC catalog description. If a faculty workload includes a combination of credit and contact hours, the entire load should be determined using contact hours.
The faculty teaching loads for the combined fall/spring semester are 30-32 semester credit hours or 36-40 contact hours for lecture/lab courses. The academic dean determines the required load each semester for all departments within their division. Loads should be distributed between fall and spring semesters, as long as the total minimum is attained.
The summer semester stands alone and is not a guaranteed employment period. The equivalent full-time faculty load for the summer semester is 12 semester credit hours or 18-20 contact hours for lecture/lab courses. The academic dean determines the required load for all departments in their division. Summer loads stand alone, meaning the hours cannot be combined with hours from other semesters.
Full-time teaching faculty are required to post and maintain a minimum of 10 office hours per week to advise students and to assist students with their course work. Office hours should be scheduled around the instructional hours to accommodate students attending classes. Instructors are expected to be in their office during these posted hours. Occasionally, other duties may conflict with the scheduled office hours and faculty are expected to adjust office hours as needed to meet other commitments.
An instructor’s duties include direct and indirect instructional activities.
Direct Instructional Activities include course instructional time, office hours, and other related assignments at the discretion of the academic dean.
Indirect Instructional Activities are not directly connected to teaching and may be on or off-campus, and must be approved through the academic dean. These may include, but are not limited to, curriculum development/revision, committee assignments, special events, advising and registration, recruiting, professional development, industry/community contacts, technology training, accreditation activities, maintenance of instructional equipment, administrative duties and other activities as assigned. These duties do not typically qualify for release time.
GTC considers the minimum class size to be 12 students. Classes may be conducted with less than 12 students at the discretion of the academic dean with justification on file.
Full-time faculty who mentor students in the Creative Inquiry program must teach the course as an overload, approved by the department head and academic dean. The faculty member will receive compensation according to the number of students enrolled: $500 for one to three students, $750 for four to five students, or full course compensation for six or more students in a section.
Full-time faculty who supervise students in a Cooperative Work Experience (CWE) course must teach the course as an overload, approved by the department head and academic dean. The faculty member will receive compensation of $150 per student to a maximum of five students.
Overload
All overload decisions must be documented and approved by the academic dean and CAO.
An overload will occur when an instructor exceeds the required number of credit or contact hours.
Overloads may be required by an academic dean as needed in the absence of available instructors. Consideration of other duties and locations will be considered when making class schedule assignments. Overloads may require additional instructional hours on campus.
An individual faculty member may not assign him-or herself an overload. CAO signature and approval is required.
Teaching faculty with a reduced teaching load normally is not eligible for teaching overload compensation; however, extenuating circumstances may warrant overload compensation. Such extenuating circumstances are determined on a case by case basis by the academic dean and CAO.
Compensation will be paid for overloads as follows:
Overload is an hourly rate computed based on the hours taught over the maximum loads described above.
Overloads must be paid in the same semester earned.
A faculty member's overload and/or secondary employment may not exceed 30 percent of the annualized salary during a fiscal year (SBTCE Procedure 8-2-100.1) if the secondary employment is with another state agency.
Release Time
Teaching faculty may be released from some or all of the normal teaching load to perform instructional related administrative assignments that are not normally associated with the primary job assignment.
When full-time faculty release time is requested, all supervisors in the individual’s chain of command must review and recommend approval. All release time must be approved by the CAO with specific deliverables as approved.
All release time ends each semester and requires the full review and approval process, including sign off by the CAO to be extended.
Supplements
Faculty pay supplements are designed to compensate pay for permanent or temporary duties associated with supervisory and or management responsibilities. Supplemental pay agreements are completed annually, or as needed, and approved by the CAO.