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RVCC 2019 NECHE Self-Study

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accrediting body. Many accrediting agencies in the Allied Health fields require faculty to<br />

hold state licensure in order to maintain teaching credentials within the programs.<br />

All workloads for full-time faculty are determined as a collaboration between the faculty<br />

and their Department Chair, and are guided by the standards outlined in the CBA and<br />

SJDs. The CBA is negotiated every other year between the CCSNH Administration and the<br />

CCSNH faculty, represented by the New Hampshire Higher Education Union/IBEW<br />

(NHHEU/IBEW) and the CCSNH Administration. <strong>RVCC</strong> is represented on the faculty<br />

bargaining team by one member of the full-time faculty. SJDs are created at the time of<br />

hire, and updated as necessary, in collaboration with program faculty and Department<br />

Chairs, the VPAA, and the Human Resource department. The VPAA has final approval of<br />

all full-time faculty workloads. Per the CBA, full-time faculty workloads are assigned to<br />

be a balance of Instructional Workload, to make up no greater than 85% of faculty time<br />

and include items such as instructional preparation, teaching, grading, assisting students<br />

and advising. The balance of faculty time should be made up of Non-Instructional<br />

Workload; no greater than 30% of which should be dedicated to<br />

Institutional/CCSNH/Student and Community Service including committee work,<br />

mentoring, recruiting and retention, accreditation and administrative duties; and<br />

Professional Growth and Development which should make up no greater than 5% of<br />

faculty time.<br />

All full-time faculty are required to carry a workload of 15-18 contact hours per semester,<br />

or its equivalent in a pro-rated format to meet the required 30-36 contact hours for the<br />

year. An academic year for full-time faculty is counted as a fall and subsequent spring<br />

semester. The CBA allows for faculty to switch the summer semester for one of the other<br />

semesters, but no faculty at <strong>RVCC</strong> do this. All faculty work a fall and spring semester<br />

schedule. The College follows the CCSNH standard definition of a contact hour (Faculty<br />

CBA Article X.1.1 and Adjunct Faculty CBA 9E) in determining workload and faculty are<br />

credited with a contact hour for every 50 minutes of face to face time they spend with<br />

students.<br />

The VPAA, in conjunction with the faculty and Department Chair, may elect to decrease the<br />

required contact hours for full-time faculty members who assume additional administrative<br />

duties or special projects for the College. Per the CBA, the VPAA issues a letter of work<br />

load assignment no later than May 15 th and November 15 th each year stating the<br />

instructional assignments for the subsequent fall or spring semesters and the continuing<br />

non-instructional responsibilities. In each case, the letter states the course and numbers of<br />

sections expected to be taught in the following academic semester.<br />

Adjunct faculty negotiate a separate Collective Bargaining Agreement and are represented<br />

by the State Employee’s Association of NH Inc. (SEIU Local 1984/SEA). According to their<br />

Collective Bargaining Agreement, adjunct faculty are responsible for teaching, following all<br />

applicable policies and procedures, being available for student consultation, attending<br />

required faculty and college meetings, and submission of grades by the deadline. Adjunct<br />

appointment letters are sent at least two weeks before the start of a semester. Adjuncts<br />

may teach a maximum of 12 credit hours/semester, which includes their teaching<br />

responsibilities among all CCSNH colleges. Appointment letters include the courses to be<br />

taught, class/lab hours, and room assignments.<br />

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