Advisory Committees Minimum of 2 meetings/year 10 members on committee, 7 of which must be outside HCC = +2 or 0
Lead Faculty Definition Lead faculty hold additional responsibilities for programs or divisions where there may only be one faculty member and there is no designated Program Coordinator (with an alternative assignment), or for disciplines that fall out of the area of expertise of the Division Director. Lead faculty should be full-time faculty members. In rare circumstances where a full-time faculty member is unavailable, a part-time faculty member may be designated as lead faculty, but must be approved by the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services (VPAASS). Lead faculty members carry out the following responsibilities: • Assist in the maintenance and inventory of curriculum materials and equipment; • Assist in the planning and implementation of faculty development programs; • Coordinate advisory committee membership and meetings for their discipline; • Oversee specialty labs (if applicable) in the discipline area; • Promote their academic discipline within and outside the College; • Designate official textbooks for each course (in some cases with majority approval of a course committee); • Assist in grant administration and development; • Assist with adjunct faculty orientation (can include mentorship with texts, materials, learning management system, various software, course outcome guides, etc.); • Collect and complete SLOA data; and • Participate in unit planning. Alternative Assignments Alternative assignments are considered for faculty who are assigned to develop and teach substantially new curricula, or who are assigned administrative responsibilities or other special assignments. They are recommended by the Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services, and subject to the approval of the President. Alternative Assignments are also used for extra assigned duties (grant projects, program coordinator compensation, etc.) and the load compensation will be one of the following methods: release time, salary, or no compensation. The formula for determining the minimum number of work hours for a given alternative assignment is as follows: For a three credit-hour equivalent of release time, a faculty member would receive the total hours for the semester as 7.5 hours (3 hours x 2.5) x the number of weeks in the semester (15). Consequently, a faculty member would be expected to devote 112.5 hours/15 weeks/semester to the alternative assignment for a three-credit teaching reduction. All alternative assignments must be approved by the President. The Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Services has the responsibility to calculate the minimum number of work hours for an approved alternative assignment.
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