| Office Hours for Faculty Employees |
Approval Date 12-18-2012
Effective Date 12-18-2012
Revision No. 1.0 |
1.0 Purpose
This policy establishes guidelines for faculty employees to schedule and maintain office hours.
2.0 Revision History
| Date |
Rev. No. |
Change |
Ref Section |
| 12-18-12 |
1.0 |
Policy rewrite. |
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| 12-18-12 |
1.1 |
Changed the hours required from lecture/lab units to contact hour units. |
5.2 |
| 12-18-12 |
1.2 |
More clearly defined the number of office hours required for part-time faculty. |
5.2 |
3.0 Persons Affected
3.1 All benefited faculty employees.
4.0 Policy
The policy of Casper College is to ensure the following.
4.1 Faculty employees establish regular times when they are in their offices and available for students and college business.
5.0 Definitions
5.1 Faculty. This position classification includes teaching positions hired on a faculty contract. Faculty positions are exempt from the Fair Labor and Standards Act.
5.2 Office Hours. These are regularly scheduled times during the fall and spring semesters when faculty employees are in their offices and available for student interaction and college business. Faculty employees schedule their office hours during a variety of days and times that best meets the needs of students and that adheres to the following schedule.
- Faculty employees who are contracted for fewer than 27 contact hours an academic year are required to hold three office hours a week.
- Faculty employees who are contracted for 27 to 33 contact hours an academic year are required to hold six office hours a week.
- Faculty employees who are contracted for 34 to 44 contact hours an academic year are required to hold five office hours a week.
- Faculty employees who are contracted for 45 to 58 contact hours an academic year are required to hold four office hours a week.
- Librarians and Adult Learning Center faculty are not required to hold office hours.
6.0 Responsibilities
6.1 Deans are responsible for ensuring compliance to this policy and for approving office hours.
6.2 Faculty employees are responsible for scheduling and holding their office hours each semester.
7.0 Procedures
7.1 Faculty employees submit their office hours schedule to their school’s academic assistant by the end of the first week of classes.
7.2 Deans ensure that a summary of their faculty employees’ office hours are sent to the vice president for academic affairs each semester and that a copy of each faculty employees’ office hours are posted on each faculty employee’s door.
7.3 Faculty employees maintain their office hours. Faculty employees who are unable to attend their office hours notify their academic assistant, department head, and dean of any absences.
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