Article VII Professional Obligations
According to the contract, this is the primary duty of HVCC faculty members.
What is "teaching"?
Effective September 1, 2026, returning full-time tenured and probationary faculty members receive this percentage increase.
what is 4.5%
September 1 of each year, the College advances full-time faculty members this number of sick days.
what is 12?
Librarians and education specialists are each employed for this many working days between September 1 and August 31.
What is "184?"
Under the contract, the College is required to provide us with this type of clothing:
what is academic regalia?
Faculty are free to discuss their subject and report the truth as they see it, but should avoid introducing this type of matter when it has no relation to the course.
What is controversial matter unrelated to the subject?
Effective September 1, 2026, the minimum base salary for a full-time Instructor reaches this amount.
what is $53,000?
Unlike administrators, faculty cannot take sick leave in these increments.
what is, one hour?
Whether working among the stacks or supporting students elsewhere, ed specialists and librarians have a standard workweek of this many hours.
what is, 35?
Under the Taylor Law, what happens if the contract expires, and there is no new contract agreement in place?
what is, the current terms and conditions, except salary, remain in place?
This faculty availability requirement applies to every assigned course throughout the week.
what are "office hours"?
The promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor provides this increase.
what is $2,500?
This is the maximum number of sick days a full-time faculty member may ordinarily accrue.
What is, 165?
According to the contract, a full-time librarian is one who works more than this many hours per week.
what is 25?
A grievance having department-wide or broader implications may be submitted by the
Association directly at this stage of the grievance procedure.
what is, stage 2?
A four-contact-hour course taught as a Directed Study is compensated at this number of contact hours.
what is two?
A faculty member with more than 20 years of service receives this merit award.
what is $3,500?
An adjunct faculty member teaching more than six contact hours per semester receives this many hours of sick/personal leave with pay.
what is 6?
Although librarians may state their vacation preferences, those preferences must remain consistent with this overriding consideration.
what are the functional needs of the library?
By contract, the Association is entitled to this amount of time at College meetings involving the faculty.
what is 15 minutes to conduct its business?
Faculty submitting requests for a reduced teaching load in the Fall semester must do so by this date.
What is, "March 1?"
The maximum number of full-time faculty members who can receive merit in a year is this many.
what is 8?
The lifetime maximum for the personal leave bank is this many days.
what is, 10?
Effective September 1, 2026, this is the hourly rate for both part-time education specialists and part-time or adjunct librarians.
what is $41.26 per hour?
Probationary faculty in their fourth or fifth year of employment with the College are entitled to this in the event they are not renewed for continue employment:
what is a hearing before the Board of Trustees?