5.6.3 Adjunct Faculty Teaching Load and Working Hours
Revised: October 1, 2012, October 1, 2016
Adjunct faculty contracts are offered on a semester basis. Pay rates are based on credentials and weekly contact hours for each course according to the NCCCS Combined Course Library. One contact hour is equivalent to 2.25 work hours. Calculated total work hours include one office hour per course section per week. The maximum number of contact hours for which an adjunct faculty member may be contracted each semester is 12 contact hours. Exceptions may be made for extraordinary circumstances and must be approved by the Vice President of Instruction, the Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Institutional Planning and the Senior Director of Human Resources. Contracts are subject to sufficient enrollment and are not guaranteed semester to semester.
Policies and procedures related to performance and evaluation can be found in Procedure 3.3.1.