CLASSIFICATION OF PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEE

Full-time professional employees are those who teach 15 credit hours (or have 22.5 student contact hours) per week for a semester, equaling 30 credit hours (or 45 contact hours) for a year (fall and spring semesters). Part-time professional employees are those who have an office on the physical campus, participate in other professional duties (academic advising, committee work, etc.), and teach 9-14 credit hours (or have 13.5-21 student contact hours) per week each semester equaling 18-28 credit hours or 27-44.5 student contact hours for a year or teach 6-8 credit hours (or student contact equivalent) on a physical campus and have additional institutional duties as assigned by the Vice President of Academic Affairs. An adjunct professional employee is defined as an employee not on continuing contract, hired only as needed, who teaches less than ten credit hours (or has less than 15 students contact hours) per week for a semester and is paid a flat rate per credit hour taught as agreed upon in Exhibit 9 of this document. If an adjunct instructor is substantively dedicated to teaching in concurrent enrollment
courses, they may teach up to 15 credit hours. There can only be a maximum of two separate course preparations and provide instruction for Excel in CTE courses. An adjunct concurrent enrollment instructor shall not have physical campus hours on campus and not be assigned additional duties by the Vice President of Academic Affairs. The adjunct professional employee must agree to the number of credit hours taught each semester prior to being assigned or reassigned.