## H. Distance Learning: Section 9

- • Distance Education (Learning) shall be defined as follows:

Distance Education is a planned teaching/learning experience in which the instructor and students are separated by physical distance and/or time, uses a wide spectrum of media to communicate, and supports regular and substantive interaction. Online courses and hybrid courses are subsets of distance education. The foregoing will replace Section 9-1.

- • The last sentence of shall be amended as follows: Section 9-4.1

One Thousand ($1,000.00) Dollars shall be paid to the faculty member for the development and submission of the distance education course to the College Wide Curriculum Committee ("CWCC"). One Thousand Five Hundred ($1,500.00) Dollars shall be paid to the faculty member after the course is approved by the CWCC.

- • shall be amended as follows: Section 9-5.1

Effective September 1, 2018, distance education and hybrid courses shall be treated the same as face-to-face courses for the purpose of determining maximum class size. The class size limits applicable to distance education and hybrid courses shall be the same as those applicable to the corresponding face-to-face courses.

## I. LINCC

- • The LINCC Coordinator's position is that of a 12-month non-classroom faculty member. The LINCC Coordinator shall be paid at LINCC Lecturer II, Step 16, plus receive a stipend of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00). The Coordinator shall not teach.
- • LINCC Lecturers will be eligible for bereavement and sabbatical leaves.

## J. Commencement

Section be modified to delete the first two sentences and insert: Section be modified to delete the first two sentences and insert: 4-3.2 "Attendance at commencement exercises and other College sponsored functions is mandatory for 66% of the faculty of each department. Upon the prior written approval of the applicable Dean, or immediate supervisor for those unit members without a Dean, absence of a unit member may be excused due to an emergency."

## K. Disciplinary Process:

- • shall be modified to say that the Dean is permitted to participate in the disciplinary Section 52 process
- • Oral and written warnings will remain in effect for 24 months

## L. Dismissal of Tenured Faculty

## Modify Section 53-5.2 as follows:

The College and the NCCFT shall select a Committee Arbitrator who shall make all evidentiary and procedural rulings and to provide advice to the Committee on all other legal matters that may arise during the course of the hearing. The Committee Arbitrator shall make evidentiary rulings on the record arising during any pre-hearing meetings and the hearing itself. The Committee Arbitrator shall be selected by the College and the NCCFT pursuant to the rules for voluntary labor arbitration of the American Arbitration Association. The Committee arbitrator shall be selected prior to the commencement of the hearing and shall be an attorney. The cost for the services of the Committee Arbitrator, including expenses, if any, will be assumed by the College. (This provision will be applicable to all proceedings heard following July 1, 2017).

## M. Appointment: Section 50-1 has been replaced by:

50-1 a vacancy for a faculty position occurs in any department, the Vice President for 50-1 a vacancy for a faculty position occurs in any department, the Vice President for Academic Affairs or the Vice President for Student Services shall evaluate the need for the position and thereafter, if it is determined that the position is needed, announce the vacancy to the Dean, the Personnel and Budget Committee and Department Chair of the unit to which the position is assigned. Except as noted in Section 49-1, the members of the Personnel and Budget Committee and the Chairperson o f the Department in which a search is to be conducted (in case of non-academic department, the supervising administrator or his/her appointed representative) shall constitute the Selection Committee for the purpose of reviewing applications and credentials, interviewing candidates, and making recommendations to the appropriate Dean.

50-1.1 Personnel and Budget Committee shall forward the names of three qualified 50-1.1 Personnel and Budget Committee shall forward the names of three qualified recommended candidates, in rank order, to the appropriate Dean for review. (If a search does not result in three successful candidates, the Dean may, after reviewing the search process and the candidates, waive the requirement for three candidates).