During the course of the hearings it became clear
that the parties need to be in closer communication
on the administration of educational and professional
leave matters, Toward that end, I recommend as

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(iii) That the parties strike a joint committee to
monitor the application of the educational
and professional development leave
provisions of the agreement and to advise
the College from time to time on potential

improvements in their adniinistration,

Work Load and Student Contact-lHours.

The request of the Association is for a reduction in
student contact-hours from the present levels (ranging
between 30 hours per week to 25 hours) to not mere than
20 student contact-hours for classroom teaching. They
also proposed a number of alternatives designed to at -

least partially accomplish the same objective.

Of all the issues placed before me, I find the whole
question of work loads and student contact-hours to
be the most compicx. The evidence before mie is that

a reduction in contact-hours to a maximum of 20 hours

per week would require approaimately 90 additional

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instructors at a cost of approximately 1 1/4 million do}

based on 1973 salary levels.

faced with a number of mandatory legislative reguirements

in some of its programmes and in others, it is locked-in

as a result of negotiated agreements.

complicated by the lack of adequately trained instructors

which would be needed to bring about such a reduction.

a third party, it is extremely difficult for me to assess the

full impact of my recommendation Iimight make,

lars,

In addition, the College is

The issue is further

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After a careful review of the submissions made to me, 6.
Jam of the opinion that sorne reduction in classroom

teaching hours is both desirable and possible. For

example, it appears that in the College Foundations

Programme teaching hours could be reduced wes the

present 25 hours to 20 hours without seriously reducing

the standard of service to students. But Tam nct ina
position to recommend how such 2 change should be
implemented. Given the variety of programmes offered
by the College, it is not possible for me to assess the
budgetary as well as educational consequences ofa
blanket reduction in classrcora teaching hours,

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In the circumstances, I recornmend as follows:

That the partics strike a joint committee
to stucy alternative ways and means of

. moving towards a reduction in classroom
teaching hours, includiag an assessment

of both the budgetary and educational

implications of the various alternatives,

I recommend further that the joint committee explore
the possibility of phasing a reduction in contact-hours
Over a two-year budgetary period to provide an

Opportunity for the necessary financial adjustments.

To ensure that such a study proceed expeditiously, I
recommend that the parties work to a deadline for the
report of the committee of not later than March 3let,

1975.

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Vacation Allowances - Divisional Chairnien:

This item pertains to the four Divisional Chairmen at the
Vancouver Vocational Institute. These positions were
approved by the College on July 19, 1971, and resulted
from a joint study by the parties. It was agreed at that
time that Divisional Chairmen would be entitled to statutory
and vacation holidays of the administrative staff level.
Currently that amounts to 25 days per year, but in addition
they receive 8. 3% of annual salary. The purpose of this
latter arrangement is to Give them a benefit equivalent

to that of instructors. The objective of the Association is
to provide the same vacation entitlenient to Divisional

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Chairmen and to eliminate the concept of an cguivalent

benefit in dollars,

In considering this matter, I note that the Divisional
Chairmen are and must remain at all times members of
the Association. In addition to their acdmniaistrative dutses,

they may carry up to one-quarter of an instructional load,

The College is concerned that extending the vacation
entitlement will meag that the Divisional Chair:nan's
administrative responsibilities will €O unsttended for too
long a period. I agree that an imimediate increase in
vacations from the present level to the 44 gay level of
instructors would cause a considerable hardship to the
College, doth in terms of the cost of Providing responsible

deputies and in terms of providing effective administration,

Taking all of these matters into account, I recommend
as follows:
That vacation entitlement of Divisional
Chairmen for 1974 be set at 25 days + 8.3%
of annual salary and further, that eftective
January Ist, 1975, vacation entitiernent be

set at 30 days + 5.8% of annua) salary.