APPROVED BY PRINCLPAL'S COUNCIL
February 14, 1978

Scheduled Instructional Time

lost as a result of

Statutory Holidays, Instructor Absence and/or College Closure

 

The College has established a semester of 15 weeks (including final
examinations) as the appropriate and feasible time within which its courses
and programmes should be offered. However, even within this time period,
there is a difference in the total number of scheduled class hours between
day and evening classes. This disparity has been recognized since the
inception of the College and has been academically rationalized to the
satisfaction of all segments of the college community. However,
because of statutory holidays, classes taught on certain days of the week,
particularly Mondays, are subject to a further reduction in instructional
time. Reductions also occur as a result of personnel development,
instructor illness or other unavoidable absence and College closure re-
sulting from adverse weather conditions.

While the classes scheduled for two or more sessions per week do
not appear to be seriously jeopardized by these factors, those classes
scheduled to meet only once per week, particularly at night, can experience
a considerable reduction in instructional time. As this problem has been
raised by some faculty members for Principal's Council consideration,
Principal's Council offers faculty the following solutions:

i. Where instructors feel that the content of the approved
course outline cannot be covered in the reduced time
available, the instructor may:

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c) teach on the regularly scheduled day
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Where the instructor perceives no problems in covering the
content of the approved course outline vithin the available
instructional time, no action is requ. ed.

Principal's Council feels these alternatives allow each instructor the
flexibility to decide on the appropriate action for each section offered

and does not legislate a solution when, in fact, there may be no problem.
Principal's Council has also considered other solutions but feels that
most would cause undesireable confusion or disruption.

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