Sciences Division: Impact of New Health Care Acton Adjunct and Science Learning Center Staffing

Stark State College December 1, 2012 Sciences Division: Impact of new Health Care Acton Adjunct and Science Learning Center Staffing

Introduction The Sciences Division is composed of the Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Departs. All three departments assessed each course taught within their department to determine the average amount of total time spent on a course. Time estimates were made with respect to a course being a first time prep versus having experience; the modality in which the course was taught, and for lab-based courses the impact of teaching sibling labs versus a single lab. A spreadsheet containing these calculations has been attached to this report for reference (Appendix I). However, it should be noted that these are estimates and that actual time spent on an individual course will vary by instructor. In addition, the amount of time spent prepping a course will be reduced for an instructor who is teaching multiple sections of the same course. This is particularly true for instructors teaching multiple sections of a W3 course. The amount of time spent on an on-line course as determined for the purpose of this report was based off of instructor experience; however the adjunct instructors who primarily teach BIO101 and BIO125 were not available for input. Prior to implementing a reduction in the number of classes an on-line instructor will be permitted to teach, we would recommend that usage reports, obtainable through ANGEL, be analyzed. The estimated impact of capping adjunct faculty at 29 hours/week (including contact hours, prep time and grading time) for each department is outlined below.

Summary of Impact for Spring Semester by Department

1. Biology: it is estimated that we may need a minimum of 2 to 3 new adjuncts to staff the spring schedule. There is also concern regarding the impact on staffing satellites and Early College High School (see section below). 2. Chemistry: the chemistry schedule is fully staffed. Based on the calculations of time spent per class, adjuncts will not be able to teach more than 2 classes. New adjuncts will need to be hired if new classes are added to the spring schedule. There is also concern regarding satellites and Early College High School (see section below). 3. Physics: no adjuncts are needed at this time to staff classes.

Effect on Satellites and Early College High School As travel time to a satellite campus will vary depending on the situation, we did not include travel in our estimates. However, we do foresee complications arising particularly in Chemistry for the spring semester. The adjunct who currently teaches ECHS and at the Carrollton satellite will more than likes be over on hours to fulfill both of these positions. As these are “specialty” areas and not easy to staff, it will be difficult to staff these positions. This may result in having to cancel all chemistry courses being offered at the Carrollton location.

During the department meetings held to determine the amount of time spent on each course, we did not have a faculty member present who taught at Early College High School. Since these classes meet 3 to 5 days a week, may have a larger class size, and also include travel time for the instructor, we were not able to determine a good estimate for these courses at this time. We will continue to work on this and hopefully have an estimate by early next week.

Impact on Science Learning Center Aside from staffing courses, the Sciences Division also staffs the Science Learning Center with full-time faculty, adjuncts, and student workers. The Science Learning Center is open and staffed 56.5 hours/week. In meeting with Becky Moden, the coordinator of the SLC, it is estimated that 27 tutors working 20 hours per week each are needed to sufficiently staff the center. This is roughly 540 man hours per week. Currently, our adjuncts are the primary source for our tutors. Many adjuncts request to work 20 hours in the SLC in addition to their teaching load. As a division we feel that our SLC is going to be significantly affected by the new law which will allow our adjuncts to work only 29 total hours per week. The break down by department is outlined below:

1. Biology: approximately a minimum of 15 tutors are needed each working 20 hours/week. This is approximately 300 hours. These numbers were based off of a tutor only being able to cover a single subject area in Biology. Typically a tutor though can cover multiple subjects. Our adjuncts that typically put in close to 20 hours in the SLC can now only work between 30 min to 4 hours/week. In addition, our full-time faculty each put one hour per week in SLC, which totals 12 hours. This past fall the number of tutors we had for Biology was significantly lower compared to past semesters due to many of our adjuncts finding full-time employment elsewhere. Now that our current tutor/adjuncts will only be able to work a small fraction of the time that they did this semester, I would estimate that we will need to hire a minimum of 5 to 7 tutors to cover all subject areas and operating times of the SLC. We may be able to supplement some of these slots with student tutors.

2. Chemistry: approximately a minimum number of 9 tutors are needed working 20 hours/week. Due to the restriction of being able to work only 29 hours per week total, almost none of the chemistry adjuncts will be able to tutor in the SLC. Currently there are three student workers who each put in 20 hours per week. The full-time chemistry faculty also work one hour per week in the SLC, for a total of 7 hours per week. Chemistry tutors also help staff the tutoring center at Early College High School. Therefore we will need a minimum of 6 to 7 new chemistry tutors working a full 20 hours/week to sufficiently staff the SLC.

3. Physics: approximately a minimum number of 3 tutors are needed working 20 hours/week. Currently our physics tutors are also shared between the math division, specifically the adjuncts working in the math emporium. Due to the hour restriction, it is assumed that none of these adjuncts will be returning to the SLC in the spring. The physics faculty also work one hour per week in the SLC for a total of 3 hours. There is also one tutor that is shared between math and physics that is not an adjunct. Therefore we will need a minimum of 3 new tutors working 20 hours/week.

Summary of Additional Adjunct and Tutors will be needed for Spring 2013 Department Adjuncts Tutors (working 20hr/wk) Biology 2 – 3 minimum 5 - 7 Chemistry 0 6 - 7 Physics 0 3 Total 2 – 3 minimum 14 – 17 minimum

Work Outside of Contract The Biology Department currently has one “work outside of contract” for the development of a new course assigned to an adjunct faculty that will begin spring 2013. The details of the contract have not been fully drawn up, however the amount of time that will be required for this project will be significantly less than the 29 hours/week.

Conversion of Contract Positions to Hourly After review of all positions in our Division it was not deemed possible to convert any current contracted positions to hourly. However we would like to make note that all tutors who work in the SLC are paid an hourly rate and are not contracted employees for this position. Appendix I Credit Contact Name Class Class Prep Grading Total Hours Hours Principles PHY101 (F2F) First/New 4 5 5 3 13 of Physics Experienced 4 5 1 2 8 Principles PHY101 (W2) First/New 4 5 5 3 13 of Physics Experienced 4 5 1 2 8 College PHY121 First/New 4 5 5 3 13 Physics I Experienced 4 5 1 2 8 College PHY122 First/New 4 5 5 3 13 Physics II Experienced 4 5 1 2 8 Astronomy PHY125 First/New 4 5 5 3 13 Experienced 4 5 1 2 8 General PHY221 First/New 5 6 5 4 15 Physics I Experienced 5 6 1 3 10 General PHY222 First/New 5 6 5 4 15 Physics II Experienced 5 6 1 3 10

CHM101 First/New 4 4 6 1 11 (F2F) Experienced 4 4 2 1 7 CHM101 First/New 4 4 7 1 12 (W3) Experienced 4 4 4 1 9

CHM121 (F2F First/New 4 5 6 4 15 - single)

Experienced 4 5 2 3 10

CHM121 (F2F First/New 4 7 6 6 19 - double)

Experienced 4 7 2 5 14 CHM121 First/New 4 5 6 6 17 (W2) Experienced 4 5 4 5 14

Experienced 4 5 2 3 10 CHM122 (F2F First/New 4 7 6 6 19 - double)

Experienced 4 7 2 5 14 CHM122 First/New 4 5 7 7 19 (W2) Experienced 4 5 4 5 14

Experienced 5 11 3 8 22 CHM241 First/New 5 7 7 5 19 (F2F) Experienced 5 7 4 4 15 CHM242 First/New 5 7 7 5 19 (F2F) Experienced 5 7 4 4 15 BIO101 (F2F) First/New 3 3 3 1 7 Experienced 3 3 1 1 5 BIO101 (W3) First/New 3 3 3 2 8 Experienced 3 3 1 2 6 BIO121 First/New 4 5 2 1 8 (F2F - single) Experienced 4 5 0.5 1 6.5 BIO121 First/New 4 7 2 2 11 (F2F double)

Experienced 4 7 0.5 2 9.5

BIO121 (W2 - First/New 4 7 1 2 10 double) Experienced 4 7 1 1 9 BIO122 (F2F - First/New 4 5 2 1 8 single) Experienced 4 5 0.5 1 6.5 BIO122 (F2F First/New 4 7 1 2 10 double) Experienced 4 7 0.5 2 9.5 BIO122 (W2 First/New 4 7 1 2 10 double) Experienced 4 7 1 1 9 BIO123 (F2F - First/New 5 7 2 1 10 single) Experienced 5 7 1 1 9 BIO123 (F2F First/New 5 10 2 2 14 double) Experienced 5 10 1 2 13 BIO124 (F2F) First/New 3 3 3 1 7 Experienced 3 3 1 1 5 BIO124 (W3) First/New 3 3 3 2 8 Experienced 3 3 1 2 6 BIO125 (F2F) First/New 3 3 3 3 9 Experienced 3 3 1 3 7 BIO125 (W3) First/New 3 3 3 3 9 Experienced 3 3 1 2 6 BIO126 (F2F) First/New 4 5 10 3 18 Experienced 4 5 4 3 12 BIO126 (W2) First/New 4 5 7 3 15 Experienced 4 5 5 2 12 BIO127 (F2F) First/New 4 6 3 3 12 Experienced 4 6 1 2 9 BIO128 (W3) First/New 3 3 3 3 9 Experienced 3 3 1 2 6 BIO129 (W3) First/New 3 3 3 3 9 Experienced 3 3 1 2 6 BIO130 (W3) First/New 3 3 3 3 9 Experienced 3 3 1 2 6 BIO141 (F2F) First/New 4 6 3 3 12 Experienced 4 6 2 2 10 BIO142 (F2F) First/New 4 6 3 3 12 Experienced 4 6 2 2 10 BIO221 (F2F) First/New 4 6 6 3 15 Single Experienced 4 6 3 2 11 BIO221 (F2F) First/New 4 9 6 5 20 double Experienced 4 9 3 4 16 BIO222 (F2F) First/New 3 3 3 3 9 Experienced 3 3 1 1 5 BIO222 (W3) First/New 3 3 3 3 9 Experienced 3 3 1 2 6 BIO241 (F2F) First/New 4 6 5 2.5 13.5 Experienced 4 6 3 2 11