3.1 Contents

3.1 Categories of Employment

• 3.1.0 Nine-Month Teaching Faculty
• 3.1.1 Twelve-Month Professional Faculty
• 3.1.2 Twelve-Month Administrative Faculty
• 3.1.3 Restricted Faculty
• 3.1.4 Permanent Part-Time Faculty
• 3.1.5 Adjunct Faculty
• 3.1.6 Classified Employees
• 3.1.7 Wage Employees

All employees of VHCC are State employees and are further categorized as follows:

3.1.0 Nine Month Teaching Faculty

Full time teaching faculty (including program heads and assistants to division deans) are normally on nine month appointments which include the fall and spring semesters of the academic year. All assistants to division deans and program heads are appointed as teaching faculty.

3.1.1 Twelve Month Professional Faculty

Professional faculty hold non-teaching positions with continuing responsibilities and are normally employed on a twelve-month basis beginning July 1 and ending on June 30. All professional faculty are assigned a faculty rank for which they qualify. Librarians and Counselors are professional faculty. The College may also designate Coordinator, Assistant Coordinator, and Administrative Officer level positions as professional faculty.

3.1.2 Twelve Month Administrative Faculty

Administrative faculty perform work related to the management of the educational and general activities of the College, department, or division. Administrative faculty are normally employed on a twelve-month basis beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30. Twelve-month administrative faculty personnel are assigned a faculty rank for which they qualify.

3.1.3 Restricted Faculty

Restricted faculty hold restricted appointments to instructional, administrative or professional faculty positions. A restricted appointment is an appointment to a position that is funded in whole or in part by non-State revenues, or has been accepted under special conditions, or that is identifiable as non-continuing in nature.

3.1.4 Permanent Part time Faculty

Permanent part-time faculty are employed on a continuing basis to teach less than a full load.

3.1.5 Adjunct Faculty

Adjunct faculty are employed to teach less than a normal faculty load or to teach less than a full session on a semester by semester or summer term basis. The adjunct faculty contract contains no guarantee of continued employment.

3.1.6 Classified Employees

Classified employees occupy positions that are listed in the Commonwealth’s Compensation Plan and who are covered by the Virginia Personnel Act as found in Code of Virginia, Chapter 29 Virginia Personnel Act once they have completed the probationary period. These may include positions with restricted funding.

3.1.7 Wage Employees page top
 
Wage employees (also referred to as hourly, P-14, or WE-14 employees) are not covered by the Virginia Personnel Act and who are non-exempt for purpose of overtime compensation, and are used to supplement the work force during seasonal or temporary workloads, or to provide interim replacements or to perform short-term projects or other jobs that do not required full-time classified employees. Wage employees are limited to working 1500 hours per agency per year and the hourly authorization contains no guarantee of continued employment.