Workload & CI

What is CI?

The CI (Charge Individuelle) is a number that establishes a regular sector teacher’s workload.

The CI  is established by a formula (APPENDIX I-1 in collective agreement) that takes into consideration:

  • The number of class and laboratory hours per week
  • The amount of preparation time for different courses (a teacher with many different courses will require more preparation time)
  • The number of students enrolled in each class
  • Fieldwork supervision
  • Release time or leaves of absence
  • Assignment to type 2 and 3 responsibilities

A teacher is considered to have a full-time annual workload (charge) if their CI is anywhere between 80 and 85. In general, a full-time workload is between 40 and 44 CI units per semester. The college cannot assign a teacher a workload of above 85 CI nor assign a workload of more than 55 units of CI in a given semester to a full-time teacher, without the teacher’s consent (Clause 8-6.01 c).

CI is calculated on the basis of class enrolment on September 20th for the fall semester and February 15th for the winter semester. The college cannot reduce the CI determined on these dates as a result of a drop in students after these dates unless this drop reduces the number of teaching hours (Clauses 6-1.02 and 8-6.07).

If you are interested in knowing your CI for any given semester, the DTU has a  CI CALCULATOR.

Conversion

Teachers who do not sign a full-year contract at the start of the year may accumulate enough CI to convert to an annual contract at some point in the academic year. The teacher then receives a full annual salary, remuneration throughout the summer, and all benefits associated with a full-time contract.

In case a teacher does not reach 80 CI, continuing education (or hourly paid) work can also lead to a conversion. In this case, in order to convert, a teacher must:

  1. have accumulated at least 50 CI from day work in the year,
  2. and have sufficient continuing education work that when hourly-paid is converted to CI-paid work their total CI is at least 80 (the CI calculator can be used to assess the CI of hourly-paid work).

Substitute Teaching

The first 10 days of substitution are paid hourly (Clause 5-1.13). After 10 working days, teachers are paid on the basis of C.I. at regular teachers rates.