- Faculty Workload
Full-time service as a University faculty member presumes
participation in various duties and responsibilities, including: teaching;
advising of students; professional, scholarly, research, or creative activities;
administrative duties; and University and community services.
While each faculty member may not be actively involved in
all of these areas, the collective participation of the faculty in all areas is
necessary to assure that goals essential to all aspects of the University
mission are achieved. The unique requirements of each academic component, as
well as the specialized interests, abilities, and qualifications of individual
faculty members, necessitate a flexible system for determining individual
faculty assignments that will accommodate this diversity.
In order to accomplish the administrative task of matching
faculty with work to be done, the workload policy detailed here gives priority
to teaching and scholarly/research/creative activity recognizing the fact that
teaching is only one facet of a faculty member’s total workload. Effective
teaching must allow for preparation, evaluation, student advisement, and the
continuous incorporation of research/scholarly/creative work into the teaching
process.
Responsibility for faculty workload assignments in
compliance with this policy and the related rules and regulations rests with the
administrators of the individual instructional components and the deans of those
components. Non-teaching work units must be approved by the department chair
and dean.
Teaching Workload – General Policy
Each academic department is expected to maintain an average
of twelve (12) work units for all full-time faculty. An individual load of more
than twenty-two (22) units for a full-time faculty member must be arranged in
consultation with the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. To meet
the needs of the University and to allow all faculty as much flexibility as
possible, each full-time faculty member is expected to carry a minimum of nine
(9) work units during a fall and spring semester. Ordinarily, a minimum of six
(6) work units should be allotted for instructional duties while up to three (3)
work units may be approved for research, creative projects, scholarly and/or
University-related work.
Each full-time faculty member, department chair, or program
director shall teach a minimum of one three-work-unit organized class or its
equivalent per semester.
In team-taught courses, work units shall be divided in
proportion to the amounts of time expended by each instructor as determined by
consensus of the instructors.
Summer School
A full-time workload for Summer (including Maymester) is a
minimum of twelve (12) work units. All summer teaching agreements are
contingent on enrollment and needs of the component. Ordinarily, at least half
of the contract load for faculty members teaching full-time for Summer must be
from organized classes.
Teaching Work Unit
Equivalencies Based on THECB Codes:
*Code 1: Organized Lecture
Classes: One
semester credit hour (SCH) of course value = one work unit for organized classes
numbered 1000 through 5000; and 1.5 for 6000 level courses.
*Code 2: Organized
Laboratory, Physical Activity, Clinical Instruction (direct supervision of a
group of students):
Contact hours for faculty exceed student credit hour value of course: Lecture
Hours (as figured in Code 1) + (Lab Contact Hours x 2/3) = work units.
Code 3: Indirect Supervision
of Student Teachers, Interns, Practica and Cooperative Education: Student also has an on-site direct supervisor or
preceptor. Total semester credit hours (SCH) generated divided by 6 = work
units.
*Code 4: Seminar Classes:
Discussion class requiring extensive student contributions. One semester credit
hour (SCH) of course value = one work unit for organized classes numbered 1000
through 5000; and 1.5 for 6000 level courses.
Code 5: Professional Paper:
Total semester credit hours (SCH) generated divided by six
(6) = work units.
Code 5:
Individual/Independent study: Total semester credit hours (SCH) generated divided by
ten (10) = work units for undergraduate courses; total semester credit hours (SCH)
generated divided by six (6) = work units for graduate courses.
Code 6: Private
Lesson/Instruction:
Weekly private music or other private instruction. Total semester credit hours
(SCH) generated divided by 3 = work units.
Code 7: Not currently
included in THECB coding
Code 8: Thesis Direction:
Total semester credit hours (SCH) generated divided by 6 = work units assigned
to faculty of record.
Code 9: Dissertation
Direction: Total
semester credit hours (SCH) generated divided by 3 = work units assigned to
faculty of record.
*As organized classes, these require minimum student
enrollment.
Non-Teaching Workload
Equivalencies
Work unit credit for the administrative duties of a
chairperson of a component shall be six (6) to nine (9) units depending on the
productivity of the component and the scope of responsibilities of the chair.
Up to three (3) work units may be granted a full-time
faculty member for one or a combination of administrative duties within an
academic component. The following list is illustrative, but is not intended to
constitute a complete list of possibilities. These assignments are subject to
approval of the component administrator and dean of the academic component.
§
Program
director, coordinator, or assistant administrator within a component or college;
§
Developer of a new academic
program;
§
Director of a
major musical, dramatic, or dance production;
§
Major academic advising
responsibilities or course management;
§
Chairing a major
accreditation evaluation committee;
§
Grant coordinator or project
director for funded work;
§
Administration of a
University center or clinic involved in student training and/or community
service.
Up to three (3) units may be awarded a full-time faculty
member for:
o
Research,
scholarly writing, creative activity, or faculty development which are not
supported by extramural funds, may be approved for up to two years;
o
Research, scholarly writing,
creative activity, or faculty development which are supported by extramural
funds as long as funds are available;
o
Professional/scholarly/creative activity of regional or national importance to
the discipline and to the University;
o
Community or University
service of unusual importance and requiring a large amount of time;
o
Scheduled,
systematic participation in a University clinic or center involved in student
training and/or community service provided such an activity involves supervision
of students in credit bearing practica or internships;
o
Holding elected national
office with major public and administrative responsibilities in a professional
academic organization.
A reduced teaching load may be granted or alternative work
responsibilities assigned if scheduled instruction does not materialize. The
provision does not apply to summer sessions when all appointments are contingent
upon assigned instruction materializing.
It is the policy of Texas Woman’s University to hold large
classes to a minimum. The normal ceiling on large classes is 100. Large
classes (over 50) will be managed in one of two ways depending on available
resources and the instructor’s preference: (1) by assigning a graduate teaching
assistant to work with the instructor, or (2) by assigning additional work unit
credit to be determined as follows:
Class Size Weighting
50 or under 1.0 (standard)
51-75 1.3
76-100 1.6
Responsibility for
Administering Workload Standards
The above policy has been adopted by the Board of Regents
of the Texas Woman’s University. The Office of the Provost and Vice President
for Academic Affairs is responsible for preparing required reports for
submission to the Chancellor and President, the Board of Regents, the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), the Legislative Budget Board, and
the Governor’s Budget Office. The workload is monitored through the Faculty
Workload Report.
APPROVED: 8/83
REV: 7/05
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