TWU HR Operating Policy 50.50

Texas Woman’s University

TWU HUMAN RESOURCES OPERATING POLICY  50.50

SUBJECT:                    Employment of Staff Employees as Adjunct Faculty

DATE PASSED:            May 15, 2009        

DATE REVIEWED:       May 15, 2009

REVIEW NEXT BY:      May, 2011

 PURPOSE:                     

The purpose of this Texas Woman’s University operating Policy and Procedure is to define the requirements for employment of staff employees as adjunct faculty.

POLICY/PROCEDURE:

A staff employee can have a secondary teaching assignment as an Adjunct Faculty.  The class schedule must be beyond the employee’s normal working hours for his/her primary staff assignment.  If the employee does not have an approved working schedule, the default schedule is considered to be the University business hours of Monday through Friday, 8AM to 5PM. 

For teaching assignments involving three credit hours (or fewer), the class schedule may be taught within the employee’s normal working hours providing that the employee utilizes vacation time or his/her lunch break for the class.

Prior to accepting any adjunct teaching assignment, employees must obtain approval from the current supervisor, Dean (if applicable) and Vice President.

APPROVALS:

Associate Vice President of Human Resources

Vice President of Finance and Administration

Full-Time Staff Members Performing Tasks in Academic Affairs Form