Ohio Administrative Code|Rule 3359-20-03.2 | Faculty workload policy.

                                                
(A)  This tenured and tenure-track
		  faculty workload policy is designed to give directions to colleges and
		  individual units (departments, etc.) in creating their own workload policies
		  and is based on the philosophy and criteria presented in the report of the
		  regent's advisory committee on faculty workload standards and
		  guidelines.
(B) Faculty workload.
(1) Three activities,
			 teaching, research/creative activity, and service, make up the tenured and
			 tenure-track faculty workload. In setting appropriate percentages or amounts of
			 each activity for a full workload, the need for flexibility is recognized. Many
			 differences exist between colleges and departments of this university, and
			 these differences preclude the possibility that a single set of percentages or
			 figures can be rigidly applied for all. Therefore, the emphasis given to each
			 activity will depend on the mission of the individual unit. However, the
			 percentage of the unit's total teaching effort should conform to the
			 following specified ranges according to mission.
(a) Baccalaureate department: (active four-year undergraduate
				programs with no, or limited, activity in graduate programs). In general, the
				norm for teaching activities should be seventy to eighty per cent of a total
				departmental workload, with the remaining twenty to thirty per cent devoted to
				other scholarly activities of research/creative activity and service. Tenured
				and tenure-track faculty should be expected to devote most, if not all, of
				their teaching effort to undergraduate instruction.
(b) Baccalaureate/masters departments: (active baccalaureate and
				masters degree programs). For academic departments, or equivalents, with active
				baccalaureate and masters degree programs, the recommended norm for teaching
				activities is sixty to seventy per cent of the total departmental workload with
				the remaining thirty to forty percent devoted to research/creative activity,
				service, and other professional activities consistent with the
				department's mission. It should be expected that tenured and tenure-track
				faculty in these departments will devote more of their effort to teaching
				undergraduates than to graduate level instruction.
(c) Baccalaureate/masters/doctoral departments: (active
				baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral programs). Departments, or equivalent
				units, with active baccalaureate, masters, and doctoral programs should have a
				norm of fifty to sixty per cent of the total departmental workload devoted to
				teaching. The remaining forty to fifty per cent of workload time should be
				devoted to research/creative activity, service, and other professional
				responsibilities that further the goals of the department and the university.
				It is expected that tenured and tenure-track faculty teaching in these
				departments will be personally involved in undergraduate instruction. The fact
				that a department offers a masters or doctoral degree is not sufficient
				indication of an active program. In deciding where a department is located
				along the continuum from active undergraduate programs to active
				research/creative activity and graduate programs, consideration should be given
				to the research/creative activity productivity of the faculty, including
				externally funded research, and the average number of graduate and/or
				professional degrees granted annually. It should be the responsibility of the
				dean, in consultation with the senior vice president and provost and chief
				operating officer, to determine the appropriate division of workload
				expectation for each department, or equivalent unit, in the college according
				to the department's level of activity in the degree program it
				offers.
(d) University two-year or associate degree programs: (active
				associate degree programs with no, or little baccalaureate activity) faculty
				whose principal appointment is in university associate degree
				department/program, with no, or limited, baccalaureate activity, should have
				undergraduate teaching as their major responsibility. Such faculty members may
				also have professional development and service as part of their workload
				expectations, as needed to further the mission of the program and the
				university. Departments with associate degree programs should be expected to
				devote between eighty to ninety percent of their total workload to teaching
				related activities, with the remaining ten to twenty per cent devoted to
				professional development and service.
(e) Special cases.
(i) The university
				  recognizes that some programs may not fit into one of the categories of
				  departments specified in paragraphs (B)(1)(a) to (B)(1)(d) of this rule. In
				  these cases, the appropriate proportion of time to be devoted by the academic
				  unit to teaching should be determined by the dean or appropriate academic
				  officer, subject to approval of the senior vice president and provost and chief
				  operating officer. In these cases, the primary concern should be for
				  undergraduate teaching activities. For departments or programs that differ
				  significantly from the above classification, e.g., those that have graduate
				  programs but no, or few, undergraduate ones, the appropriate teaching
				  responsibilities for such departments should be determined by consultation
				  between the department chair and the college dean or other appropriate academic
				  officer, subject to the approval of the senior vice president and provost and
				  chief operating officer.
(ii) The university also
				  recognizes that the norms for teaching activities specified in paragraphs
				  (B)(1)(a) to (B)(1)(d) of this rule may require downward adjustment for
				  departments with unusually heavy service requirements and for departments that
				  have few tenured and tenure-track faculty members who, because there are few of
				  them either in absolute numbers or relative to a large number of non-tenure
				  track faculty members and/or part-time faculty members, must bear abnormally
				  large service obligations. In these cases, the appropriate teaching
				  responsibilities should be determined by consultation between the department
				  chair and the college dean or other appropriate academic officer, subject to
				  the approval of the senior vice president and provost and chief operating
				  officer.
(2) Formulation of
			 workload policy.
(a) With the suggested range from the appropriate mission
				category in mind, individual units are to formulate a workload policy, paying
				particular attention to the following:
(i) Providing quality
				  undergraduate education;
(ii) Establishing a
				  relative balance between teaching, research/creative activity, and
				  service;
(iii) Establishing
				  accountability in seeing student needs are met; and
(iv) Assuring flexibility
				  in teaching assignments.
(b) The workload policies need to include statements
				of:
(i) Overall workload
				  expectations to ensure a balance of faculty time and effort spent in teaching,
				  research/creative activity, and service. Achievement of this balance for the
				  department (through the assignment of individual faculty) should be the
				  responsibility of the department chair (or other appropriate academic officer),
				  subject to review and approval of the dean.
(ii) The types and
				  amounts of instruction needed to accomplish the teaching mission of the unit.
				  Normally this includes an analysis of the likely number and types of
				  courses/sections necessary to satisfy the demand for undergraduate general
				  education, undergraduate major and graduate programs.
(iii) Overall
				  expectations for research and creative activity by the faculty.
(iv) Overall service
				  contributions expected of the faculty.
(3) General university
			 guidelines.
(a) The concept of load credit represents an attempt to provide a
				viable method of quantifying certain kinds of activity that the university
				expects from each faculty member on full time appointment. The standard load
				for all tenured and tenure-track faculty on nine-month contracts is twenty-four
				load credits per academic year and includes load credit for teaching,
				administrative responsibility, research/creative activity, instructional
				support, and service. For tenured and tenure-track faculty on twelve-month
				contracts, the standard load is twenty-four load credits per academic year and
				six in the summer. The following policies provide direction for assigning load
				credit to the activities of each faculty member:
(b) Teaching in general.
The basic unit for measuring teaching load is
				the load credit that represents one fifty-minute period of classroom activity
				per week for one semester. Load credit assigned for laboratory activities,
				discussion, etc., is determined by the dean and department chair after
				consultation with the faculty members involved on the basis of collegiate
				guidelines approved by the office of the senior vice president and provost and
				chief operating officer. The following procedures shall be followed in
				establishing class size and determining load credit:
(i) Deans and department
				  chairs, after consultation with the appropriate faculty members, establish
				  minimum and maximum limits on the size of each class. Except in unusual
				  circumstances, as determined by the dean, minimum and maximum limits during the
				  summer are comparable to those in the regular school year.
(ii) If a regularly
				  scheduled class fails to meet minimum size, the department chair and dean, in
				  consultation with the faculty member may agree to cancel the class and
				  reschedule the faculty member for some other appropriate activity. The class
				  should be cancelled in sufficient time to allow adequate preparation for
				  alternative activities. If the class is not cancelled, the faculty member shall
				  receive full load credit according to the regular guidelines for the type of
				  course.
(iii)  Deans and
				  department chairs are responsible for maintaining equity among faculty in the
				  assignment of large and small classes insofar as faculty qualifications will
				  allow.
(iv)  When a class
				  substantially exceeds the maximum size for which it is programmed, the class
				  may be split or the faculty member may be provided with some kind of extra
				  assistance (e.g. graduate assistant to help grade papers, extra secretarial
				  help, etc.), or additional load credit could be granted with approval of the
				  department chair and the dean.
(v) Faculty who teach
				  students who register for independent or individual study, thesis or
				  dissertation research/creative activity, or reading courses may be granted load
				  credit by the department chair in consultation with the dean.
(c) Administration.
(i) Administrative load
				  will be determined by the dean in consultation with the department chair. The
				  amount of credit assigned in each case should be roughly correlated with the
				  following factors:
(a) Number of faculty,
					 full and part-time;
(b) Number of majors,
					 graduate and undergraduate;
(c) Number and variety of
					 program levels;
(d) Graduate and
					 undergraduate credit hours generated;
(e) Quality of
					 departmental research/creative activity and scholarly and professional
					 activities;
(f) Number of graduate
					 assistants and the number and variety of nonprofessional staff to be
					 supervised;
(g) Amount and
					 sophistication of departmental equipment; the extent of laboratory involvement;
					 and,
(h) Extent of
					 interdepartmental cooperation and coordination required.
(ii) Other part-time
				  administrative assignments may be made on the recommendation of the faculty,
				  department head, and the academic dean. Such appointments must be based on an
				  explicit description of job responsibilities.
(d) Research/creative activity.
Load credit may be granted for scholarly
				research/creative activity. A written research/creative activity proposal must
				be approved by the department chair and by the dean of the college before load
				credit is assigned. The department chair and deans will audit the project at
				the end of the academic year to determine whether the accomplishments warrant
				continuing the load credit.
(e) Instructional support.
With the approval of the dean of the college
				and the senior vice president and provost and chief operating officer, load
				credit may be assigned for special functions not covered in these guidelines
				(e.g., counseling and academic advising of students as a special collegiate and
				departmental assignment, developing and preparing new programs and/or
				relationship to the time necessary to carry out the assignment and to the
				importance of the activity to the department, college, or university).
(f) Service.
Load credit may be granted by the department
				chair on consultation with the dean for service in such areas as committees and
				professional organizations.
(4) Load credit in
			 special situations.
(a) Dividing load among multiple faculty in the same course. When
				a course is taught by more than one faculty member, load credit is divided
				equitably. The faculty member who is the instructor of record and who is
				responsible for coordinating the other instructors' activities will first
				be assigned an amount of credit determined in consultation with the department
				chair and/or dean. The remainder of the credit will be divided among the other
				faculty participating as agreed upon by all involved. This policy does not
				apply to laboratory courses or those with many discussion sections; it is
				designed for so-called team teaching situations or when more than one faculty
				member participated in lectures.
(b) Other special situations. Some activities (field experience,
				student teaching, supervision, studio courses in art, play directing, coaching,
				supervising interns, laboratory supervision, etc.) do not lend themselves to
				standard university-wide policies. Load credit for such activities is
				determined in accordance with guidelines established by the department chair
				and the dean of the college after consultation with the faculty members
				involved.
(5) Load for summer
			 sessions.
(a) Faculty load. Faculty loads during the summer and interim
				sessions are determined by the department chair and dean of the college after
				consultation with individual faculty members. In making assignments, such
				variables as the number of different courses, (e.g., workshops and institutes)
				and the experience of the faculty member are taken into consideration. In
				addition, some limitations must be placed on the number of courses and any
				other responsibilities a faculty member is expected to carry. The normal load
				is six credits for one term and nine load credits for two terms. More than six
				load credits for one term may be assigned with the express written approval of
				the collegiate dean. Credit assigned to faculty for directing workshops shall
				equal no more than the number of credit hours each workshop carries. However,
				on the written recommendation of the department chair and dean, a workshop
				director may be paid an additional stipend if the time included in designing,
				organizing, staffing, and teaching the workshop is considered out of the
				ordinary. Workshops or institutes offered between spring semester and summer
				session I or between the end of summer session II and fall semester need not be
				counted as part of the six load credits for one term, but will be counted
				toward the total of nine load credits for the entire summer.
(b) Summer load for administration. Load credit may be assigned
				for administering each department/division for the entire summer (summer I and
				summer II). The amount of each allocation is determined by the volume of
				activity in each department during each summer session. These credits need not
				be assigned to department chairs per se, but shall be allocated in a manner
				approved by the collegiate dean. Faculty members are expected to be available
				in the office a reasonable amount of time each day of the period for which they
				are awarded the load credit. Load credit for other administrative
				responsibilities may be assigned by the dean of the college.
(c) Other activities. Any load assigned of, remuneration given
				for activities which are carried out primarily for programs or activities which
				occur during the regular school year must be budgeted in the department's
				academic year budget.
(6) Procedural
			 guidelines.
(a) All activities outlined above are counted as part of the load
				for any semester and are included on the faculty academic activity
				report.
(b) Overload calculations based on the prescribed conditions are
				made in the spring semester and involves only load credits for the academic
				year with no carry over into the summer.
(c) Academic activity report forms are prepared by or under the
				supervision of the department chair to assure consistency in application of the
				guidelines.
(d) Load for a course cannot be assigned both to a graduate
				assistant and to a faculty member. If the graduate assistant actually teaches
				the class or supervises the laboratory, then the faculty member may not receive
				load credit.
(e) When faculty members are on joint appointment or teach
				courses outside their home departments, the chair of the home department or
				department of primary appointment is responsible for completing the academic
				activity report and includes on the report all activity performed outside the
				department.
(f) Any questions relating to the assignment of load credit
				should be discussed first with the department chair, and if necessary or
				desirable, with the appropriate collegiate dean.