Workload Model
Faculty
(Approved by the Executive Committee, February 24, 1992)
Introduction
Faculty are of four generic types given deployment:
- Teaching faculty with minimal research/scholarship activity.
- Teaching faculty with active research/scholarship activity.
- Teaching faculty with active research/scholarship activity and thesis supervision.
- Teaching faculty with minimal research/scholarship activity and thesis supervision.
Criteria for research/scholarship activity and thesis supervision
Research/scholarship activity.
To receive workload allocations, faculty should (for a given year) produce at least:
Category 1 - Publications
(1) a lead-authored paper submitted to a refereed journal, or
(2) two second-authored papers submitted to refereed journals, or
(3) a book (in progress, could be over several years), or
Category 2 - Grants/ Service or Equipment Contracts
(4) one major new grant (or substantially re-written grant) submission, or
(5) two minor grants, grant re-submissions, or service/equipment contract submissions,
or
Category 3 - Presentations of Scholarly Papers
(6) two research-based, refereed presentations at regional/national/international
meetings (any combination of two), or
Category 4 - Editorships/Substantial Research Reviewing
(7) an editorship of a recognized research journal, or
(8) substantial reviewing of research articles for research journals.
Workload allocations will be annually determined by the Chairperson and Executive
Committee based on the extent of involvement (3-6 units of load/year may be allocated,
precluding research buyouts). Should a faculty member not produce at least one of the
listed items during the year for which workload allocations were given and based on
Executive Committee workload review, that faculty member's teaching workload may be
increased the following year. The intent of workload release for research/scholarship
activity is to support effort that yields one or more of the above listed outcomes.
Thesis supervision. To receive a workload allocation of one to six (1 -6) units of
load, faculty must (for a given year) be directly involved with the supervision of
graduate students pursuing the MS degree in Kinesiology. Each spring, the Graduate
Coordinator and Chairperson will determine who is active in supervision. The Chairperson
will incorporate these allocation recommendations into workload deployments for
presentation to the Executive Committee.
Each Spring after annual reviews, the Executive Committee will receive workload
deployments from the Chairperson for the following year. The Committee will affirm (with
needed modification or as is) the Chair's recommendations, Both the Undergraduate and
Graduate Program Coordinators will be expected to work with the Chairperson to develop
annual workloads.
WORKLOAD UNIT ALLOCATIONS
An annual fulltime load is 24 units. Units are assigned using this model:
Instruction (units are for one semester or equivalent length courses):
Lecture: 1 contact hour = 1 unit of load
Lab/Discussion/Activity Courses: 1 contact hour = .75 unit of load
Undergrad Field Experience Courses: 2-3 units of load (depends upon number of students
in course)
Courses with more than 45 students (assumes course is taught completely by the
instructor/no TA support):
46-60 students: 1 contact hour = 1.5 units of load
60 + students: 1 contact hour = 2 units of load
Undergraduate courses with less than 12 students:
May be adjusted to fewer units of load after review
Administration (units are for one academic year)
Chairperson: 12 units of load
Graduate Program Coordinator: 6 units of load
Research/Scholarship (units are for one academic year):
3-6 units of load
5-6 units of load (active in 3 of the 4 research/scholarship categories)
4-5 units of load (active in 2 of the 4 research/scholarship categories)
3-4 units of load (active in 1 of the 4 research/scholarship categories)
(Note: higher number in range is assigned if a category item involves more extensive
activity; e.g., a major vs. a minor grant submission.)
Thesis supervision (units are for one academic year): 1-6 units of load
To be annually determined by the Graduate Coordinator and Chairperson; Executive
Committee confirmation presumed.
Service (units are for one academic year): 1.5 units of load (Note: individuals with
substantial service commitments for which no buyouts are given may request the Executive
Committee to consider increasing the units allocated for service.)
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