Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3356 - Youngstown State University › Chapter 3356-10 - Policies on Admission, Retention, and Graduation standards › Section 3356-10-20 - Faculty workload

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Policy statement. Upon accepting an
			 appointment to the faculty of Youngstown state university (university), a
			 tenured/
								tenure-track faculty member assumes
			 responsibilities for teaching, scholarship, and service. Participation in each
			 of these three activities is a component of a tenured/
								tenure-track faculty member's total
			 
								responsibilities. Senior lecturers and lecturers have
			 primary responsibility in the area of teaching. Principal lecturers assume responsibilities for teaching and
			 service.
To ensure the quality of teaching, scholarship, and service
				relative to the academic mission of the university, college, and department,
				all members of the faculty are expected to teach their classes competently,
				engage in assessment and advising activities, keep current in their field of
				specialization, actively engage in scholarly activities
				related to their field,  be an available resource to their students,
				be active within the community, and participate
				conscientiously on committees.
(B) Purpose. To establish parameters and
			 procedures for the determination and assignment of faculty workload hours which
			 are in compliance with section
			 3345.45 of the Revised Code and
			 consistent with the standards developed by the 
								Ohio department of higher
			 education.
(C) This policy
			 applies to all faculty, including but not limited to tenured/
								tenure-track faculty, principal lecturers, senior lecturers and lecturers,
			 who are assigned workload hours.
(D) Parameters.
(1) Full-time load is twenty-four workload
			 hours (
									wh) per academic year for tenured/
									tenure-track faculty. Workload in excess of
			 twenty-four
			 
									wh per
			 academic year (excluding summer session) will be eligible for overload
			 compensation.
(2) Full-time load is
			 thirty 
									wh
			 per academic year for principal lecturers, senior
			 lecturers and lecturers. Workload in excess of  thirty
			 
									wh per
			 academic year (excluding summer session) will be eligible for overload
			 compensation.
(3) One workload hour
			 will be assigned for one credit hour of instruction in a lecture
			 
									, practicum,
			 discussion, recitation, and seminar course. Workload may vary in cases
			 where courses are identified as 
									such but are taught as a conference course. All faculty are
			 expected to teach a minimum of one regularly scheduled course per semester,
			 unless approved for a semester leave.
(4) For courses other than those identified
			 
									in paragraph (D)(3) of this rule, including
			 independent study, variable credit hour classes, clinical placements, student
			 teaching, internships, laboratories, thesis and dissertation, and similar
			 courses, workload shall be calculated on the basis of student credit hours
			 (sch) and/or headcount, using a formula determined by the dean and approved by
			 the provost/vice president for academic affairs. 
									If completed during the
			 summer term, workload  for
			 thesis, non-thesis, or dissertation projects 
									are paid per the OAA workload
			 policy at the established overload (not summer) rate.
(5)
									 The
			 following procedures are designed to assist 
									in workload recommendations
			 for non-instructional reassigned time.
(a)
										
										The development of workload
			 recommendations for non-instructional reassigned time
			 shall be based on the approved written mission, goals, and objectives of
			 the department consistent with the mission, vision, and goals of the
			 university.
(b) Work deemed
			 meaningful and impactful to the mission and vision of the university by the
			 dean and chair may be considered for 
										non-instructional
			 reassignment at the recommendation of the chair and subject to the
			 written approval of the dean and provost. Upon
			 completion of the assignment, the faculty member shall provide a report to the
			 chair, who along with the dean will review the outcomes of the assignment. The
			 chair will maintain written records of the proposal, its outcomes, and the
			 review within department files. In evaluating future requests for
			 
										non-instructional reassigned  duties, the
			 provost, dean and chair shall take into
			 consideration the nature of the proposed work and any previous reports of
			 similar projects.