Full-time Faculty Overload for one-on-one lessons

Each semester, following the registration census, a load review will be completed by the Faculty Affairs Administrator.  Any full-time faculty identified as teaching over their contracted loads will be reviewed for possible extra compensation payments. Those faculty teaching three or more students/CHB groups or an academic course above their load shall be paid extra compensation during the fall semester. Those faculty teaching private students over their load by less than three will receive a notice that their load will be reviewed again in the spring semester. At that time, any overload (from both semesters combined) would be paid as extra compensation.

• Example: Assoc. Prof. teaches 4 students above their contracted load during the fall semester. They will receive extra compensation in their November payroll.
• Example: Assoc. Prof. teaches 2 students above their contracted load during the fall semester. They will receive a notice that they are overload, but will not be paid in November. In the spring semester, their load is reviewed again, and they are underload by 1 due to students graduating and/or taking a leave of absence. They will be paid the difference between the loads (1 student x 14 hours) for both the fall and spring teaching combined in the spring semester.

Part-time or adjunct faculty determined to be teaching above their load will receive either a contract revision to update their salary or extra compensation, as outlined in their contract.

 

Full-time Faculty Underload

Each semester, following the registration census, a load review will be completed by the Faculty Affairs Administraor. Any full-time applied faculty identified as teaching under their loads will be reviewed with the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs.

Applied faculty teaching 25% or more students under their contracted load for two consecutive semesters will be required to create an enhanced recruitment plan in consultation with the Director of Admissions. The Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs will work with the department chair during the annual Faculty Activity Report meeting to support the faculty in the enhanced recruitment plan. They will be expected to fill their load with CHB, PED, or other teaching/service as applicable.

If the faculty member continues to be under load by 25% or more students for a second consecutive year, they will then receive offical notice of this fact from the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs. They will be expected to continue to follow the recruitment plan worked out with Admissions and fill their load with CHB, PED, or other teaching/service as applicable.

If a faculty member continues to be 25% or more under load for a third consecutive year, they will be given a second notice. They will continue to follow the recruitment plan worked out with Admissions and fill their load with CHB, PED, or other teaching/service as applicable. In addition, they will be subject to a salary reduction as determined by the Dean in consultation with the Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs. Discussion of further recruitment plans or possible contract/load adjustment will occur.

It is understood that newly-hired faculty will often require a few years to reach their contracted load/target enrollment, so this policy will not apply in these situations as we work with new faculty to build their studios.

Part-time or adjunct faculty determined to be teaching below their load during a semester will receive a contract revision to update their salary to match the workload.

 

Academic Faculty with Low Enrollment Courses

Academic Affairs will review  enrollment numbers on or after May 1 for fall semester registrations and on of after December 1 for spring semester registrations, and flag courses with less than 6 students. Academic Affairs will work with the department chair to decide whether the course will be offered and if not, cancel course so students can choose other offerings. Faculty whose course was cancelled will work with the department chair to see if there is a possibility they can pick up a new course in the upcoming semester (in lieu of hiring a grad student instructor or part-time faculty member, for example), and if not, they will be required to teach one extra course above their normal load within three semesters after the cancellation.