{"id":107,"date":"2018-10-16T13:39:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T17:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/?p=107"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:23:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T20:23:24","slug":"teaching-load","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/employment-policies-procedures\/teaching-load\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Load"},"content":{"rendered":"

Full-Time Faculty Teaching Load
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\nThe full-time faculty teaching load is defined as three 3-credit courses per semester, totaling 9 <\/span>credit hours<\/span><\/a>. Lecturer and Instructor positions hold a teaching load of four 3-credit courses per semester.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Course releases constitute a reduction in a full-time faculty member\u2019s standard teaching load and are governed by the College\u2019s <\/span>Course Release Policy<\/span><\/a>. Approved course releases adjust the faculty member\u2019s assigned teaching load for the applicable term but do not alter other institutional responsibilities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Sabbatical leave<\/span><\/a> and partially paid professional leave are governed by separate institutional policies and provide approved release from teaching responsibilities for a defined period to support scholarship, research, creative activity, or professional development. Faculty members on approved sabbatical or partially paid professional leave are not assigned a teaching load during the leave period and are expected to fulfill the terms and conditions outlined in the respective policies. <\/span>
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\n<\/span>Department Chairs can refer to the <\/span>Department Chair section<\/span><\/a> of the faculty handbook for teaching load and responsibilities.
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Overload Assignments for Full-Time Faculty<\/b>
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\n<\/b>Summer teaching and faculty-led study abroad courses are considered outside of the standard academic year teaching load and are compensated as overload assignments. Participation in summer teaching or study abroad does not reduce the faculty member\u2019s regular academic year teaching responsibilities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overload assignments, including summer and study abroad courses, are subject to institutional approval, enrollment viability, and budget considerations. All overload assignments must be requested and approved in advance through the <\/span>Teaching Assignment Overload Form<\/span><\/a>. Final approval is contingent upon review by the appropriate Dean and confirmation of available budget.<\/span><\/p>\n

Faculty teaching study abroad courses are responsible not only for instructional delivery but also for program leadership, student supervision, and engagement outside of scheduled class time. These additional responsibilities are recognized within the overload compensation structure rather than through adjustments to the standard teaching load.<\/span><\/p>\n

Full-time faculty members may not exceed two courses, or six credit hours, in total summer teaching assignments, inclusive of all summer sessions and faculty-led study abroad courses, unless approved in advance by the appropriate Dean based on programmatic need, enrollment demand, and budget considerations. <\/span><\/p>\n

Adjunct Faculty Teaching Load<\/b>
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Adjunct faculty are not subject to the full-time teaching load defined above and are employed under separate <\/span>terms of employment<\/span><\/a>. Adjunct teaching assignments, including summer and faculty-led study abroad courses, are compensated at the established adjunct per-course rate.<\/span><\/p>\n

To maintain compliance with institutional and employment requirements, adjunct faculty teaching assignments may not exceed 29 hours of work per week. For purposes of calculating instructional workload, a three-credit studio course is considered 13.5 hours per week and a three-credit lecture course is considered 6.75 hours per week. Teaching assignments will be monitored to ensure compliance with this limitation across all assigned courses and instructional activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Adjunct faculty who teach study abroad courses are compensated at their standard adjunct rate and are expected to fulfill all instructional and program-related responsibilities associated with the course, including student supervision and participation in program activities.<\/span><\/p>\n

All adjunct teaching assignments, including summer and study abroad courses, are subject to institutional approval, enrollment viability, budget considerations, and compliance with the maximum weekly workload limitation.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Full-Time Faculty Teaching Load The full-time faculty teaching load is defined as three 3-credit courses per semester, totaling 9 credit hours. Lecturer and Instructor positions hold a teaching load of four 3-credit courses per semester. Course releases constitute a reduction in a full-time faculty member\u2019s standard teaching load and are governed by the College\u2019s Course … Continue reading “Teaching Load”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-policies-procedures","category-terms-employment-full-time-faculty"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Ashlei Watson","author_link":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/author\/awatson\/"},"featured_img":null,"coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["Employment Policies and Procedures<\/a>","Terms of Employment for Full-Time Faculty<\/a>"],"unlinked":["Employment Policies and Procedures<\/span>","Terms of Employment for Full-Time Faculty<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 8 years ago","modified":"Updated 3 days ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on October 16, 2018","modified":"Updated on May 28, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on October 16, 2018 1:39 pm","modified":"Updated on May 28, 2026 4:23 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2133,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions\/2133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/campus.collegeforcreativestudies.edu\/faculty-handbook\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}