Despite this primary orientation of the full-time faculty to the residential campus, they are integral to the success of KYSU Online/Global. Full-time faculty serve as Subject Matter Experts to support KYSU Online/Global course development. Some full-time faculty also might want to serve as online instructors for KYSU Online/Global. This can occur in two ways:
When a full-time faculty member carries online courses, they will be considered an online faculty member in addition to their status on the residential campus. As online faculty, they will report to the appropriate administrators concerning online courses.
See Section 1.3.3 – Online Faculty.
To ensure that an adequate number of full-time faculty are available for the residential academic programs, administrative assignments, and committee service, full-time faculty may not count online course load towards their full-time teaching requirements. Whenever a full-time faculty member carries an online course load, it will be separate from the terms of their full-time faculty contract. Similarly, online course load will not trigger a reduction in teaching load the following semester. When full-time faculty function as online faculty and carry an online course load, they are paid at the standard rates specified in Section 2.3 – Faculty Compensation.
Note: Full-time faculty may not use online course load towards their full-time teaching load obligations; online course load is handled separately. Exceptions to this must be approved by the Provost in advance.
This policy allows full-time faculty involvement in KYSU Online/Global while preventing it from eroding the full-time faculty availability for residential courses and program/student support. Exceptions to this policy must be approved beforehand by the Provost/Vice President of Academic and Student Affairs.
For a full statement of this policy, see the document, KYSU Online Faculty Workload Policy.
The Office of Online Education will assign sections to online faculty based on their requested online load, their capacity for online load, and the needs of the KYSU Online/Global. Although online course load is separate from the contracted load of full-time faculty, the Office of Online Education engages with administrators of the residential programs, such as Department Chairs, to ensure effective coordination of faculty workload across modalities. This is to ensure that full-time faculty remain adequately available for their primary obligations. The Office of Online Education also evaluates faculty workload capacity in the process of assigning online course load.
See Section 2.2.2.1 – Calculating Workload Capacity for Full-time Faculty. See also the document, KYSU Online Faculty Workload Procedures.
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