Faculty Senate approved: April 2, 2018 President approved: April 18, 2018
The Faculty Workload Policy for the School of Nursing is congruent with the academic program needs and school priorities and operates in compliance with all University policies. The Faculty Workload Policy applies to all nursing faculty in the School of Nursing. Faculty may be tenure track or non-tenure track. All faculty, regardless of track, assume responsibility for classroom, simulation, and clinical teaching as required by the academic programs. Faculty workloads are coordinated by the School of Nursing Chairperson or designee. Assignments are negotiated during the annual evaluation that occurs each spring.
All full-time tenured and tenure-track faculty members in the School of Nursing are expected to engage in teaching, scholarship and service including faculty governance and the development and effective conduct of academic programs. In situations where courses are team taught, credit/contact allocations can vary from those credits assigned to the course. Workloads for tenured and tenure track faculty shall include weighted components designated for teaching, scholarship, and service. As denoted in the Kentucky State University (KySU) Faculty Handbook teaching during the summer semester is determined by the School of Nursing Chairperson on an "as needed" basis with respect to program needs and faculty expertise [Faculty Handbook, 2012, 2.2.2].
Teaching Expectations. Based on University guidelines, the normal teaching load for tenure/tenure track faculty on a 9-month contract teaching undergraduate courses is 12 credit hours per semester. Faculty Handbook, 2012, section 2.11.1) or 24 hours per academic year [section 2.7.1]. This is equivalent to 450 clock hours of instruction based on a 15-week semester (i.e., 1 semester credit hour = 37.5 clock hours of instruction [30 clock hours [direct] and 7.5 clock hours (outside of class) x 12 credit hours) (U.S. Department of Education, 2016; Carnegie Foundation, 2013). This constitutes 75% (37.5 x 12 / 600 (40-hour work week x 15 semester weeks) teaching with the balance of workload distributed between scholarship and service.
For assignments consisting of graduate classes or a mixture of graduate and undergraduate classes of normal sizes (i.e., 1-60 students), the full-time assignment shall be nine (9) credit hours per semester. This is equivalent to 338 clock hours of Instruction (i.e., 1 semester credit hour = 37.5 clock hours of instruction (30 clock hours (direct) and 7.5 clock hours (outside of class) x 12 credit hours)). This constitutes approximately 56% (37.5 x 9 / 600) teaching with a balance of workload being scholarship and service. For either didactic courses or the theory component of a clinical nursing course, one credit hour is equal to one contact (clock) hour (i.e., 50 minutes), whether online or face-to-face, for the purpose of workload calculation. Independent and/or directed study courses generally shall not be counted towards the determination of full-time teaching assignments unless multiple supervisory responsibilities are involved as determined by the School of Nursing Chairperson.
Full-time faculty members are expected to advise students and be available as required for this purpose. Each faculty member is also expected to undertake such other teaching-related activities as are normally
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