scheduled during the normal instructional periods between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. without the prior written approval of the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs. If circumstances require, a faculty member may be assigned no more than three credit hours additional teaching assignment beyond the standards cited in this description of full-time teaching in any semester as part of their regular teaching assignment for that semester provided that the teaching assignment for the following semester is reduced by an equal amount.
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.
For persons holding academic administrative supervisory positions (for example, Deans or Chairpersons), the standard teaching assignment shall be reduced in accordance with the provisions of the Governing Regulations or as otherwise approved by the President of the University.
With the approval of the appropriate Dean, a Chairperson may provide release time to a faculty member for special assignments (for example, the development of a new course, or the planning or revision of a curriculum). All such assignments shall have prior written approval of the Chairperson and the Dean, and these written approvals shall be included in the personnel record of the faculty member kept in the Office of the Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs. Such assignments shall be clearly indicated on the faculty member's Distribution of Effort Agreement Form.
Credit hours shall be the standard for the determination of full-time teaching assignments. Laboratory or studio supervisions shall be designated in credit hours according to the following definitions of equivalence:
Each fifty-minute lecture or recitation period per week during a semester shall equal ONE credit hour.
Each set of two fifty-minute laboratory or studio periods per week during a semester in which the entire student exercise is conducted within the organized instructional period shall equal ONE credit hour.
For laboratory or studio periods where a portion of the work is conducted within the organized instructional period and a portion is conducted as homework, each set of two fifty-minute periods per week during a semester shall equal one credit hour.
For the supervision of student teachers the following formula will apply:
The supervision of 5 student teachers equals 3 credit hours, if students are placed outside Franklin County
The supervision of 6 student teachers equals 3 credit hours if students are placed in Franklin County
For the supervision of student administrative internships, the following formula
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