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.
Adjunct faculty may be recruited for specific work in the online programs. Unlike full-time faculty, the adjunct faculty do not hold contracted teaching load in the residential programs. When an adjunct faculty member carries an online course load, they will be considered an online faculty member (in addition to any status on the residential campus, such as a residential adjunct instructor). As online faculty, they report to the relevant administrators, such as Faculty Mentors and SMEs, concerning online courses. Adjunct faculty are paid per the rates listed in Section 2.3 – Faculty Compensation. See also Section 1.3.3 – Online Faculty.
The Office of Online Education will offer adjunct faculty opportunities for workload as online faculty using the Adjunct Workload Agreement form, before the start of each term or subterm.
Adjunct faculty must meet University criteria and the Faculty Credentials Guidelines of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC),22 for each course taught. It shall be the responsibility of the relevant program coordinator to ensure that adjunct faculty members are qualified to teach courses in their respective programs. This should involve a review of the hiring packet and transcripts. The Office of Online Education maintains records of transcript reviews and course qualifications for online faculty.
Adjunct faculty are considered part-time employees of the University. The Office of Online Education assigns online course load to adjunct faculty as needed. As much as possible, course
22 https://sacscoc.org/app/uploads/2019/07/faculty-credentials.pdf