University Policies
223 聽Faculty Compensation for Teaching Credit Courses as an Overload
Approved by President
Effective Date: June 5, 2017
Responsible Division: Academic Affairs
Responsible Office: University Provost
Responsible Officer: Associate Provost for Academic Administration and Resources
I. Purpose
This policy establishes the procedure for setting faculty compensation for teaching credit courses as an overload at 乐播传媒入口 (MTSU or University). T.C.A. 搂 49-5-410 limits full-time faculty to teaching no more than two (2) credit courses per semester for extra pay in an institution of higher education. This additional work shall not exceed fifteen (15) clock hours per week or four hundred (400) clock hours out of any nine (9)-month period.
II. Guideline
- Introduction.聽Faculty acceptance of overload assignments for instruction or other purposes is strictly voluntary. Overload assignments should be used only when situations arise that warrant such action and should not be used on a regular basis or in lieu of hiring qualified faculty or instructors. Supervisors must be careful to protect untenured faculty when making overload assignments and should make every effort to distribute overloads fairly as staffing needs allow.聽Policy 814 Outside Employment, Extra Compensation, and Dual Services Agreements聽provides that 鈥渢he minimum rates per credit hour of instruction, as articulated in Policy 223 Faculty Compensation for Teaching Credit Courses as an Overload, must be applied when calculating compensation for extra service for full-time faculty or staff teaching credit courses.鈥�
- Rates.聽The rates set forth in this policy shall be applied for compensation of full-time faculty teaching credit courses in excess of the normal load.聽Faculty overload pay聽shall be the same as the compensation for聽adjunct faculty, the rates for which are published annually.
- The rate per credit hour of instruction refers to the number of credits granted toward the faculty load, which may differ from the number of student credit hours.
Forms: none.
Revisions: none.
Last Reviewed: November 2020.
References: Policy 814 Outside Employment, Extra Compensation, and Dual Services Agreements; T.C.A. 搂 49-5-410.