A. Faculty
1. The assigned work load for
full time faculty shall be reasonable and fair and shall usually
consist of a combination of teaching, research and creative
activities, and service to Temple University. The assigned
work load of a faculty member is subject to approval by the
Dean. The teaching work load for a full time faculty member
engaged only in teaching and minimal service to Temple is 12
semester credit hours per semester.
2. The teaching work load shall
be appropriately reduced by the Dean (in consultation with
the Department Chairperson) for the following efforts: active
involvement in research and/or publication or equivalent creative
activity; advising of graduate thesis or dissertations and/or
independent study; combinations of 4 and 3 credit-hour courses
or unusual contact-credit hour burdens; service to Temple University;
unusually demanding courses; and the performance of administrative
duties.
3. Temple may substitute the teaching
of non-credit courses or workshops and participation in externally
funded Temple projects for an equivalent of credit courses
taught by the faculty member.
4. Temple may give a full time
faculty member a temporary alternative assignment, i.e., a
teaching assignment for other than his/her home department,
or an administrative or advising assignment. A temporary alternative
assignment shall not affect the faculty member's membership,
seniority, and tenure in his/her home, merged, reorganized
or successor department.
In making temporary alternative
assignments, the following principles shall be applied:
a. The proposed assignment shall
be discussed by the Dean or Department Chairperson with the
faculty member a reasonable time in advance of beginning the
assignment.
b. Every effort shall be made
to maintain some portion of a faculty member's total work load
in his/her home department.
c. Before new faculty are appointed
in a department, faculty members of that department on temporary
alternative assignment elsewhere shall first be offered the
opportunity to reassume teaching assignments within the department.
d. In cases of disputes over temporary
alternative assignments, the final decision within a college
shall be made by the Dean, and for inter-college disputes,
the final decision shall be made by the Provost, subject in
each case to the terms and conditions in this Agreement.
5. If Temple wishes to require
faculty in a department to accept any two of three semesters
as the basic academic year, the Dean of the College may initiate
such a plan in that Department provided that:
a. There is appropriate consultation
between the Dean, the Department, and individual faculty members,
and
b. Notice of semesters in a given
year assigned to a given faculty member shall be given to the
faculty member not later than the preceding May 15.
c. In so far as some courses are
taught for extra compensation, consideration shall be given
to the equitable distribution of such teaching among the faculty
members of the Department, and, where appropriate, within the
college.
d. A faculty member may not
be required to teach, without additional compensation,
over the fall, spring, and summer semesters except as
in A-6 below.
6. With the approval of Temple,
an individual faculty member or the faculty of a college, a
department, or a program may substitute the summer semester
for either a fall semester or a spring semester or by at least
a two-thirds vote of the affected faculty deploy himself/herself/itself
across the three semesters in a manner acceptable to him/her/it
without additional compensation.
7. A year (September 1 - August
31) will be divided into three academic semesters:
Fall: September 1 - December 31
Spring: January 1 - May 31
Summer: May 1 - August 31
B. Librarians and Academic Professionals
