Teaching Load and Overload - Nursing

The requirements below of faculty workload assignments ensures a fair workload for each faculty member.

Faculty will be assigned 30 workload hours per academic year.
1. 12 credit hours total per year (12 in the Fall, 12 in the Spring, 6 in the Summer).
Workload hours will be calculated based on the different faculty roles(didactic, clinical, lab) within Nursing.
Didactic courses with exams apply to classes listed in the Examination Average and Grading Policy.

Workload Hours Faculty role

1 Per each Academic credit hour

1 4/four hours of clinical or simulation instruction
(with direct student contact)

6 PN Program Coordinator

6 RN & BSN Program Coordinator

3 Clinical course coordinator (NURS-3210)

6 Simulation & Laboratory Coordinator

9 Director of Nursing

1 New Class (preparation)

1 Didactic course with exams

1 Mentoring new faculty member

Faculty Overload
An instructor whose teaching load exceeds full-time as described above will be compensated according to the payment offered to an adjunct instructor. Occasionally, other duties may be requested of an instructor within the regular workload by mutual agreement between the instructor and Director of Nursing.