SECTION 300 - ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
322.03 PART-TIME FACULTY WORKLOADS
BACKGROUND
The definition of part-time faculty workloads derives from the Fair
Labor Standards Act and Board of Regents’ policy. The Fair Labor Standards Act requires that benefits be paid to
employees who work more than fifty percent of a normal work week. Regents staff has accepted Georgia Perimeter
College's definition of fifty percent for part-time teaching as being 13.5-16
semester hours per academic year.
Part-time faculty are not covered by benefits at Georgia Perimeter
College.
The Regents have defined the University System of Georgia as a whole as
being a single employer. The 13.5-16
hours maximum per academic year for part-time faculty at Georgia Perimeter
College must apply to total hours taught by part-time teachers at any and all
System institutions.
POLICY
Semester Load
Part-time faculty members may not teach more than nine semester credit
hours in either the fall or spring semester in a given academic year. They may not teach nine hours in both fall
and spring semesters.
Exceptions to the nine credits per semester will be granted only in
emergencies, and the limit due to the emergency must not exceed three
additional semester hours.
Emergencies are defined as last-minute situations that were difficult to
anticipate. Emergencies do not include
ordinary difficulties in staffing.
Emergency exceptions must be approved by the Vice President for
Academic Affairs prior to the assignment of an additional class.
Academic Year Load
Part-time faculty members may teach up to fifty percent of the
full-time faculty workload range in an academic year. Since the full-time faculty workload range is 27-32 semester
hours, the part-time faculty workload range would be 13.5-16 semester hours in
an academic year. Part-time faculty
members may teach no more than fifteen (15) credits, five three-credit hour
classes, in an academic year. In the
case of faculty teaching only four credit hour courses, they may teach no more
than sixteen (16) hours, four four-credit hour classes, in an academic
year. No combination of credit hour
courses may exceed the sixteen credits allowable for the academic year, unless
it can be proved that full-time faculty in the discipline are teaching over 32
semester hours in an academic year. The
13.5 hour maximum applies to hours taught at any and all Regents' institutions.
2/08/00
Revised by Academic Affairs Policy Council 4/11/00
Approved by College Advisory Board
7/27/00