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Faculty Handbook
Part IV: Responsibilities and Duties of Faculty
Section K. Teaching Loads
The basic teaching load at Southeastern is
the equivalent of 15 hours of lecture per week. Normally two or
three hours of laboratory assignment are calculated as one lecture
hour. Reductions in teaching loads may be made for committee and
administrative assignments and for scholarly activities.
EXTENDED WORKLOAD
Southeastern Louisiana University
encourages faculty and staff members to become involved in
activities that enhance the University’s mission of instruction,
research, and service. This may include, but is not limited to,
teaching off-campus courses, teaching non-credit courses through
Continuing Education, and engaging in scholarly and creative
projects sponsored by external funding sources. These activities
are used as a means of enriching scholarly competence and
providing modern, high-quality academic programs to undergraduate
and graduate students, as well as to others in the community.
GENERAL POLICY FOR SPONSORED PROJECTS
It is the general policy of the University
that sponsored projects (grants and contracts) be undertaken on a
reassigned-time basis. The summer sessions are often a convenient
period for 9-month employees to pursue sponsored projects on a
full-time basis or to split efforts between teaching and sponsored
projects. When an employee undertakes sponsored projects on a
reassigned-time basis, the grant/contract is charged for that
portion of time devoted to the project. This amount may be charged
directly to the externally funded portion of the grant or be
credited as a required university match, depending upon the terms
of the approved grant application.
The rate of compensation for sponsored
projects shall be the same as that paid by the University, in
accordance with federal guidelines. In those instances where it is
not possible for an employee to be released from regular
University duties to undertake sponsored projects, additional
compensation may be received as indicated in Guidelines for
Approval for Supplemental Compensation. The policy of a sponsoring
agency shall govern additional compensation when it is more
restrictive than the University’s policy. It should be noted that
few federal agencies allow for overload compensation. Persons who
are successful at receiving more than one concurrent grant,
therefore, are responsible for hiring sufficient staff to assist
in administering and directing the projects.
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