TEACHING LOAD REASSIGNMENT POLICY
DIVISION OF SOCIAL WORK
Per the course policy of the Indiana University School of Social Work, graduate faculty
are required to teach three (3) courses per semester and commit 25% of their time to
research. If the research component is not met, the faculty member can be assigned a
fourth course.
Documentation should be noted in the following way:
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Over the period of time being reviewed, the candidate should have generally an
average of:
1. One publication of a peer reviewed journal article or acquisition of a funded
research grant every other year.
And
2. A conference presentation of a peer reviewed paper or poster, and a written
report.
On unfunded research, submission of a grant proposal, or publication of a
book chapter, monograph, etc., every other year.
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SCHOOL OF NURSING AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS
The following criteria constitute the policy for a course release in the School of Nursing
and Health Professions:
To receive a course release for the fourth course, a faculty member must do the
following:
1. Obtain the Dean’s approval of their course release proposal on the Teaching Load
Reassignment Form; and
2. Meet one of the following conditions:
a. Be an untenured faculty member on Tenure Track. (All pre-tenure faculty
automatically receive the fourth course release)
b. Have participated in research or creative activities that have resulted in one
published article and/or scholarly presentation and/or creative teaching product
within the last three years.
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SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
The Promotion and Tenure Committee has informed me that it will recommend the
following teaching load reassignment policy:
To receive a course release for the fourth course, a faculty member must do the
following:
1. Obtain the Dean’s approval of their course release proposal on the Teaching Load
Reassignment Form; and
2. Meet one of the following conditions:
a. Be an untenured faculty member on Tenure Track. (All pre-tenure faculty
automatically receive the fourth course release)
b. Meet the School’s requirements for teaching a graduate core course. (Currency in
the faculty member’s discipline by publishing 2 refereed journal articles and 2
papers in the discipline or in pedagogy within the previous five years.)
c. Have published one peer-reviewed refereed journal article in the last three years.
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SPEA
To receive the course release for the fourth course, a faculty
member must do the following:
1. Obtain the Dean’s approval of the course release proposal
that is a part of their annual productivity report,
AND
2. a. Be an untenured faculty member on the tenure track. (All
pre-tenure faculty automatically receive the fourth course
release)
OR
b. Meet SPEA’s requirements for teaching a graduate core course through
currency in the faculty member’s discipline by evidencing, within the previous
five (5) years,
some combination of:
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2 peer-reviewed articles
2 paper presentations at national conferences (either in their field or in
pedagogy of their field)
2 published articles in the pedagogy of their field
publication of a book
publishing 2 chapters in edited volumes in their field;
completing 3 technical papers or reports in the area of the scholarship of
application
OR
c. Have published one peer-reviewed refereed article in a first-tier journal in their
discipline within the last three (3) years.
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School of Education
Revised and Accepted 03/23/07
All faculty members must submit and obtain the Dean’s approval of their course release
proposal for the following year on the Teaching Load Reassignment Form.
All pre-tenure faculty members who submit the form automatically receive a fourth
course release.
For a tenured faculty member to receive a course release for the fourth course for fall and
spring semesters for scholarship, the faculty member must have done one of the
following within the last three years:
c. Published a scholarly book or book chapter in his or her discipline.
d. Published two peer-reviewed refereed journal articles.
e. Published one peer-reviewed refereed journal article and have
presented one professional conference paper.
f. Obtained at least $10,000 from external granting agencies and
Published one peer-reviewed refereed journal article
or
Presented one professional conference paper.
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TEACHING LOAD REASSIGNMENT FOR
RESEARCH/CREATIVITY POLICY
THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
INDIANA UNIVERSITY (IU) NORTHWEST
February 28, 2007
INTRODUCTION
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This document uses an expanded definition of research/scholarship, including (but not
limited to) the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), the Scholarship of
Discovery (SoD), and the Scholarship of Application (SoA).
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Faculty will be evaluated using a combination of past performance (based on review by
internal and/or external peers) and on the merit of a measurable research/creativity
proposal or project for the year in which the reassignment is granted.
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Evaluations should consider research/creative activities in relationship to the unique
departmental context and responsibilities.
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Faculty who perform with excellence in research/creativity can be recognized and
rewarded through other existing initiatives such as Time Release Grants.
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Concerning quality, individual departments can be more specific or general, as long as
they follow the COAS Teaching Load Reassignment for Research/Creativity Policy
document and the IU Academic Handbook guideline: "Quality of production is
considered more important than mere quantity. Significant evidence of scholarly merit
may be either a single work of considerable importance or a series of studies constituting
a general program of worthwhile research."
(Page 71: http://www.indiana.edu/~deanfac/acadhbk/acad_handbk_2006.pdf)
Each department in the College of Arts and Sciences should determine the quality
standards for their discipline and select the number of "points" for each research/creative
activity in the discipline or discipline pedagogy. If the department feels it is necessary,
they can place additional qualifications, stating for instance that points must be
accumulated from two or more categories (such as “At least two points must be
accumulated using items A-E”) or any other similar requirement.
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The COAS teaching load reassignment policy only applies to tenured faculty. Faculty on
tenure-track automatically receive one course release per semester for research.
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EVALUATION (COAS)
To receive one (1) course release per semester for research and scholarship from the
expected semester four (4)-course teaching load, a faculty member must:
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Obtain the Department Chair’s and the Dean’s approval of his or her course release proposal
on the Teaching Load Reassignment Form and
Accumulate at least 5 points within a 3-year period.
For a 3-year period:
A. (1 – 5 points) Documented contract for publication of a book and/or a publication of
a book (scholarly manuscript in the expanded definition of research/scholarship).
B. (1 – 5 points) Exhibitions, commissions, acquisitions to significant collections,
performances, exhibition publications, documented works in progress. Due to the
subjective and variable nature of the arts, the department Chair is responsible for
providing a clear written evaluation, stating the significance of each activity.
C. (1 – 2 points) Artistic conference presentations, panel discussions, curatorial work
and other creative activities. Due to the subjective and variable nature of the arts, the
department Chair is responsible for providing a clear written evaluation, stating the
significance of each activity.
D. (1 – 5 points) Publication or unconditional acceptance of one refereed journal article1.
E. (1 – 5 points) Externally reviewed applied scientific products.
F. (1 – 3 points) Publication of chapter in an edited book, publishing invited scholarly
works.
G. (1 – 4 points) Obtained (individually or as a team member) a competitive external (or
IU system) grant or research award (possibly with students) with points considering
amount, purpose, etc.
H. (1 point) Obtained (individually or as a team member) a competitive internal (IUN)
grant or research award (possibly with students).
I. (1 – 3 points) Pursuit of a long-term project in one’s discipline or discipline
pedagogy area of scholarship, and/or possible change of the specialization, with
interim work submitted to the Chair of the department.
J. (1 – 2 points) One international, national or regional competitively selected
conference presentation/poster.
K. (1 point) Chair a research session/panel discussion or major organization role of a
workshop.
L. (1 – 2 points) Direct and prolonged assistance to students in research/creative activity
that resulted in a peer reviewed venue for the student(s) or faculty (up to 3 points for
multiple projects per a 3-year period).
M. (1 point) Peer reviewed creative work (including but not limited to performer,
director, designer, choreographer, musical director, composer, author, or dramaturg)
on a Theatre Northwest season production.
N. (1 – 3 points) Other professional scholarship activity such as, but not limited to,
editing a book/journal, reviewing articles.
O. (1 – 2 points) Giving invited scholarly lectures/talks, receiving competitive
recognitions/awards for research/creativity, etc.
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5 pts is a major article in one of the leading journals in the discipline. Majority of the articles should be
worth 3 pts. (Note: This footnote is included only to help bring consistency across the departments and is
only advisory.)
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ACCOUNTABILITY (COAS)
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Accountability recognizes scholarship in various forms and emphasizes quality with an
appropriate balance of quantity.
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The accountability clock starts with the 2007/2008 academic year and will recognize
well-proposed projects with clear external measures and specific outcomes as well as
previously completed research/creativity productivity. The faculty member can lose a
research/creativity course release as early as the upcoming academic year (Fall 2008)
only if there is no acceptable documented research/creativity record or written submitted
plans accepted by the Department Chair and Dean of COAS for upcoming
research/creativity.
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Listing of submitted works (in review or rejected) is limited to 1 year unless substantial
additions/corrections are documented toward accountability approval. Documented
progress reports are expected in the Faculty Annual Report.
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As usual, COAS Department Chairs will be reviewed by the Dean.
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As the teaching load reassignment system is part of the Faculty Annual Report, the same
procedural rules apply regarding the rebuttal of an evaluation felt to be unfair: "The
division/department chairperson should review the report and send to the faculty member
a written evaluation of the report. A meeting to discuss the written evaluation should then
be scheduled between the faculty member and the chairperson. At that time, the faculty
member is afforded the opportunity to rebut, verbally and in writing, any criticism felt to
be unfair. In those divisions where department review takes place, the department
chairperson will forward to the division chairperson an original and one copy of the
annual report, the written evaluation, and any written rebuttal".
COAS will elect an appropriate committee (COAS Course Load Committee) to review
negative course release recommendations. Committee members will serve a three-year term.
The committee should consist of five COAS tenured faculty members with representation from
all three COAS areas of Humanities, Mathematics/Sciences, and Social Sciences—realizing that
some areas are interdisciplinary. All tenured or tenure-track COAS faculty will vote for five
persons: one person from each COAS area and for two at-large representatives. In addition to the
two vote-getters with the highest number of votes for at-large seats, the highest vote getters in
each COAS area will be asked to serve on the committee of 5 persons. In case of an appeal, the
Committee reviews negative decisions by the Dean and makes a recommendation to the Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs who makes the final decision.
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