{"id":121,"date":"2024-07-09T21:19:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-09T21:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:34:14","slug":"p223","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/p223\/","title":{"rendered":"223 \u00a0Faculty Compensation for Teaching Credit Courses as an Overload"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Approved by President<\/strong>
Effective Date: June 5, 2017
Responsible Division: Academic Affairs
Responsible Office:  University Provost
Responsible Officer: Associate Provost for Academic Administration and Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I. Purpose<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This policy establishes the procedure for setting faculty compensation for teaching credit courses as an overload at Â鶹ÊÓƵ (MTSU or University). T.C.A. \u00a7 49-5-410 limits full-time faculty to teaching no more than two (2) credit courses per semester for extra pay in an institution of higher education. This additional work shall not exceed fifteen (15) clock hours per week or four hundred (400) clock hours out of any nine (9)-month period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

II. Guideline<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Introduction.\u00a0Faculty acceptance of overload assignments for instruction or other purposes is strictly voluntary. Overload assignments should be used only when situations arise that warrant such action and should not be used on a regular basis or in lieu of hiring qualified faculty or instructors. Supervisors must be careful to protect untenured faculty when making overload assignments and should make every effort to distribute overloads fairly as staffing needs allow.\u00a0Policy 814 Outside Employment, Extra Compensation, and Dual Services Agreements<\/a>\u00a0provides that \u201cthe minimum rates per credit hour of instruction, as articulated in Policy 223 Faculty Compensation for Teaching Credit Courses as an Overload, must be applied when calculating compensation for extra service for full-time faculty or staff teaching credit courses.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Rates.\u00a0The rates set forth in this policy shall be applied for compensation of full-time faculty teaching credit courses in excess of the normal load.\u00a0Faculty overload pay<\/a>\u00a0shall be the same as the compensation for\u00a0adjunct faculty<\/a>, the rates for which are published annually.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The rate per credit hour of instruction refers to the number of credits granted toward the faculty load, which may differ from the number of student credit hours.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Forms: none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Revisions: none.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Last Reviewed: November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    References: Policy 814 Outside Employment, Extra Compensation, and Dual Services Agreements; T.C.A. \u00a7 49-5-410.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Approved by PresidentEffective Date: June 5, 2017Responsible Division: Academic AffairsResponsible Office:  University ProvostResponsible Officer: Associate Provost for Academic Administration and Resources I. Purpose This policy establishes the procedure for setting faculty compensation for teaching credit courses as an overload at Â鶹ÊÓƵ (MTSU or University). T.C.A. \u00a7 49-5-410 limits full-time faculty to teaching no more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-bannernosidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3096,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions\/3096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/policies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}