Summer Work Load Policy

This policy covers any course between the last day of the spring semester and the first day of the fall semester.

• No faculty member is required to teach in the summer.
• Summer teaching by RHE Tenure Track faculty should not interfere with scholarship.
• All summer courses, regardless of session, compression, or delivery format, count toward load.
• Load implications of internships, practicums, labs, arranged studies, and other types of courses will be calculated according to established policies.
• A RHE Tenure Track or Instructional faculty member may teach a maximum of 15 semester credits or equivalents over the Summer Term as agreed to and scheduled by the campus associate dean.
• A RHE Tenure Track or Instructional faculty member may teach a maximum of 9 credits during one of the 7-week sessions of Summer Term.
• Exceptions to this policy will be rare. The campus dean will submit a written justification requesting an exception to the Executive Dean for Regional Higher Education.
• Maximum teaching loads include teaching at all campuses and eLearning.

Approved by Regional Deans October 1, 2013