Summer School Policy for Department Heads

Purpose

This policy outlines the standard requirements of summer employment for academic or nine-month department heads.

Policy

The University policy for summer employment of academic department heads is as follows:

1. Department heads perform administrative duties if they are employed for the summer. The administrative workload is 20 hours of on-campus responsibility per week.
2. The teaching workload for department heads for the summer term is six credit hours. If sufficient courses are not available, department heads may receive prorated summer pay. The teaching workload is above the administrative workload. The department head must hold and post office hours on campus and, if teaching online courses, virtually.
   • Course offerings must comply with the Course Enrollment Management Policy.
3. The employment of department heads in the summer takes precedence over members of the department (i.e., no other faculty member may be employed in the department if the department head is not teaching a full load and receiving full pay unless exceptions are approved for unique circumstances).
   • Administrative-only summer appointments must have prior approval from the provost and vice president for academic affairs.
   • Academic deans may appoint a full-time faculty member in the department as acting department head for the summer term with prior approval from the provost and vice president for academic affairs. Acting department heads return to full-time faculty upon completion of the summer term.
4. Department heads employed for the summer must be present on campus unless medical or emergency reasons require the use of sick leave. Academic staff (nine- or ten-month employees) do not earn annual leave and must be present at work if being paid for summer work. (See Unclassified Leave Types and Policies.)

Communication

This policy is distributed via the University Policies webpage.