Ohio Administrative Code
Title 3356 - Youngstown State University
Chapter 3356-10 - Policies on Admission, Retention, and Graduation standards
Section 3356-10-12 - Teaching by staff
Universal Citation: OH Admin Code 3356-10-12
Current through all regulations passed and filed through December 16, 2024
(A) Policy statement. On occasion it is necessary and appropriate to have employees perform services above and beyond their normal scope of duties and to pay employees for these additional services.
(B) Definition. For purposes of this policy, a "staff member" is defined as any full-time employee who is not a member of the faculty bargaining unit.
(C) Parameters.
(1)
Assignment of a staff member to teach shall be based
solely upon the academic needs of the university and the appropriateness of the
individual's academic credentials.
(2)
Staff members may
not receive payment for any course taught during their paid work schedule.
Staff members may teach only during the lunch hour, approved leave time, or at
times other than their paid work schedule.
(3)
Prior to the
assignment, the staff member's supervisor shall certify in writing that any
teaching assignment will not interfere with the staff member's regular
responsibilities.
(4)
Non-exempt staff members that complete a forty-hour
workweek and engage in teaching activities in addition to, and outside of, the
primary duty of their position will be paid 1.5 times the established teaching
rate for part-time faculty instructors, as per Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
requirements.
(5)
A staff member may teach no more than one course per
term (normally considered to be equivalent to three teaching hours) without
approval of the provost/vice president for academic affairs.
(D) Procedures.
(1)
A staff member having appropriate academic credentials
may request or be requested by an academic chairperson to teach in a
department. Appropriate academic credentials must be
documented.
(2)
The credentials will be collected by the chair of the
department for departmental review. The credentials must be forwarded to the
dean and provost for certification following higher learning commission
expectations. Staff desiring to teach a graduate level course must also have
graduate faculty status. Once approval is granted, the staff member becomes
eligible to teach in the department.
(3)
A department
chairperson wishing to have an eligible staff member teach a class will
initiate the appropriate part-time teaching assignment agreement, secure
written approval of the staff member's supervisor, and then forward the
materials to the dean and provost for final approval.
Replaces: 3356-10-12
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