Faculty are allowed to teach a maximum of 125% at any given time. The following information is a guide to determine the maximum allowable teaching units for Summer and Winter Sessions. For more information, please refer to the Additional Employment Article 36 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Full-time Teaching During Summer/Winter Sessions:
- Summer R1 = 6 WTU
- Summer R2 = 8 WTU
- Summer R3 = 6 WTU
- Summer R4 = 9 WTU
- Winter Session = 3 WTU (only)
Weighted Teaching Units (WTU) represent the effort and value assigned to instructional faculty work.
*Maximum Additional Employment (Teaching, Assigned Time, other Additional Employment) available to Academic Year Faculty at 125% = 15 WTU Total (combined Winter/Summer sessions)
SESSION | WTU | TIME FRAME | WEEKS |
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R1 | 6 | June 3, 2024 - July 5, 2024 | 5 weeks |
R2 | 8 | June 17, 2024 - August 9, 2024 | 8 weeks |
R3 | 6 | July 8, 2024 - August 9, 2024 | 5 weeks |
R4 | 9 | June 3, 2023 - August 9, 2024 | 10 weeks |
*Link to the Academic Calendar
Maximum Additional Employment Summer Session is 12 WTU
Please check with your department chair regarding scheduling and availability.
SESSION | WTU | TIME FRAME | WEEKS |
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Winter | 3 | TBD | 2.5 weeks |
Maximum Additional Employment Winter Session is 3 WTU
Please check with your department chair regarding scheduling and availability.
Frequently Asked Questions
Additional Employment/Overload/125% Rule
Maximum Additional Employment (Teaching, Assigned Time, other Additional Employment) available to Academic Year Faculty at 125% = 15 WTU Total (combined Winter/Summer sessions)
[Winter Session (3 WTU)] + [Max Summer Session (12 WTU)] = 15 WTU
R1 (6 WTU) + R3 (6 WTU) = 12 WTU*
*R1 and R3 can be treated as separate sessions, of course, but if someone is teaching in both, the total days/weeks should be combined.
Given that the R2 and R4 overlaps with both R1 and R3, overlapping is not permitted.
If you are a full-time faculty, you can only teach a maximum of 125% at any given time.
Limitations on Additional Employment
Additional Employment Article 36 of the Collective Bargaining Agreement
36.5 A faculty unit employee shall be limited in CSU employment to the equivalent of one (1) full-time position in his/her primary or normal employment. An “overage” of up to twenty five percent (25%) of a full-time position shall be allowed if the overage employment:
- (a) consists of employment of a substantially different nature from his/her primary or normal employment;
- (b) is funded from non-general fund sources;
- (c) is the result of the accrual of part-time employment on more than one (1) campus; or
- (d) is necessary to meet a temporary faculty employee’s entitlement to full-time work, or to offer work to a part-time temporary faculty employee up to full time under provision 12.29 (a) (8) or (b) (9).
However, in no case shall a faculty unit employee’s entitlement to subsequent employment at a campus exceed full-time in any academic term.
36.7 The applicable time period for ten (10) month or academic year faculty unit employees shall be the academic year at semester/quarter campuses and the individual's academic year at QSYRO campuses, exclusive of time periods between academic years, time periods between academic terms, and the vacation periods of a faculty unit employee. For academic year or ten (10) month faculty unit employees, additional employment and overload limits (125%) shall be calculated and applied independently during summer periods.
21.27 For academic year or 10-month faculty unit employees, additional employment and overload limits one hundred and twenty-five percent (125%) shall be calculated and applied independently during Summer periods.
Maximum teaching and additional employment outside of the academic year (Fall and Spring semesters) must be calculated at 125% and is independent of academic year Weighted Teaching Units (WTU). It is important to note that ALL additional employment must qualify under Article 36.5 of the Unit 3 Collective Bargaining Agreement (e.g. additional employment for teaching is allowed through CEL, but not for stateside programs). To determine full-time for winter and summer session, we must first calculate the hour equivalent of one semester WTU.
We calculate the hour equivalent of one semester WTU as follows:
- 85 days/semester; 85 days x 8 hours = 680 hours /15 WTU’s = 45.33 hrs/WTU each semester
- One 3 WTU course is 3 x 45.33 = 136 hours
- For example: To calculate full-time for a five-week summer session,
- 5 workdays/week x 8 hrs (40) x 5 weeks = 200 hrs
- R1 and R3 have 25 working days or 200 hours at full-time (200 / 45.33 = 4.41 WTU)
- R2 has a total of 40 days or 320 hours at full-time (320 / 45.33 = 7.59 WTU)
- R4 has a total of 50 days or 400 hours at full-time (500 / 45.33 = 8.8 WTU)
Rounding the numbers, the maximum for R1 or R3 is 6 WTU, 12 WTU combined
- the maximum for R2 is 8 WTU
- the maximum for R4 is 9 WTU
Make note that limitations on additional employment under Article 36.5 apply to all sessions and terms.
Options for Distribution
Additional Employment, Teaching or Assigned Time WTU Available to 12-Month, Chairs and Directors (based on semester WTU)
(8 hrs/wk for chair responsibilities) (10.5 Total WTU available for teaching)
- 3.0 Maximum WTU in Winter Session
- 6.0 Maximum WTU in R1 or R3
- 9.0 Maximum WTU in R2
- 9.0 Maximum WTU in R4
(16 hrs/wk for chair responsibilities) (8.5 Total WTU available for teaching)
- 3.0 Maximum WTU in Winter Session
- 3.0 Maximum WTU in R1 or R3
- 6.0 Maximum WTU in R2
- 6.0 Maximum WTU in R4
(24 hrs/wk for chair responsibilities) (6.5 Total WTU available for teaching)
- 1.25 Maximum WTU in Winter Session
- 1.25 Maximum WTU in R1 or R3
- 4.75 Maximum WTU in R2
- 5.25 Maximum WTU in R4
(32 hrs/wk for chair responsibilities) (3.3 Total WTU available for teaching)
- .6 Maximum WTU in Winter Session
- .6 Maximum WTU in R1 or R3
- 2.4 Maximum WTU in R2
- 2.7 Maximum WTU in R4
(40 hrs/wk for chair responsibilities) (0 Total WTU available for teaching)
- 0 Total (WTU Available)
- 0 WTU in Winter Session
- 0 WTU in R1 or R3
- 0 WTU in R2
- 0 WTU in R4
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