• This is a required field and defaulted to “Yes” in the Fall and Spring. For the Summer some
  individuals will be defaulted to “No”, if this is incorrect please select “Yes”.
• If the answer is “Yes”, hours need to be entered in the form.
• If the answer is “No”, please select “No” if not already the default and press the SUBMIT button.

This includes instruction in lectures, laboratories, and independent study courses or activities for which the student is registered and supervision of graduate students enrolled in 600-level (thesis) courses. Class contact hours are expressed in terms of the average number of hours per week spent in these activities. Allow for immediate pre- and post class time with student, i.e., for a 50-minute instructional period assume one period equals one hour of contact time with students; three such meetings equal three contact hours. For a 75-minute instructional period assume one period equals one and one-half hours of contact time with students; two such meetings equal three contact hours.

In prior years RI Instruction (Class Contact) and CE Instruction (Class Contact) hours were reported separately. They are now combined.

Average hours per week spent in preparation for instruction in courses which the faculty member is currently teaching.

Examples include:

• Preparation for the direct instruction of students.
• Evaluation of student performance.
• Preparation of class materials for student use during the current semester.
• Non-class student conferences directly related to classroom instruction for current semester
• Student conferences and student advising activities which are not directly related to current teaching responsibilities.
• Preparation for teaching courses in future semesters.
• Development of new courses and new instructional materials.
• Development of methods of instruction.
• Committee work which directly supports the instructional process (e.g., departmental or college curriculum committees and Faculty Senate committees deliberating instructional issues).

In prior years RI Instructional Support, RI Class Prep, RI Other Instructional Support, CE Instructional Support, CE Class Prep and CE Other Instructional Support hours were reported separately. They are now combined.

Average hours per week spent in all scholarly activity, research or creative activity supported or paid for by
resident instruction budgets and research activity supported or sponsored by external contracts or
University Organized Research funds budgeted through Research budgets.

Activities include:

• General professional development.
• Remaining current in one’s field.
• Work toward advanced degree.
• Attendance or participation in professional or scientific meetings.
• Preparation of scholarly or creative results for presentation including
  publication, exhibition, performance, or public oration.
• Service on an editorial board or as editor of a scientific, scholarly, or creative publication.

This category reports only activities for which separate compensation is not received (e.g., consulting fees, course fees, salary, or wages). This includes course development, preparation, and instruction of cooperative extension courses. It also includes public, governmental, and professional service which is related to one’s academic area and is part of one’s University duties; such as, assistance to agricultural business, industrial, education, other groups, or service to local, state, federal, or international advisory panels. However, this does not include voluntary participation in community affairs having no direct relationship to assigned duties.

Activities in which a duty or service is provided to the University which is not directly related to instruction,
research, or public service.

Examples Include:

• Administrative responsibility for/or service to the University, college, campus, or department, institute, or program.
• Service in areas providing indirect support to instruction and research
  (e.g., the Libraries and Computation Center).
• Membership on non-instructional support committees, commissions, or councils, or the University Faculty Senate and its non-instructional committees.
• Intramural and intercollegiate coaching responsibilities.
• Participation in faculty recruitment, tenure, promotion, and other personnel decisions.
• Service to student groups as an advisor or providing other assistance.

This is a total of all hours entered in the above fields.
If Total Hours are greater than 80 and explanation must be entered in the comment section.

Please enter any comments that may be pertinent to the data in the form.

Once all the hours have been entered please click on the submit button to add the information to the database. If changes are needed to any hours, make the changes and press the SUBMIT button to make the changes to the database. Changes can be made as many times as needed until the closing date for the semester.