Scope
This policy applies to all UW System institutions.
Purpose
The purpose of this policy is to develop and implement a plan that fulfills statutory requirements for monitoring, rewarding, and reporting the teaching workload of faculty and instructional academic staff, as set forth in sections 36.115 (8), 36.65(2)(dm), and 36.65(6)(b), Wis. Stats.
Policy Statement
It is the policy of the Board of Regents that UW System institutions shall monitor, reward, and report the teaching workloads of faculty and instructional academic staff in compliance with sections 36.115 (8), 36.65(2)(dm), and 36.65(6)(b), Wis. Stats. Therefore, each UW System institution shall:
- Monitor the teaching workloads of faculty and instructional academic staff.
- Fulfill requirements for individual faculty and instructional academic staff members to report the number of hours spent teaching to the UW System Administration.
- Reward faculty and instructional academic staff who teach more than the standard academic load for their institution.
- Revise personnel systems and employment relations policies and practices in compliance with sections 36.115 (8), 36.65(2)(dm), and 36.65(6)(b), Wis. Stats., and this policy.
Oversight, Roles, and Responsibilities
UW System Chancellors are responsible for ensuring that their institutional systems, policies, and practices are consistent with this policy and sections 36.115 (8), 36.65(2)(dm), and 36.65(6)(b), Wis. Stats.
In collaboration with UW System institutions, the UW System Administration Office of Academic and Student Affairs shall establish requirements for reporting teaching workload data, ensuring the reliability of teaching workload data, and for reporting teaching workload data as required under sections 36.65 (2) (dm) and (6)(b), Wis. Stats., as part of the UW System’s annual accountability report to the Governor and Legislature and on the UW System Administration’s Accountability Dashboard.
This policy shall go into effect on January 1, 2018, and be reviewed every five years for modification or rescission by the Board of Regents.
History: Res. 10968, adopted 12/07/2017, created Regent Policy Document 20-25.