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Faculty Regulations
15. Professional Obligations
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| The University
expects that during the terms of their contract
faculty members will devote themselves to
teaching, advising students, scholarship,
and University service in a fashion that is
demonstrably full-time by any reasonable standard.
Moreover, the University expects that
a faculty member's professional relationship
to the University will continue during vacation
periods in such areas as preparation of courses,
participation in professional development,
reading and grading of comprehensive examinations,
theses, and dissertations, as well as supervision
of students in clinical and field components
of courses. |
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| Teaching at
another college or university at any time
requires the advance written approval of the
dean of the Washington College of Law and
the provost. |
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| a. Teaching Responsibilities |
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| Faculty members
in the Washington College of Law are generally
expected to teach each term, and teaching
load shall normally be construed to be one
of the following: |
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| • an average of six scheduled class hours
per week counting repetitions during the
same term as one-half for this purpose; or |
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• an average of nine scheduled class hours
per week, counting repetitions during the
same term at full value; |
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• in the case of faculty members teaching
in the clinic, in addition to their client-based
clinical course responsibilities, such faculty
members shall teach at least one classroom
course each academic year. |
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These
teaching responsibilities are to be carried
out in conjunction with the faculty member's
research and service to the University
and the Washington College of Law.
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The
University recognizes the diverse role
assumed by individual faculty and encourages
teaching units to develop procedures for
determining faculty obligations. The dean of the Washington College of Law must
assure that parity of faculty assignments
is achieved. Reduced teaching loads based on a faculty member's
involvement in research, University programs,
or public service require the recommendation
of the Committee on Rank and Tenure.
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b. Overload Teaching at American University
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| The University
discourages overload teaching assignments,
with or without compensation, during the fall
or spring semesters at American University
on the grounds that such tasks might seriously
impair the faculty member's ability to meet
the criteria detailed in Sections 11 through
14 of this Manual. The approval of an overload teaching assignment
during the fall or spring semesters must be
justified on an emergency basis or in terms
of the mission of the Washington College of
Law and requires written approval of the dean.
It is recommended that the above-mentioned
concern be conveyed to the faculty member
at the time of approval. |
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| 16. Voting Faculty |
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| In University-wide
affairs, voting members of the University
faculty include all full-time faculty members
and emeriti/ae with the rank of Instructor
or above A faculty member on leave of absence from the
University retains voting
rights. |
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At the Washington College of Law, the voting members include
all full-time faculty with the rank of
Assistant Professor and above. Visiting faculty may vote in general meeting
with the concurrence of the full-time
faculty. A faculty member having a joint appointment
will have voting privileges in the affairs
of the Washington College of Law only
if that is the unit of that faculty member's
principal appointment. S/he may participate
in the internal affairs of the other unit
or units in which appointment is held
only at its discretion.
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