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Peer reviewedHolliman, Juanita M. – Nursing Outlook, 1977
Describes a step-by-step method for analyzing faculty workload which the author notes can determine exactly how a faculty member's time is spent and whether the hours available for teaching equal the hours required for teaching. Suggested uses for the method are noted, e.g., organizing the total work force based on desired curriculum changes. (SH)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Workload, Job Analysis, Teaching Load
Randall, Ronald K. – Audiovisual Instruction, 1971
A brief discussion of the problem of converting limited funds into as much learning as possible," focussing on the educational materials which can be bought with money saved from expanding class size and increasing teacher loads. (LS)
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Instructional Materials
Greene, Bruce – Quarterly of the National Writing Project and the Center for the Study of Writing and Literacy, 1992
Discusses the impact on El Cerrito High School teachers of the bankruptcy of the Richmond Unified School District. Suggests that the teachers have lost the luxury of a moment to reflect. (RS)
Descriptors: High Schools, Teacher Morale, Teaching (Occupation), Teaching Conditions
Download full textWolman, Paul, Ed. – National Education Association Research Department, 2010
A continuing need for comprehensive and timely information about the public school teachers of the United States led the National Education Association (NEA) Research Division in 1956 to develop the first of a series of surveys and subsequent reports covering various aspects of teachers' professional, family, and civic lives. The NEA has conducted…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Teacher Characteristics, Federal Legislation, Public School Teachers
Direct linkTomei, Lawrence A. – Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 2006
This study examined the impact of substituting didactic instruction, face-to-face advisement, and conventional evaluation with distance-based delivery of content, electronic counseling, and online assessment. It analyzed the impact of distance learning demands on faculty teaching loads and computed the ideal class size for an online course.…
Descriptors: Teaching Load, Online Courses, Class Size, Distance Education
Charles, Maria; Marsh, Alison; Milne, Anne; Morris, Ceril; Scott, Emma; Shamsan, Yarim – National Foundation for Educational Research, 2008
The Secondary School Curriculum and Staffing Survey (SSCSS) has been carried out every four to six years since 1965. The 2007 survey was carried out by the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER), on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). The aim of this survey was to create a picture of the secondary…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Teacher Qualifications, Academic Achievement, Secondary School Curriculum
OOSTING, KENNETH W. – 1966
AT ALPENA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, A NORMAL TEACHING LOAD FOR ANY FACULTY MEMBER IS 14-16 SEMESTER HOURS, WITH 75-125 STUDENTS AND 2-3 PREPARATIONS. VARIATIONS FROM THE SCHEDULE ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SPECIFIC FORMULAS RELATING TO TOTAL MEMBERS OF STUDENTS, NUMBERS OF PREPARATIONS, ASSIGNMENT TO ENGLISH COMPOSITION CLASSES, NEW COURSES, AND CLASSES…
Descriptors: Class Size, College Faculty, Teaching Assignment, Teaching Load
MANOOGIAN, PEGGY – 1967
THE CALIFORNIA COORDINATING COUNCIL FOR HIGHER EDUCATION HAS SUGGESTED A 15-HOUR TEACHING LOAD IN JUNIOR COLLEGES. TO ASSIST IN FORMULATION OF A TEACHING LOAD POLICY FOR SPEECH ARTS INSTRUCTORS AT SAN DIEGO CITY COLLEGE, A QUESTIONNAIRE SENT TO 80 CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES WAS USED TO GATHER INFORMATION ABOUT CURRENT PRACTICES. RETURNS FROM 67…
Descriptors: Class Size, Speech Instruction, State Surveys, Teaching Load
Hansen, John S. – 1968
This paper deals with science laboratory assignments and physical education activity hours as aspects of the teaching load. The equation of laboratory and lecture hours was on a percentage figure, e.g., a one-to-one value was shown as 100% and two laboratory hours to one lecture hour was 50%. Seventy usable replies (from 79 inquiries) showed an…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Questionnaires, Science Laboratories, Teachers
College of the Mainland, Texas City, TX. – 1975
In order to clarify policy on teacher load at College of the Mainland (COM), a special committee asked 46 Texas two-year colleges to submit their policies on faculty load (29 did so), selected three responding Texas two-year colleges for further interviews, conducted a literature review, profiled current loads at COM, and sent a questionnaire to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Noninstructional Responsibility, Teacher Responsibility, Teaching Load
Stevens, Mary A. – 1976
Prior to fall 1974, faculty workload at Black Hawk College (Moline, Illinois) was determined on the basis of total semester hours taught. Now it is based on the equitable teaching load, as agreed upon by the department chairman and the faculty member, subject to administrative approval. This new method of computation is based on departmental goals…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Community Colleges, Job Satisfaction, Teaching Load
Stecklein, John E. – 1961
This document investigates the measurement of faculty workload. Emphasis is placed on the uses and values of faculty workload studies, various methods of measuring faculty workload, including measures based on course inventories and faculty reports, recommended procedures for making a comprehensive faculty load analysis, and uses of faculty load…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Measurement, Measurement Techniques
PDF pending restorationWitmer, David R. – 1971
This report presents tables representing the total faculty teaching workload at the Wisconsin State universities during the academic year 1970-71. The data were obtained from a Scholarly Activities Report filed by faculty members in February 1971. The average total weekly hours range from 56 hours for professors to an average of 41 hours for…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Noninstructional Responsibility, Professors
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Research Div. – 1972
Institutions granting 4-year or higher degrees were asked in 1970-71 to supply basic information about faculty load policies and practices. Responses were received from 1,101 institutions that employed 222,053 faculty. The most frequently reported base used to define faculty load is the semester hour, followed by the quarter hour and contact hour.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Surveys, Teacher Welfare
Acker, Duane – College Management, 1973
Explains how academic administrators allocate money and faculty positions to each department or college under their supervision. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Deans, Evaluation, Faculty
