Policy for Faculty Overload Pay in Fall or Winter Semester

During the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters), CLAS will compensate full-time (.50 FTE or higher) faculty (non-tenure-track, tenure-track and tenured) $5,000 to teach one course as a teaching overload.

The chair must submit a brief memo of request to the dean, copying in the BAO and associate dean for faculty affairs, for permission to offer overload pay to faculty. Faculty are limited to one overload course per semester during the regular nine-month academic year. Faculty being granted an overload must be teaching a normal course load for their department during the semester when the overload is to be paid. CLAS will not pay an overload for faculty granted a course release (or course buyout) during the same semester. The request from the chair must include:

• Justification for why the overload is necessary
• Confirmation that the faculty person being offered the overload will be teaching their regular course load for the academic year (excluding the overload)

Once the overload has been approved by the dean or her designee, the department must submit a completed EDSW and a copy of the approval to CLASHR@wayne.edu for processing.

Exceptions to this policy (e.g., more than one overload course) need approval of the Dean and BAO. For the exception, please submit a detailed justification outlining the need for the exception.

Salary will be prorated if the overload is not for the entire semester (e.g., covering a course after the start of the semester for a peer who unexpectedly had to take medical leave), exceptions will be made for part-of-term courses to support flat-rate tuition.