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Download full textFoothill Coll., Los Altos Hills, CA. – 1966
FACULTY INSTRUCTIONAL LOADS AT FOOTHILL COLLEGE ARE COMPUTED BY MEANS OF A FORMULA WHICH INCLUDES (1) TIME SPENT IN CLASSES, (2) TIME FOR PREPARATION AND EVALUATION OF TEACHING MATERIALS FOR EACH DIFFERENT PREPARATION, (3) DUPLICATE PREPARATIONS, (4) ACTIVITY OR QUIZ SECTIONS, (5) CLASS SIZE, AND (6) FACULTY-STUDENT CONTACTS OUTSIDE OF THE…
Descriptors: Class Size, Student Teacher Ratio, Teaching Load, Two Year Colleges
Selden, David – 1969
Aside from poor salaries and fringe benefits, the basic causes of teacher dropout are frustration and lack of status, both of which are greatly dependent on teacher workload. Components of workload are (1) a rigid school day and 35-hour week differing from freer patterns in higher-status occupations; (2) oversize classes which reduce teaching…
Descriptors: Professional Recognition, Teacher Morale, Teacher Persistence, Teacher Shortage
Lawson, Donald F. – 1971
Due to public misunderstanding of the unit-load measurement versus the hours per week standard of work measurement, a study was conducted at Humboldt State College to determine the average number of hours a full-time instructional faculty member spends in performing his job. Faculty activity data was collected by means of a daily-diary form of…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty, Higher Education, Professors
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Research Div. – 1972
Two surveys conducted by the NEA Research Division provide an estimate of faculty load policies and practices in public junior and community colleges. These estimates are presented. (CK)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, School Policy, Surveys, Teaching Load
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
Direct linkBallet, Katrijn; Kelchtermans, Geert – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 2008
Teachers are facing an increasing number of changes in their job context, many of which significantly affect their work lives. This study offers a theoretical understanding of the changes in teachers' working conditions, starting from the intensification thesis. The case study of a Flemish (Belgian) elementary school shows the existence of various…
Descriptors: School Organization, Teaching Conditions, Foreign Countries, Elementary School Teachers
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
