Gary Generally it is the other way around- Karl was given release but wanted to teach the course so he was compensated. You are buying (paying, in other words) release from a course or two - often that is paid out of a grant. I suspect the question is how much do I write into a grant to gain release from one or more of my course load. I think generally it is the cost of hiring a replacement. Normally here it is an adjuncts salary per course. If it get's above about 1/3 of a load then the dean/vps get edgy and want an equivalent amount of an instructor position. So here for 1 or 2 courses release time the grant would have to provide at least $2500/course. Above 3 courses it would move to 1/2 an instructors salary which is negotiated with the dean. I would think that a dean or equivalent administrator would have the answer to that question for your school- but I also suspect you wouldn't be asking us if that were the case.
Tim From: Gerald Peterson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 11:03 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: RE: [tips] Course buyout info Wow, people have a choice and can then get money for that? Great. I don't think I live in that world ha. We do get release time, but I don't think I could get cash for it directly. Gary >>> "Wuensch, Karl L" <[email protected]> 1/19/2009 12:55 PM >>> Last Spring I was offered a course release for some administrative work. I did not want to give up either of my two courses (I already had two course releases for research), so I said give me the money instead. I tried to talk them into giving me an extra 25% pay (since a "full" load is four courses), but that is not how it works. They agreed to give me what it would cost to hire a part-time person to teach a course, and that is $5,000 or less. Cheers, Karl W. -----Original Message----- From: Bryan K. Saville [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:01 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Course buyout info Greetings All, I'm gathering some information on how much schools "charge" for a course buyout (release time). If any of you are willing to share that information with me, I'd greatly appreciate it. Please email me off-list at: [email protected] I hope 2009 has started off well for each of you... Best, Bryan Saville James Madison University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
