Duties by Work Assignment

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Duties by Work Assignment – Fall, Winter, and Spring

Instructor of Record

Workload Distribution for GEs Teaching GER 101, 102, & 103 Non-Summer

Instructional time in the classroom – 50 hours per term (4.25 per week)
Class preparation (lesson planning) – 60 hours per term (6 per week)
Grading labs, homework, essays, quizzes – 40 hours per term (4 per week)
Office hours – 20 hours per term (2 per week)
Correcting two departmental exams – 6 hours per term (0.6 per week)
Administering oral exams – 3 hours per term (0.3 per week)
Administrative tasks and calculating final grades – 10 hours per term (1 hour per week)
Orientation – 10 hours per term (1 hours per week)
Foreign Language Day – 3 hours per term (0.3 per week)
ShapeSubstitute/Extra Curricular Activities/ Training – 13 hours per term (1.3 hour per week)

Totals (on 10-week scale) – 215 hours per term (21.5 per week)

GE contractual assignment at 0.49 FTE (11 week scale) – 215 hours per term (19.5 per week)

Workload Distribution for GEs Teaching GER 101, 102, & 103 Hybrid Sections, Non-Summer

Instructional time in the classroom – 30 hours per term (3 per week)
Class preparation (lesson planning, hybrid and in-class days) – 60 hours per term (6 per week)
Grading labs, homework, essays, quizzes, online work – 60 hours per term (6 per week)
Office hours – 20 hours per term (2 per week)
Correcting two departmental exams – 6 hours per term (0.6 per week)
Administering oral exams – 3 hours per term (0.3 per week)
Administrative tasks and calculating final grades – 10 hours per term (1 hour per week)
Orientation – 10 hours per term (1 hours per week)
Foreign Language Day – 3 hours per term (0.3 per week)
ShapeSubstitute/Extra Curriculars/Outreach/Training – 13 hours per term (1.3 hours per week)

Totals (0n 10-week scale) – 215 hours per term (21.5 per week)

GE contractual assignment at 0.49 FTE (11-week scale) – 215 hours per term (19.5 per week)

Workload Distribution for GEs Teaching GER 201,202, & 203 Non-Summer

Instructional time in the classroom – 40 hours per term (3.5 per week)
Class preparation (lesson planning) – 60 hours per term (6 per week)
Grading labs, homework, essays – 45 hours per term (4.5 per week)
Office hours – 20 hours per term (2 per week)
Correcting four departmental exams – 24 hours per term (2.4 per week)
Calculating final grades and administrative tasks – 6 hours per term (0.6 per week)
Orientation – 4 hours per term (0.4 per week)
Foreign Language Day – 3 hours per term (0.3 per week)
ShapeSubstitute/Extra Curricular Activities/Training – 13 hours per term (1.3 hours per week)

Totals (0n 10 week scale) – 215 hours per term (21.5 per week)

GE contractual assignment at 0.49 FTE (11 week scale) – 215 hours per term (19.5 per week)

Workload Distribution for GEs Teaching GER 311, 312, 313; GER 411, 412; and appropriate GER content courses

Instructional time in the classroom – 30 hours per term (2.5 per week)
Office hours – 20 hours per term (2 per week)
Class preparation (lesson planning) – 80 hours per term (8 per week)
Exam preparation – 5 hours per term (0.5 per week)
Correcting exams – 20 hours per term (2 per week)
Grading homework, quizzes – 35 hours per term (3 per week)
Calculating final grades and administrative tasks – 8 hours per term (.08 per week)
Foreign Language Day – 2 hours per term (0.2 per week)
Orientation – 2 hours per term (0.2 per week)
ShapeSubstitute/Extra Curricular Activities/Training – 5 hours per term (0.2 hours per week)

Totals (on 10-week scale) – 207 hours per term (19.7 per week)

GE Contractual Assignment at 0.49 FTE (11-week scale) – 215 hours per term (19.5 per week)

Workload Distribution for GEs Teaching GER Online Content Courses (Summer) (=4 weeks)

Instructional time (lecture videos, prepared weekly)– 50 hours per term (12.5 per week)
Moderating Online Discussions (via CANVAS)– 48 hours per term (12 per week)
Grading assignments, essays, quizzes – 40 hours per term (10 hours per week)
Office hours – 6 hours per term (2 per week)
Correcting three departmental Exams – 20 hours per term (6.67 per week)
ShapeCalculating final grades and administrative tasks – 6 hours per term (2 per week)

Totals (on a 4-week scale) – 150 per term (37.5 per week)

Discussion Section Leader

Workload Distribution for GE Teaching Assistants in Large Lecture Courses

Appointments as teaching assistants for large courses are either at .25 (for one discussion section) or .40 (for two discussion sections) FTE.

For .25 FTE

Hours in class – (3 hours lecture, 1 hour disc section) – 40 hours per term (3.5 per week)
Preparation – 20 hours per term (2 per week)
Office hours – 10 per term (1 per week)
Meeting with Instructor of Record & other GEs – 7 hours per term (.07 per week)
Grading assignments, essays, quizzes, & exams – 28 hours per term (2.8 per week)
ShapeSubstitute/Extra Curricular Activities – 5 hours per term (0.5 per week)

Totals – 110 hour per term (11 hours per week)

For .40 FTE

Hours in class (3 hours lecture, 2 hours disc section) – 50 hours per term (4.3 per week)
Preparation – 25 hours per term (2.5 per week)
Office hours – 20 hours per term (2 per week)
Meeting with supervisors & other GEs – 10 per term (1 per week)
Grading assignments, essays, quizzes, & exams – 65 hours per term (6.5 per week)
ShapeSubstitute/Extra Curricular Activities – 5 hours per term (.05 per week)

Totals – 175 hours per term (17.5 per week)

For .40 FTE Teaching Assistant for Discussion/Writing Based Courses

The job responsibilities for this appointment are as follows:

70% of the grading for the class (e.g. grading responsibility for 35 of 50 students).
Facilitation and evaluation of student discussion (e.g. responsibility for monitoring and assessing an online discussion board).
Responsibility for designing and conducting one course period during the term.
Regular consultation with primary instructor regarding the content and direction of the course.

A typical 175-hour workload (e.g. .40 FTE) might break down as follows

Hours in class – 40 hours per term – (two 2-hour course periods per week)
Preparation – 30 hours per term – (3 per week)
Office hours – 25 hours per term – (2.5 per week)
Meeting/Consultation/Debriefing with primary instructor – 10 hours per term (1hr/class)
ShapeGrading – 70 hours per term – (7 hours per week)

Totals – 175 hours per term (17.5 per week)

Grader

German and Scandinavian graduate students, and other UO graduate students who meet the GE eligibility, may be assigned as graders in middle-sized courses. The appointments provide students an opportunity to “apprentice,” relatively early in their teaching careers with more advanced instructors. Appointments as graders are usually .20 FTE. A typical 88 hour workload may break down as follows:

30 hours in class
10 hours in prep (includes reading, film viewing if applicable) 10 hours in office hours
5 hours meeting with supervisor (i.e. instructor of record) 33 hours grading
Occasionally, students are assigned as graders at .40 FTE; such students may be responsible for grading two different courses (e.g. twice the workload as above).

Note: In some cases, small additional quantities of FTE are offered for grading, pure discussion sections (i.e. German 199 Cinema or Ger 199 Conversation, 1-2 credits), or administrative tasks such as editorial work on the Konturen Journal and the department newsletter, etc. as part of a .49 FTE GE-ship, with hours appropriately limited.

Administrative GE

Varying depending on current program needs, a sample workload would be:

Conference organization–20 hours
Support of journal publication (editorial communications, copy-editing, website management)— 38 hours
Research and copying for administrative purposes–30 hours

Note: For smaller FTE, shorter total hours may be assigned connected to given tasks such as editorial work on the Konturen Journal and the Department Newsletter, etc.

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