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Determining Class Assignments for Fall and Spring Terms

In using the IRM system, you would follow these steps:

  1. Make sure faculty member is credentialed for the class
  2. Assign faculty member to the class
  3. Determine the faculty load – is the class in-load or overload?
  4. Determine the calendar and pay method
  5. Run a final contract to create pending assignment to HR

Step 1 – Make sure faculty member is credentialed for the class

If you are not sure if the faculty member has been approved for the course through the credentialing process, you may check the instructor’s approved credentials through the PantherNet Maintain Faculty Resources screen (direct path CU IM IR).

Figure 1 – Maintain Instructor Resources Screen

Maintain Instructor Resources Screen

Step 2 – Assign Faculty Member to the Class

After ensuring that the faculty member has been credentialed for the class, they may be assigned to the class as outlined in Section C of this manual. After assigning a faculty member to a class, you may proceed with the steps to produce a “pending assignment”, or you may choose to create the pending assignment at a later date when you are sure that the class is not in danger of being canceled. You may look at this as being completed in the same time frame as was currently used to confirm and report full-time faculty load and PAF forms for adjunct faculty.

Figure 2 – Assigning a Faculty Member to a Class

Assigning a Faculty Member to a Class

Step 3 - Determine the faculty load – is the class in-load or overload?

The faculty bargaining unit agreement specifies that each faculty member must teach 90 points during the contract period of fall and spring term. Teaching 90 points means not only classroom teaching, but “release” points that a faculty member is credited with for activities such as department chair, curriculum development or other approved activities. The faculty member’s supervisor may have approved that the faculty member teach 36 points (4 classes) in one term and 54 points (6 classes) in the next term which would fulfill the contract. The point is that the two terms combined (fall and spring) must equal 90 points:

Faculty Load Assessment – Full Load is 90 points

Faculty Load Assessment