Calvin College Handbook for Teaching Faculty

Chapter 7: Faculty Compensation and Benefits

7.9 Compensation for Other Services

7.9.1 Summer School Teaching

Remuneration for teaching in a summer session is directly related to the regular teaching faculty salary schedule for any given year.

The base salary per semester hour for summer school teaching is determined by dividing the faculty base salary by seven, multiplying that result by .6, and then dividing that by 3.5 (rounding occurs at each of the last two steps). The salary for each rank is expressed as a percentage of that base.

  • Professor - 120%;
  • Associate Professor - 110%;
  • Assistant Professor - 100%;
  • Instructor - 90%.

Reductions in these salaries occur if fewer than six students (four, for graduate-level courses) enroll in a course.

7.9.2 Independent Studies and Tutorials

Faculty will not be compensated for supervising undergraduate tutorial study projects during the regular academic year; they will be compensated for such supervision during the summer sessions. Faculty will be compensated for supervising graduate tutorial study, regardless of when students enroll in them.

The compensation for supervising a summer undergraduate independent study or tutorial is one-half of the full tuition rate for the course. The compensation for supervising a graduate thesis or project, a graduate independent study, or a graduate course on tutorial basis is two-thirds of the full summer tuition rate for that course.

No faculty member will be reimbursed for supervising more that six such projects, theses, or courses in an academic year (September 1 - August 31). A second reader of a graduate thesis shall receive $150.

7.9.3 Administrative or Other Non-Teaching Assignments

Compensation for non-teaching assignments is determined by the provost. Normally such compensation is either a teaching-load reduction or a stipend. Such a stipend is normally tied to the summer school teaching pay scale and, in general, is not considered part of the faculty member's salary in determining other benefits, such as pension contributions.