For full time faculty...

I am contracted for 35 hours and any "overload" time must be added to that. I usually spend 35+ hours on campus, but the vast majority of that is in the classroom teaching. I do some grading/ prep at home, but it is done on my time. My employer wants the faculty to be on campus in case students need us.

I have to spend 8 hours in the office in case students want to see me outside class. I also go to meetings for about one full day per week. Any time other than that and time spent in the classroom or clinical site, I can work at home or on campus.

Thanks for the responses. I am scheduled to be in the classroom 21 hours per week and will be salaried at full time (40 hours). The remaining hours I will be in my office, I guess. I know some of that is being available to students for problems or questions and the rest is I guess prep time/grading time?

...and meetings and participation in committees and research...maybe...

It really depends on what your program specifies, in terms of the number of hours you are required to spend in your office to be available to students. The office hour requirement in my current faculty position in a very large university baccalaureate nursing program is minimal. On the other hand, the office hour requirement in my former position as nurse faculty in a small community college ADN nursing program was excessive and oppressive. I could not get anything done in that environment due to incessant interruptions and I spent untold hours at home over the weekend working on lectures and grading papers as a result.

In my current position, I post office hours (before and after clinicals and class) and also schedule special sessions with students in my office as needs arise. This type of arrangement works much better and my students know they can contact me anytime by cell if they need to talk with me or schedule a face-to-face appointment with me.

I am currently a full time faculty member at a big University's satellite campus and I am not on campus 40 hours a week...things are done by contact hours. I do a lot of work from home, but also have clinical time. Flexibility is awesome!

Rebecca