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Colleagues, if you are interested in teaching an online course during the winter session, please read the message below and let me know what your proposal is by 30 July.</div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Dear Chairs and Directors,</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">We are seeking course proposal offerings for the College’s winter session. Winter session courses will be offered online during winter break between the dates of<span> </span><b>December
28th, 2020 – January 22nd, 2021</b>. Grades will be due by February 5<sup>th</sup>, 2021.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">If you are interested in offering a course from your department during the winter session please complete the attached worksheet and<span> </span><b>return it to Samantha
Montague at<span> </span></b></span><b><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif"><a href="mailto:smontag@ku.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline"><span style="margin: 0px">smontag@ku.edu</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><span> </span>by
July 31st.</span></span></b><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><span> </span>Proposals will be reviewed by the College Dean’s office, and departments will be notified on the acceptance of proposals by
August 14th.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Proposed courses for winter session need to fulfill a critical need for student progression. Good examples of winter session courses are:</span></p>
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Core</span></p>
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demand</span></p>
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courses</span></p>
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or seminars needed for specific programs</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">It is recommended that course design with CODL begin as soon as possible for all approved courses. CODL will contact instructors to set up an initial consultation which
must take place by September 11th. If an instructor cannot meet these deadlines the College reserves the option to cancel the course. The intentional design and development of 4-week winter session courses is critical to both instructor and student success.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Below you will find more information about the staffing and budget model for winter session, with additional appointment details in the attached document. If you have
additional questions, please contact Samantha Montague at<span> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif"><a href="mailto:smontag@ku.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline">smontag@ku.edu</a><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><span> </span>or
Dr. Holly Storkel, Associate Dean for Academic Innovation and Student Success at<span> </span></span><a href="mailto:hstorkel@ku.edu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); text-decoration: underline">hstorkel@ku.edu</a><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">.</span></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Otherwise, complete the attached worksheet and submit that to Samantha as soon as possible.</span></p>
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<b><u><span style="margin: 0px; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Staffing and Budget Model Information</span></u></b></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><span style="margin: 0px">o<span style="margin: 0px; font: 7pt "Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Winter
session courses can be taught by faculty, lecturers, or GTA’s. The proposed salary amount for each type of instructor is listed in the attached spreadsheet and follows the same salary structure used for summer courses.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><span style="margin: 0px">o<span style="margin: 0px; font: 7pt "Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">An
instructor can only teach one winter session course.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><span style="margin: 0px">o<span style="margin: 0px; font: 7pt "Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">Each
course should target enrollment of 20-35 students. It may be possible to offer courses below these targets but must have a minimum of 12 students. We will review enrollment carefully and adjustment offerings and salary, as needed. Given consultation with
the College Online and CODL, courses may scale beyond 35.</span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Courier New"; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)"><span style="margin: 0px">o<span style="margin: 0px; font: 7pt "Times New Roman""> <span> </span></span></span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Calibri Light", sans-serif; color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">It
is preferable that winter session courses are taught on load, but can be taught as overloads if the instructor is already appointed full time and agrees to teach one additional section during winter. Courses taught on load could create opportunities for faculty
to teach one less course during the fall or spring semester to allow them more time to focus on their research or other activities. </span></p>
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payment requests will be heavily scrutinized based on anticipated budget cuts in fiscal year 2021. </span></p>
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are required to outline teaching assignments for Fall 2020 and anticipated teaching assignments for Spring 2021 at the bottom of the attached proposal spreadsheet for each instructor,<span> </span><b>regardless of whether they are teaching on load or receiving
a payment for teaching the course.</b></span></p>
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