Pay Overview
Instructors are paid one of two ways:
- By the instructor’s department. The department will establish the instructor’s rate of pay and will take care of hiring paperwork.
- By Extended Campus, per the request of the instructor’s department.
What is the pay policy?
The instructor pay model for Ecampus credit courses has been in place since Summer Term 2005. The academic department can choose to both hire and pay course instructors directly or may elect to have Ecampus pay instructors who have been approved by the department. The instructor wage and payroll benefit expenses processed by Ecampus are charged directly into budget indexes designated by each college.
Instructors will be paid up to a maximum of 180 SCH per term (60 students in 3 credit courses; 45 students in 4 credit courses).
- The 180 SCH limit will be calculated per instructor, not per course.
- Pay rates will remain the same: $55 per undergraduate SCH and $85 per graduate SCH.
- These SCH can be a mix/match of undergraduate or graduate, but the maximum is 180 SCH.
- At 180 undergraduate SCH, the pay would equal $9,900.
- If all 180 SCH were graduate level, the maximum pay would be $15,300 (very unlikely due to lower enrollments in graduate courses).
- PEBB benefits (health insurance) will not be initiated by Ecampus pay. (180 SCH will be equivalent to 0.49 FTE)
- Compensation for overload instruction cannot exceed 104 hours per academic term at the instructor’s current salary rate. Reference: OUS Fiscal Policy Manual, Personnel – Payroll Index (FASOM) 10.33, Overload Compensation (http://www.ous.edu/cont-div/fasom/sec10/10.00_10.71.pdf). The academic department has the responsibility to work with the Human Resources office to ensure compliance with this policy.
What information is needed for hiring purposes?
If Ecampus has been instructed to pay the instructor, hiring paperwork must be submitted to Human Resources. Below is a list of items needed in order to complete the paperwork.
- Résumé or C.V.
- copy of driver’s license
- copy of social security card
- check with VOID written across the front if direct deposit of pay check is requested
For questions on payroll and hiring, please contact Brenda Marcum at 541-737-3768, Brenda.Marcum@oregonstate.edu
For questions regarding reimbursements, contact Helen Richardson at 541-737-1284, helen.richardson@oregonstate.edu
