Activity Report Information - Faculty Work

This page provides advisement for assigning activities for faculty work on Activity Reports.

Teaching & Related Activities:

• Direct Teaching of SIUE students: This activity should only include teaching of for-degree-credit courses taught to college-level SIUE students at SIUE. When these conditions are met, you should include the subject, course number, and course section number for any courses you were responsible for teaching or for which you were an instructor of record. If you are scheduled or assigned to teach an active course for a term, you are likely an instructor of record for the course and should report your teaching here.
  For-degree-credit courses are any that can produce student credit hours toward an SIUE degree. Examples include but are not limited to lectures, labs, studios, clinics, independent studies, seminars, colloquiums, etc.
• Library instruction: Instructional activities assigned to library faculty and paid from library accounts should be recorded as Indirect Teaching at the appropriate level of instructed students.
• Supervising Student Teaching or Clinicals: These forms of supervision are associated with an SIUE course where at least one instructor of record is listed. If you are one of these supervising instructors, this activity should be recorded as Direct Teaching.
• Course Facilitation: This activity supports the instruction of an SIUE course in cooperation with one or more instructors of record. If you are a course facilitator, record this activity as Indirect Teaching at the appropriate level of instructed students.
• Instructional or Curriculum Development: Record these activities as Indirect Teaching at the appropriate student level for the curriculum under development.
• Student Advisement: Any advisement of SIUE students should be recorded at the appropriate level of Indirect Teaching.
• Course Grading and Evaluation: If this activity is for a course you did not directly teach in this term, you should record these activities at the appropriate level of Indirect Teaching. 
• Laboratory, Clinic, or Studio Preparation/Procurement of Supplies: As support for academic programs, these activities should be recorded as Indirect Teaching at the appropriate level. 
• Student Thesis or Dissertation Committee Work: If you are the head of the committee for an SIUE student and are the instructor of record for this student's thesis or dissertation course, you should record this activity as Direct Teaching with the course subject, course number, and course section information. If you are not the head of but are on such a committee, you should record this activity as Indirect Teaching at the appropriate graduate level.
• Other Student Academic Support Activities: All other activities in support of student academic and instructional programs should be recorded at the appropriate level of Indirect Teaching.
• Not-for-Credit and Non-SIUE Teaching: Teaching of non-SIUE students or teaching non-credit courses should be reported as Public Service. Any teaching you perform as part of a contract with a non-SIUE organization should also be reported as Public Service.
• Non-Academic Student Support: Support of SIUE student activities and services beyond the scope of a specific course or academic program should be reported as Administration & Other Activities Not Elsewhere Classified.

Research & Scholarship Activities:

• Grant (or External Award or Competitively Funded) Research: Only research for which salary is directly paid by a competitive research grant or an external award may be entered as Organized Research. If you are paid for your research directly from such a grant or award, click here for additional information for completing your activity report on those accounts. If you participate but are not paid directly by a competitive research grant or external award, then you should report these activities as Departmental Research.
• Professional Writing: Professional writing in your field should be recorded as Creative Activities unless it is paid as work funded by a grant or external award (which would be Organized Research).
• Visual or Performing Arts Activities: Include any visual or performing arts activities that you did as part of your normal faculty assignment as Creative Activities. Again, if it is paid work as part of a grant or external award, you should instead record it as Organized Research.
• Professional Development: Assigned faculty research duties paid by non-competitive departmental funds, which contribute to your professional development in your academic discipline, should be recorded as Departmental Research. If such activities were instead directly paid by an external research grant or external award account, they can be reported as Organized Research.
• Research and Scholarship: Any other research or scholarly work that is performed as part of your normal faculty assignment should be recorded as Departmental Research. If such activities were not paid directly by a grant or external award account, you should report them as Departmental Research.

Service Activities:

• Teaching Below College Level: Any instructional activities that involves students below college-level or for non-SIUE courses should be recorded as Public Service.
• Non-Credit Contract Training: Any teaching activities that are part of a non-credit course or for contract training of non-SIUE students should be recorded as Public Service.
• Consultation: Professional consultation to public or community organizations as part of your SIUE faculty assignment should be recorded as Public Service.
• Committees External to SIUE: Committee activities performed for any professional, public, and private organizations that are external to SIUE should be recorded as Non-University Professional Activity.
• Grant (or External Award or Competitively Funded) Service Activities: If you are paid for your service activities directly from an externally or competitively funded service grant or award, click here for additional information for completing your activity report on those accounts.

Administration & Other Activities:  

• Department or College/School Committees: Committee activities limited to this scope should be reported as Other Committee activities.
• University-wide Committees: Committee work at the institutional level should be reported as Intra-University Committee activities. This includes University Senates, Councils and Advisory Committees for university-wide issues and events.
• Committees External to SIUE: Committee activities performed for any professional, public, and private organizations that are external to SIUE should be recorded as Non-University Professional Activity.
• Other University Activities: All other activities that do not fall under the categories of instruction, research, or service are considered administrative. You should report these activities as Administration & Other Activities Not Elsewhere Classified.
• Non-University Activities: Any professional activities that you were not assigned or paid by the university to perform should be recorded as Non-University Professional Activity. All non-university activities that are not performed at a professional level should be excluded from the activity report entirely.
• Non-Faculty Administrative Activities: Click here for guidance on assigning administrative activities that could reasonably fall under the purview of a non-faculty staff member or administrator.