Program Coordinator Responsibilities
Revised July 19, 2023
Responsibilities
- Coordinates annual schedule of courses working with all stakeholders including program faculty, the program advisor, and Program Director.
- Utilizes instructor pool for new part-time faculty hiring and completes necessary paperwork to hire from the pool. Works with OSU-Corvallis for approvals to hire individual part-time faculty. Inclusion of part-time faculty within the program.
- Typically, initial first point of contact for Corvallis-unit and local staff.
Estimated time commitment
Program Coordinators are provided a course release (3.5 credits, 10% of a 9-month salary) as outlined below. This equates to about 156 hours of effort across the year.
Selection
- Instructor or tenured-professor (tenure-track assignment as an exception and should be considered carefully).
- 3-year rotation when feasible with colleagues within the program.
Compensation
- Program coordinators will receive a one course reduction in their workload.
- The program coordinator can choose where in their workload (student-related activities, maintaining currency, or service) to take the 3.5 credit buyout.
*Graduate programs with accreditation and licensure may have different responsibilities.