J. Instructional Staff

The Instructional Staff status at the University of Tampa may be applied to two categories of full‐time employees who have teaching responsibility:

1. Staff members who have substantial administrative responsibilities that comprise at least half of their work assignment but who also have teaching as part of their regular responsibilities;
2. Clinical and lab teachers who do not have teaching responsibilities beyond lab/clinical instruction.
3. Instructional staff members should have a graduate degree in their area of instruction, but they are not required to have terminal degrees. Upon recommendation by the college dean in their area of instruction, they may be granted the faculty rank of lecturer. Such rank does not imply that they have faculty rights or responsibilities, but they are eligible to participate in some faculty governance activities at the department and college levels. In determining the degree of involvement in such service work, including the advising of students, instructional staff members should be guided by their supervisors and job description.