OVERSEAS TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES
International Services Office
Slippery Rock University

Guidelines, Compensation, Responsibilities and Restrictions for 2008

• Guidelines

  1. Application must be completed by faculty member and approved by department chair and dean 
  2. The course must be part of your department's curriculum (minor alterations of the content to fit the location are permissible).
  3. The course should be a three credit hour course.
  4. Course description and course outline must be submitted with the application.
  5. The course should be one that has cross-cultural implications.
  6. If applying to teach both spring and summer courses overseas, separate application forms must be submitted, including all attachments.
  7. Summer courses must meet the 45-hour requirement in order to grant three hours of academic credit.
  8. For spring break seminars, attending the overseas portion of the program should be a mandatory part of the course requirements unless special arrangements are pre-approved by the Director of International Services. 
  9. Programs that are based in more than one city will significantly increase costs which will then impact the amount of program activities that can be included.  It is therefore strongly suggested that all programs limit travel within country.
  10. Faculty are responsible for marketing of the class and recruitment of students to ensure sufficient enrollment.  Assistance is available upon request from International Services.

• Faculty Compensation

  1. Summer courses are offered on a contingency basis, with a target enrollment of 16 students.  Final approval for summer contract, typically 3 credits, will be determined on or around the student application deadline of March 1; this decision will be based upon the number of applications and deposits on file in the International Services Office.
  2. Spring break seminars do not qualify for additional compensation.
  3. Airfare, housing and some meals will be provided.  Additional meals and miscellaneous expenses are the responsibility of the faculty member. (This varies by location.)

• Responsibilities

  1. 1. International Services Office Support:

        • Assist with program design

        • Coordinate flights, lodging, overseas program events

        • Process student applications & deposits

        • Organize student billing

        • Issue International Student ID Cards

        • Assist with brochure development

        • Assist with recruitment, to possibly include

          1. )  listing on SRU website

          2. )  listing in master schedules

          3. ) class visits and presentations

          4. )  Rocket advertisement

     2. Faculty Responsibilities:

        • Student recruitment, to possibly include

          1. ) speaking to classes, clubs, etc.

          2. ) marketing to professional organizations

          3. ) Rocket article

          4. ) Mailings

        • Develop academic schedule to meet time frame

        • Inform participants regarding academic expectation, highlights of course, etc.

        • Inform International Services Office in writing of special requests (i.e. field trips) in advance of final budget approval

        • Travel to/from program site with students

        • Supervise activities while overseas

• Restrictions

  1. For summer courses, dependents can apply for tuition waiver, but do not count toward the target of 16 students.
  2. If necessary, optional field trips can be arranged.  They can be included within the price or identified as the responsibility of the participant.
  3. Family participants must make arrangements independently and will not qualify for SRU travel subsidies.
  4. International students cannot use summer tuition waivers. However, they are encouraged to participate in spring and summer courses.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 18, 2008

Return to: International Services Office, 114 Carruth Rizza Hal
(updated March 2008)

Click here for application.