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Study Abroad Faculty Handbook

Each year, UW-Eau Claire faculty members teach and advise students at several sites abroad. This handbook has been compiled to assist you in preparation for your time abroad and to anticipate the most frequently asked questions of faculty going abroad. Please note that this is a general faculty handbook; the semester prior to departure, you will also receive the student orientation guide which contains more specific information about your site.

Overview of Program Positions and Responsibilities

Cooperating Faculty Member

Cooperating Faculty Members (CFM) would participate in programs in Wittenberg, Germany.

Prior to departure the CFM is responsible for the following:

  • Assist the Center for International Education (CIE) with general program promotion
  • Represent their program at the Study Abroad Fair
  • Speak with their classes about his/her program
  • Ask colleagues to mention program in his/her classes
  • Attend CIE faculty orientation sessions
  • Attend CIE student orientation session for his/her group
  • Arrange a student group meeting in addition to the CIE orientation sessions
  • Email all non-UW-Eau Claire students on his/her program to make appropriate introductions
  • Meet with UW-Eau Claire international students who are from his/her program destination
  • Email all contacts in his/her program to begin building good working relationships
  • Arrange for students to register for classes at his/her program site
  • Order necessary books for classes

Once abroad, CFM is responsible for the following:

  • Provide an orientation program for UW-Eau Claire students upon arrival
  • Teach one or two courses in his/her discipline
  • Act as liaison between local faculty/administrators and UW-Eau Claire
  • Advise students in both academic and personal matters
  • Work with host families
  • Arrange or assist with arrangements for field trips required by the program
  • Oversee the program budget
  • Send monthly expense reports, including receipts, to the CIE
  • Gather course descriptions/syllabi for all classes attended by UW-Eau Claire students, along with final registration forms, and send to the CIE
  • Keep CIE informed if your address or telephone number changes

After returning to UW-Eau Claire, the CFM is asked, upon request, to do the following:

  • Submit a written report summarizing the program's recruitment efforts, site conditions, general problems/successes, and recommendations for next year's program
  • Meet with the next person selected for the position to answer questions and generally assist him/her with preparations for the program
  • Interview students who apply to the program
  • Represent the program at the Study Abroad Fair and participate in other informational/promotional activities as requested by the CIE

A CFM receives his/her regular salary and benefits, round-trip airfare through the CIE, and a housing supplement to offset the costs of housing in the host country. Housing is generally in a one-bedroom or efficiency apartment. Please note that the supplement is for the faculty person only; it will not be enough to provide for family housing abroad. In most cases, the liaison in the host country will assist in locating CFM housing; however, it is generally the responsibility of the CFM to finalize these arrangements.

Study Abroad Faculty Member

Study Abroad Faculty Members (SAFM) would participate in programs in Harlaxton, England; Cuernavaca, Mexico

Prior to departure SAFM is responsible for the following:

  • Provide an orientation program for UW-Eau Claire students upon arrival
  • Teach one or two courses in his/her discipline
  • Act as liaison between local faculty/administrators and UW-Eau Claire
  • Advise students in both academic and personal matters
  • Work with host families
  • Arrange or assist with arrangements for field trips required by the program
  • Oversee the program budget
  • Gather course descriptions/syllabi for all classes attended by UW-Eau Claire students, along with final registration forms, and send to the CIE. Keep CIE informed if your address or telephone number changes

Once abroad, SAFM is responsible for the following:

  • Teach three courses in his/her discipline, two for Cuernavaca
  • Live in program housing (In the case of Dalkeith, students, faculty and staff, contribute four hours per week to house chores.) ( In the case of Cuernavaca, the host university at no cost provides housing to the CFM.)
  • Advise UW-Eau Claire students in both academic and personal matters
  • Propose and/or coordinate cultural outings in his/her regions

After returning to UW-Eau Claire, SAFM is asked, upon request, to do the following:

  • Meet with the next person selected for the position to answer questions and generally assist his/her with preparations for the program
  • Interview students who apply to program
  • Represent the program at the Study Abroad Fair and participate in other informational/promotional activities as requested by the CIE

Study Abroad Faculty receive their regular salary and benefits, round-trip airfare through the CIE (Harlaxton) and room and board in the relevant manor house. Accompanying family members will be charged a fee for room and board; it is not always possible for families to be accommodated in program housing.

Visiting Faculty Member

Visiting Faculty Members would participate in programs at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China; Kansai Gaidai University, Osaka, Japan

VFM is responsible for the following at each individual program site:

China

  • Teach regular Chinese students for twelve hours per week
  • Tutor students in English upon request
  • Teach one or two courses in his/her discipline

Kansai Gaidai

  • Teach one course in his/her discipline
  • Conduct research in his/her field

Visiting faculty members on the Jinan and Kansai programs receive their regular salary and benefits, round-trip airfare from their college, room and board at Jinan, housing only at Kansai Gaidai. The host institution arranges housing.

Occasional Faculty Exchange

Ajou University, Suwon City, South Korea, Taegu National University, Taegu, South Korea, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia, Växjö University, Växjö, Sweden, University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark

Faculty may participate in exchange opportunities on an occasional basis with many of our partners abroad. Such exchanges need to be arranged between departments and with the approval of respective deans. In such cases, course load, responsibilities and expectations need to be negotiated on a case-by-case basis. These may be short-term or long-term, depending on the interests of participants. Faculty interested in such exchanges will be assisted by the CIE in establishing contact with the relevant department at the partner site.

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