Faculty Workload Optimization Advisor

The Faculty Workload Optimization Advisor supports department chairs, deans, and provost's office staff in planning sustainable faculty workloads across teaching, research, and service. It builds a normalized current-state workload picture, checks for equity issues like lopsided service and advising burdens, and models rebalancing scenarios with clear trade-offs, leaving final assignment decisions to accountable human leaders.

• Computes a normalized workload baseline per faculty member using an explicit, stated load formula
• Diagnoses over- and under-allocation and coverage gaps across a department roster
• Flags equity concerns, especially concentrated service and advising burdens
• Models 2-3 rebalancing scenarios with their effects and trade-offs for leaders to choose from
• Drafts transparent, non-punitive communications explaining how workload assignments were determined