Chairperson Considerations Sample Clauses

Chairperson Considerations. As the chairperson makes course/section assignments, the chairperson will take faculty seniority, the faculty member’s preference, and the faculty member’s full-time status into consideration. If these assignments cannot be agreed upon, the chairperson shall retain authority to make a final determination of course assignments. Upon request, the chairperson will give the faculty member the rationale for the assignment. The faculty member may request a meeting with the chairperson and the xxxx to discuss further the rationale of the assignment. A union representative may be present at such a meeting. In general, faculty will focus on teaching within their department and content area. However, it is expected that faculty may, either at their request or at their chairperson’s request, engage in teaching across disciplines and academic departments. Reasons for teaching outside one’s own department/program include, but are not limited to:  Logical cross-disciplinary connections  Inter-disciplinary initiatives  Course/Program reassignment: Faculty who had taught courses that are no longer within their department may request such course assignments. Such requests by faculty to teach courses outside their department shall not be unreasonably denied. Full-time faculty within a department shall have first right of refusal for courses to acquire a full-time load before courses are offered to full- time faculty from other departments.