Common use of Considerations in Assignment Clause in Contracts

Considerations in Assignment. (a) Assignment will be made with the consideration of the following in no particular order: (1) the needs of the program or department/unit in the areas of teaching, research and services; (2) the employee's qualifications and experiences, including professional growth and development; (3) the character or complexity of the assignment; and (4) the opportunity to fulfill applicable criteria for tenure, promotion, continuing multi-year appointments, successive fixed multi-year appointments, and merit salary increases. (b) The employee shall be granted, upon written request, a conference with the person responsible for making the assignment to express the employee’s concerns. If the conference with the person responsible for making the assignment does not resolve the employee's concerns, the employee shall be granted, upon written request, an opportunity to discuss those concerns with an administrator at the next higher level. (c) The Board and the UFF recognize that, while the Legislature has described the minimum full academic assignment in terms of twelve (12) contact hours of instruction or equivalent research and service, the professional obligation undertaken by a faculty member will ordinarily be broader than that minimum. In like manner, the professional obligation of other professional employees is not easily susceptible of quantification. The University has the right, in making assignments, to determine the types of duties and responsibilities that comprise the professional obligation and to determine the mix or relative proportion of effort an employee may be required to expend on the various components of the obligation. (d) No employee's assignment shall be imposed arbitrarily or unreasonably. If an employee believes that the assignment has been so imposed, the employee should proceed to address the matter through the Exclusive Assignment Dispute Procedures of this Agreement, which shall be the exclusive method for resolving such disputes.

Considerations in Assignment. (a) Assignment will be made with the consideration of the following in no particular orderfollowing: (1) the needs of the program or department/unit in the areas of teaching, research and services; (2) the employee's qualifications and experiences, including professional growth and development; (3) the character or complexity of the assignment; and (4) the opportunity to fulfill applicable criteria for tenure, promotion, continuing multi-year appointments, successive fixed multi-year appointments, and merit salary increases. (b) The employee shall be granted, upon written request, a conference with the person responsible for making the assignment to express the employee’s concerns. If the conference with the person responsible for making the assignment does not resolve the employee's concerns, the employee shall be granted, upon written request, an opportunity to discuss those concerns with an administrator at the next higher level. (c) The Board and the UFF recognize that, while the Legislature has described the minimum full academic assignment in terms of twelve (12) contact hours of instruction or equivalent research and service, the professional obligation undertaken by a faculty member will ordinarily be broader than that minimum. In like manner, the professional obligation of other professional employees is not easily susceptible of quantification. The University has the right, in making assignments, to determine the types of duties and responsibilities that which comprise the professional obligation and to determine the mix or relative proportion of effort an employee may be required to expend on the various components of the obligation. (d) Furthermore, the University has the obligation to monitor and review the size and number of classes and other activities, to consolidate inappropriately small offerings, and to reduce inappropriately large classes. (e) No employee's assignment shall be imposed arbitrarily or unreasonably. If an employee believes that the assignment has been so imposed, the employee should proceed to address the matter through the Exclusive Assignment Dispute Expedited Grievance Procedures of this Agreement, which shall be the exclusive method for resolving such disputes.

Considerations in Assignment. (a) Assignment will be made with the consideration of the following in no particular order: (1) the needs of the program or department/unit in the areas of teaching, research and services; (2) the employee's qualifications and experiences, including professional profes- sional growth and development; (3) the character or complexity of the assignment; and (4) the opportunity to fulfill applicable criteria for tenure, promotion, continuing multi-year appointments, successive fixed multi-year appointments, and merit salary increases. (b) The employee shall be granted, upon written request, a conference with the person responsible for making the assignment to express the employee’s concerns. If the conference with the person responsible for making the assignment does not resolve the employee's concerns, the employee shall be granted, upon written request, an opportunity to discuss those concerns with an administrator at the next higher level. (c) The Board and the UFF recognize that, while the Legislature has described the minimum full academic assignment in terms of twelve (12) contact hours of instruction or equivalent research and service, the professional obligation undertaken by a faculty member will ordinarily be broader than that minimum. In like manner, the professional obligation of other professional employees is not easily susceptible of quantification. The University has the right, in making assignments, to determine the types of duties and responsibilities that comprise the professional obligation and to determine the mix or relative proportion of effort an employee may be required to expend on the various components of the obligation. (d) Furthermore, the University has the obligation to monitor and review the size and number of classes and other activities, to consolidate inappropriately small offerings, and to reduce inappropriately large classes. (e) No employee's assignment shall be imposed arbitrarily or unreasonably. If an employee believes that the assignment has been so imposed, the employee should proceed to address the matter through the Exclusive Assignment Dispute Procedures of this Agreement, which shall be the exclusive method for resolving such disputes.