Faculty Members Accepting Appointments as Department Chairs Sample Clauses

Faculty Members Accepting Appointments as Department Chairs. Faculty members who accept appointment as a Department Chair will have their status as a member of the Chapter bargaining unit suspended for the duration of the term(s) served as a Department Chair. Upon acceptance of the appointment as a Department Chair, the faculty member’s evaluation cycle as a faculty member will be suspended and the employee will instead be evaluated annually on the duties as a Department Chair. An employee’s term as a Department Chair may end due to expiration of the term(s), voluntary resignation, or removal based on performance. If a Department Chair resigns during a term, the resignation cannot be effective prior to the completion of the semester. Upon conclusion of the term of appointment as Department Chair, the faculty member’s suspension from the bargaining unit will end unless the individual is subject to dismissal for cause unrelated to performance. Once the faculty member is restored to the bargaining unit, all compensation and benefits will be restored to the ten-month faculty salary and benefits and will include all salary adjustments and increases in rank that the member would have attained had the suspension not occurred during the time the faculty member served as a Department Chair. The faculty member’s evaluation cycle as a faculty member will resume from the point where it had been when it was suspended upon the faculty member’s acceptance of appointment as a Department Chair.