FACULTY WORKLOAD AND RESPONSIBILITIES Clause Samples
FACULTY WORKLOAD AND RESPONSIBILITIES. All physical (“hard copy”) supporting materials submitted by a faculty member with his/her dossier may be returned to the faculty member by the ▇▇▇▇’▇ office during the academic year following completion of the review process. In such instances the list of said materials prepared by the faculty member and submitted with the dossier shall be retained in the Academic Record file. Should said material be needed for grievance purposes, the faculty member will be responsible for providing such material. the University shall inform faculty members of this responsibility to maintain and provide such material.
17.4 Faculty members are encouraged to review their official files periodically. Faculty members shall have the right to examine these files, including any separate medical documentation file, at reasonable times during normal business hours and shall have the right to request and receive copies of any item in the files at the applicable institution rate per copy. However, faculty members do not have a right to see pre-hire recommendation letters. With regard to external evaluator letters provided as part of any RPT process, faculty members may read the text of such letters but, prior to being made available to the faculty member, any parts of the letter that would reveal directly or indirectly the identity of the evaluator shall be excised by the administrator whose office is custodian of the file or his or her designee.
17.5 Faculty members shall be entitled to include in the files a written rebuttal or explanation of any item in the files.
17.6 In addition to the faculty member, only University administrators and staff members and other individuals authorized by administrators to do so for institutional purposes may access the official files of a faculty member. Except for those occasions where faculty members are carrying out their formal evaluative functions, faculty members may not review the files of other faculty members. On those occasions when faculty are carrying out formal evaluative functions, such faculty will only have access to the RPT dossier under review and not the entire Academic Record file of the candidate.
17.7 The Union may also request and obtain copies of information contained in faculty Academic Record Files that is relevant and necessary for the Union to meet its collective bargaining responsibilities or to administer this Agreement. In such cases, the Union shall file its request with the University’s Contract Administrator and s...
FACULTY WORKLOAD AND RESPONSIBILITIES. Section 4.01 Purpose
Section 4.02 Overview
FACULTY WORKLOAD AND RESPONSIBILITIES. 1. Department Chairpersons shall be responsible for the scheduling and assignment of all faculty under their direction, subject to the approval of the ▇▇▇▇. In units where there are no Chairpersons, the ▇▇▇▇ or designee will be responsible for the scheduling and assignment of all faculty under his or her direction. The Department Chairperson, or where there is no Chair, the ▇▇▇▇ or designee, of each unit will annually establish and maintain a written record of work expectations for each faculty member after consultation with the faculty member. Such consultation will normally take place in the spring semester for the following academic year and will include a discussion of schedule as well as workload expectations. The faculty member is free to present his or her preferences regarding work expectations and assignments prior to or at such meeting. Nothing shall preclude a Department Chair from modifying the work expectations or schedules as may be neces- sary prior to or during the academic year provided he or she first discusses such changes with the faculty member, and provided the changes are not arbitrary or capricious. The faculty member and ▇▇▇▇ will receive a copy of this written record of work expectations, and any modification of such work expectations.
2. It is recognized that, given the diverse nature of faculty work, the varying types of faculty appointments and the needs of the departments and academic units, the weighting of assignments and the particulars of individual assignments will vary both between and within individual departments and academic units. The parties recognize that, in making workload assignments, the Chair will consider various factors, including but not necessarily limited to the workload demands of specific assignments; availability of teaching support, such as teaching or graduate assistants; the number of classroom contact hours, class size and the total number of students taught by the faculty member; the times at which classes are scheduled; the number of new course preparations; approved distributions of individual effort among criteria relevant to the specific faculty appointment (such as teaching, scholarly activity and service) and the nature of the academic program, which may require flexibility in assignments to maintain program quality. It is further recognized that, in making assignments, Chairs and ▇▇▇▇▇ will also take into account fiscal considerations, the overall needs and mission of the School or College ...
FACULTY WORKLOAD AND RESPONSIBILITIES