Common use of Performance Improvement Procedures Clause in Contracts

Performance Improvement Procedures. In the event the President determines, due to the manner in which the administrator discharges the responsibilities of his position, as opposed to the reasons for discipline or termination described in subsections (1) and (2) above, that the employment of an administrator who has served as a member of the bargaining unit for four (4) or more consecutive years shall be terminated, the President first shall require the administrator to complete a performance improvement period of one hundred fifty (150) days’ duration. The President shall notify the administrator of those aspects of the administrator’s performance that are inadequate and shall inform the administrator of the starting and ending dates of the performance improvement period. The administrator shall meet during the first week of the performance improvement period with his supervisor outside of the bargaining unit and the administrative area supervisor to discuss any performance inadequacies and an improvement plan. The plan may encompass the University’s encouraging the administrator to attend workshops or conferences to review material relevant to the administrator’s position as well as other opportunities to enhance the administrator’s skills which the administrator may request or the University may direct. The administrator shall be evaluated by the supervisor outside of the bargaining unit with the participation of the appropriate administrative area supervisor at the approximate midpoint of the period, or on a more frequent basis as the supervisor outside of the bargaining unit shall direct. At the conclusion of the performance improvement period, and after consultation with the supervisor outside of the bargaining unit and the appropriate administrative area supervisor, the President in his sole discretion shall determine whether the administrator shall be discharged, shall be required to complete another performance improvement period or shall be regarded as having successfully completed the improvement period. The merits of the decision of the President to initiate a performance improvement period as well as the judgment of the President to discharge an administrator following a performance improvement period shall not be reviewable by an arbitrator, except only procedural violations of this subsection. In the event of a procedural violation, the arbitrator shall remand the matter to the Board of Trustees.

Performance Improvement Procedures. In the event the President determines, due to the manner in which the administrator discharges the responsibilities of his their position, as opposed to the reasons for discipline or termination described in subsections (1) and (2) above, that the employment of an administrator who has served as a member of the bargaining unit for four (4) or more consecutive years shall be terminated, the President first shall require the administrator to complete a performance improvement period of one hundred fifty (150) days’ duration. The President shall notify the administrator of those aspects of the administrator’s performance that are inadequate and shall inform the administrator of the starting and ending dates of the performance improvement period. The administrator shall meet during the first week of the performance improvement period with his their supervisor outside of the bargaining unit and the administrative area supervisor to discuss any performance inadequacies and an improvement plan. The plan may encompass the University’s encouraging the administrator to attend workshops or conferences to review material relevant to the administrator’s position as well as other opportunities to enhance the administrator’s skills which the administrator may request or the University may direct. The administrator shall be evaluated by the supervisor outside of the bargaining unit with the participation of the appropriate administrative area supervisor at the approximate midpoint of the period, or on a more frequent basis as the supervisor outside of the bargaining unit shall direct. At the conclusion of the performance improvement period, and after consultation with the supervisor outside of the bargaining unit and the appropriate administrative area supervisor, the President in his their sole discretion shall determine whether the administrator shall be discharged, shall be required to complete another performance improvement period or shall be regarded as having successfully completed the improvement period. The merits of the decision of the President to initiate a performance improvement period as well as the judgment of the President to discharge an administrator following a performance improvement period shall not be reviewable by an arbitrator, except only procedural violations of this subsection. In the event of a procedural violation, the arbitrator shall remand the matter to the Board of Trustees.