Professional Development and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Sample Clauses

Professional Development and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Each year the Administration allocates a reassignment from teaching duties equal to one-half (1/2) TH for each member of the bargaining unit as of October 1 for allocation in the following year. Faculty on Term or Visiting contracts are not eligible for reassigned time under this article. By December 15, the xxxx shall issue a Call for Proposals for this reassigned time to faculty members in the college. The reduction of teaching load shall be prorated among the undergraduate colleges based upon the percentage of FTE bargaining unit members in each college. Cross-appointed faculty may compete for workload reassignments in any colleges to which they are assigned. The amount of reassigned time granted by a college to cross-appointed faculty shall not exceed 4 WH times the percentage of his/her total workload assignment in that college as reflected in the annual contract of appointment. In each undergraduate college the reduction in teaching load shall be assigned to members of the bargaining unit in increments of two (2) to four (4) RH to assist faculty who are engaged in (a) professional development, (b) advising, or (c) scholarship, including the scholarship of teaching and learning, or initial distance-learning projects. Applicants for this teaching load reduction shall be screened by a five (5)-member committee in each college composed of two (2) members of the faculty appointed by the Administration, two (2) members of the faculty appointed by the president of the Association, and the xxxx of the college, who shall chair the committee. The xxxx shall announce the names of those faculty receiving teaching load reductions no later than February 1, and his/her decision shall be final and binding. The xxxx shall send this announcement to faculty members in the college, with copies to the xxxxxxx and to the Association. Faculty members receiving a professional development workload reallocation will, within sixty days of the end of the academic term, submit to his/her department chairperson, xxxx, and the xxxxxxx a report of his/her professional development or scholarly activities conducted during the term.
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