Common use of Professional Responsibilities Clause in Contracts

Professional Responsibilities. 6.2.1 The Board and the Association agree that the primary professional responsibility of faculty members is teaching, professional library work, or professional counseling, depending on the position. They agree that scholarship and professional development and service are also faculty responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Board and the Association to xxxxxx an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry and growth. It is the responsibility of the Board to provide support to fulfill these responsibilities. 6.2.1.1 Full-time instructional faculty members shall normally be assigned to a twenty-four (24) credit hour teaching load (or its equivalent) during the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters). For full-time faculty, twelve (12) hours is the normal credit hour load for each regular semester. Contingent faculty shall have a credit hour teaching load of fewer than twelve (12) credits in any semester. If a contingent faculty member’s teaching load is twelve (12) credits or more, their appointment will be converted to term. It is recognized that it may not be possible to establish the same credit hour production for each faculty member. Department Heads, after meeting with the department are responsible for developing mutually agreeable written guidelines to structure assignments that will take into account large sections in single courses, number of preparations, nature of preparations, laboratory supervision and planning, supervision of special learning activities, supervision of field activities, clinical experience, number of advisees, or administrative duties, and other assigned responsibilities. Departments may also specify enrollment caps for specific courses. These guidelines, referred to as Load Documents, will be reviewed annually and forwarded to the AAUP Office. 6.2.1.1.1 Off-campus teaching assignments, defined as courses that are taught face-to-face at a physical location other than the NMU campus in Marquette MI, during the academic year may be made upon mutual consent of the faculty member and department head and shall be based on the programmatic needs as determined by the xxxx and the department head. These courses may be offered to qualified members of the bargaining unit or to qualified adjuncts as off campus courses. The department head and xxxx have final authority to determine such assignments. 6.2.1.1.2 Individual full-time instructional faculty members may have the normal twenty-four (24) credit hour on-campus teaching load assignment for the two (2) semester academic year reassigned to include summer, overload, and/or off- campus courses at no additional compensation only at the written mutual agreement of the xxxx, the department head, and the faculty member. Under this reassignment option known as “annualization,” all semesters involving a reduced teaching load shall carry an equivalent reduction in all non-instructional duties. 6.2.1.2 The normal workload for full-time faculty in the Library and Instructional Support and Counseling and Consultation Departments shall be forty (40) hours per week, with specific work schedules determined by the department head or xxxx after consultation with the faculty member. LIS and Counseling and Consultation faculty shall also engage in appropriate service, scholarship and professional development activities as identified in departmental bylaws. 6.2.1.3 In the case of faculty members who are assigned combined instructional and non-instructional responsibilities, an appropriate proration shall be made consistent with Sections 6.2.1.1 and 6.2.1.2. 6.2.1.4 There shall be no fixed scheduling of the times which faculty members shall be required to discharge the faculty members’ professional responsibilities, except as provided in Section 6.4 and except as required by scheduled class assignments and the fixed scheduling of other events which faculty members are required to attend by this Agreement. 6.2.1.4.1 No faculty assignments which span more than twelve (12) hours in a single day may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member. 6.2.1.4.2 No faculty assignments which exceed five (5) days per week may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member.

Professional Responsibilities. 6.2.1 The Board and the Association agree that the primary professional responsibility of faculty members is teaching, professional library work, or professional counseling, depending on the position. They agree that scholarship and professional development and service are also faculty responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Board and the Association to xxxxxx an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry and growth. It is the responsibility of the Board to provide support to fulfill these responsibilities. 6.2.1.1 Full-time instructional faculty members shall normally be assigned to a twenty-four (24) credit hour teaching load (or its equivalent) during the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters). For full-time fulltime faculty, twelve (12) hours is the normal credit hour load for each regular semester. Contingent faculty shall have a credit hour teaching load of fewer than twelve (12) credits in any semester. If a contingent faculty member’s teaching load is twelve (12) credits or more, their appointment will be converted to term. It is recognized that it may not be possible to establish the same credit hour production for each faculty member. Department Heads, after meeting with the department are responsible for developing mutually agreeable written guidelines to structure assignments that will take into account large sections in single courses, number of preparations, nature of preparations, laboratory supervision and planning, supervision of special learning activities, supervision of field activities, clinical experience, number of advisees, or administrative duties, and other assigned responsibilities. Departments may also specify enrollment caps for specific courses. These guidelines, referred to as Load Documents, will be reviewed annually and forwarded to the AAUP Office. 6.2.1.1.1 Off-campus teaching assignments, defined as courses that are taught face-to-face at a physical location other than the NMU campus in Marquette MI, during the academic year may be made upon mutual consent of the faculty member and department head and shall be based on the programmatic needs as determined by the xxxx and the department head. These courses may be offered to qualified members of the bargaining unit or to qualified adjuncts as off campus courses. The department head and xxxx have final authority to determine such assignments. 6.2.1.1.2 Individual full-time instructional faculty members may have the normal twenty-four (24) credit hour on-campus teaching load assignment for the two (2) semester academic year reassigned to include spring, summer, overload, and/or off- off-campus courses at no additional compensation only at the written mutual agreement of the xxxx, the department head, and the faculty member. Under this reassignment option known as “annualization,” all semesters involving a reduced teaching load shall carry an equivalent reduction in all non-instructional noninstructional duties. 6.2.1.2 The normal workload for full-time faculty in the Library and Instructional Support and Counseling and Consultation Departments shall be forty (40) hours per week, with specific work schedules determined by the department head or xxxx after consultation with the faculty member. LIS and Counseling and Consultation faculty shall also engage in appropriate service, scholarship and professional development activities as identified in departmental bylaws. 6.2.1.3 In the case of faculty members who are assigned combined instructional and non-instructional noninstructional responsibilities, an appropriate proration shall be made consistent with Sections 6.2.1.1 and 6.2.1.2. 6.2.1.4 There shall be no fixed scheduling of the times which faculty members shall be required to discharge the faculty members’ professional responsibilities, except as provided in Section 6.4 and except as required by scheduled class assignments and the fixed scheduling of other events which faculty members are required to attend by this Agreement. 6.2.1.4.1 No faculty assignments which span more than twelve (12) hours in a single day may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member. 6.2.1.4.2 No faculty assignments which exceed five (5) days per week may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member.

Professional Responsibilities. 6.2.1 The Board and the Association agree that the primary professional responsibility of faculty members is teaching, professional library work, or professional counseling, depending on the position. They agree that scholarship and professional development and service are also faculty responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Board and the Association to xxxxxx an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry and growth. It is the responsibility of the Board to provide support to fulfill these responsibilities. 6.2.1.1 Full-time instructional faculty members shall normally be assigned to a twenty-four (24) credit hour teaching load (or its equivalent) during the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters). For full-time faculty, twelve (12) hours is the normal credit hour load for each regular semester. Contingent faculty shall have a credit hour teaching load of fewer than twelve (12) credits in any semester. If a contingent faculty member’s teaching load is twelve (12) credits or more, their appointment will be converted to term. It is recognized that it may not be possible to establish the same credit hour production for each faculty member. Department Heads, after meeting with the department are responsible for developing mutually agreeable written guidelines to structure assignments that will take into account large sections in single courses, number of preparations, nature of preparations, laboratory supervision and planning, supervision of special learning activities, supervision of field activities, clinical experience, number of advisees, or administrative duties, and other assigned responsibilities. Departments may also specify enrollment caps for specific courses. These guidelines, referred to as Load Documents, will be reviewed annually and forwarded to the AAUP Office. 6.2.1.1.1 Off-campus teaching assignments, defined as . Each department is encouraged to develop a qualification list that includes the courses that are taught face-to-face at a physical location other than the NMU campus in Marquette MI, during the academic year may be made upon mutual consent of the for which each faculty member and department head and shall is qualified to teach. Qualification will be based on recommendation of the programmatic needs as determined by the xxxx and departmental faculty to the department head. These For courses that a faculty member has not taught previously, qualification will be based on academic training, professional experience, professional certification, and scholarship record. Successful teaching of a course in the past may qualify a faculty member to teach the course again. This qualification list will be offered to qualified members of revised as needed and does not preclude the bargaining unit or to qualified adjuncts as off campus courses. The department head and xxxx have final authority to determine such from determining course assignments. 6.2.1.1.2 Individual full-time instructional faculty members may have the normal twenty-four (24) credit hour on-campus teaching load assignment for the two (2) semester academic year reassigned to include summer, overload, and/or off- campus courses at no additional compensation only at the written mutual agreement of the xxxx, the department head, and the faculty member. Under this reassignment option known as “annualization,” all semesters involving a reduced teaching load shall carry an equivalent reduction in all non-instructional duties. 6.2.1.2 The normal workload for full-time faculty in the Library and Instructional Support and Counseling and Consultation Departments shall be forty (40) hours per week, with specific work schedules determined by the department head or xxxx after consultation with the faculty member. LIS and Counseling and Consultation faculty shall also engage in appropriate service, scholarship and professional development activities as identified in departmental bylaws. 6.2.1.3 In the case of faculty members who are assigned combined instructional and non-instructional responsibilities, an appropriate proration shall be made consistent with Sections 6.2.1.1 and 6.2.1.2. 6.2.1.4 There shall be no fixed scheduling of the times which faculty members shall be required to discharge the faculty members’ professional responsibilities, except as provided in Section 6.4 and except as required by scheduled class assignments and the fixed scheduling of other events which faculty members are required to attend by this Agreement. 6.2.1.4.1 No faculty assignments which span more than twelve (12) hours in a single day may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member. 6.2.1.4.2 No faculty assignments which exceed five (5) days per week may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member.

Professional Responsibilities. 6.2.1 6.1.1 The Board and the Association agree that the primary professional responsibility of faculty members is teaching, professional library work, or professional counseling, depending on the position. They agree that scholarship and professional development and service are also faculty responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Board and the Association to xxxxxx an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry and growth. It is the responsibility of the Board to provide support to fulfill these responsibilities. 6.2.1.1 6.1.1.1 Full-time instructional faculty members shall normally be assigned to a twenty-four (24) credit hour teaching load (or its equivalent) during the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters). For full-time fulltime faculty, twelve (12) hours is the normal credit hour load for each regular semester. Contingent faculty shall have a credit hour teaching load of fewer than twelve (12) credits in any semester. If a contingent faculty member’s teaching load is twelve (12) credits or more, their appointment will be converted to term. It is recognized that it may not be possible to establish the same credit hour production for each faculty member. Department Heads, after meeting with the department are responsible for developing mutually agreeable written guidelines to structure assignments that will take into account large sections in single courses, number of preparations, nature of preparations, laboratory supervision and planning, supervision of special learning activities, supervision of field activities, clinical experience, number of advisees, or administrative duties, and other assigned responsibilities. Departments may also specify enrollment caps for specific courses. These guidelines, referred to as Load Documents, guidelines will be reviewed annually and forwarded to the AAUP Officeannually. 6.2.1.1.1 6.1.1.1.1 Off-campus teaching assignments, defined as courses that are taught face-to-face at a physical location other than the NMU campus in Marquette MI, assignments during the academic year may be made upon mutual consent of the faculty member and department head and shall be based on the programmatic needs as determined by the xxxx and the department head. These courses may be offered to qualified members of the bargaining unit or to qualified adjuncts as off campus courses. The department head and xxxx have final authority to determine such assignments. 6.2.1.1.2 6.1.1.1.2 Individual full-time instructional faculty members may have the normal twenty-four (24) credit hour on-campus teaching load assignment for the two (2) semester academic year reassigned to include spring, summer, overload, and/or off- off-campus courses at no additional compensation only at the written mutual agreement of the xxxx, the department head, and the faculty member. Under this reassignment option known as “annualization,” all semesters involving a reduced teaching load shall carry an equivalent reduction in all non-instructional noninstructional duties. 6.2.1.2 6.1.1.2 The normal workload for full-time noninstructional faculty in the Library and Instructional Support and Counseling and Consultation Departments shall be forty (40) hours per week, with specific work schedules determined by the department head or xxxx after consultation with the faculty member. LIS and Counseling and Consultation Noninstructional faculty shall also engage in appropriate service, scholarship and professional development activities as identified in departmental bylaws. 6.2.1.3 6.1.1.3 In the case of faculty members who are assigned combined instructional and non-instructional noninstructional responsibilities, an appropriate proration shall be made consistent with Sections 6.2.1.1 6.1.1.1 and 6.2.1.26. 6.2.1.4 6.1.1.4 All full-time faculty shall have departmental committee responsibilities and shall participate in at least one (1) commencement exercise each academic year. All tenured and tenure earning faculty shall have college or University-wide committee responsibilities. 6.1.1.4.1 Faculty may have additional responsibilities such as curriculum development, curriculum coordination, student learning outcomes assessment activities, and tasks related to obtaining and maintaining accreditation of academic programs. It is understood that these responsibilities are shared with the department head. These additional responsibilities must be mutually agreed upon by the faculty member and administration. Faculty members may be granted load credit for such activities. 6.1.1.4.2 The faculty and department head of each department shall develop and implement learning outcomes assessment processes as may be required for disciplinary or university accreditation. 6.1.1.5 There shall be no fixed scheduling of the times which faculty members shall be required to discharge the faculty members’ professional responsibilities, except as provided in Section 6.4 6.3 and except as required by scheduled class assignments and the fixed scheduling of other events which faculty members are required to attend by this Agreement. 6.2.1.4.1 No faculty assignments which span more than twelve (12) hours in a single day may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member. 6.2.1.4.2 No faculty assignments which exceed five (5) days per week may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member.

Professional Responsibilities. 6.2.1 The Board and the Association agree that the primary professional responsibility of faculty members is teaching, professional library work, or professional counseling, depending on the position. They agree that scholarship and professional development and service are also faculty responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Board and the Association to xxxxxx an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry and growth. It is the responsibility of the Board to provide support to fulfill these responsibilities. 6.2.1.1 Full-time instructional faculty members shall normally be assigned to a twenty-four (24) credit hour teaching load (or its equivalent) during the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters). For full-time faculty, twelve (12) hours is the normal credit hour load for each regular semester. Contingent faculty shall have a credit hour teaching load of fewer than twelve (12) credits in any semester. If a contingent faculty member’s teaching load is twelve (12) credits or more, their appointment will be converted to term. It is recognized that it may not be possible to establish the same credit hour production for each faculty member. Department Heads, after meeting with the department are responsible for developing mutually agreeable written guidelines to structure assignments that will take into account large sections in single courses, number of preparations, nature of preparations, laboratory supervision and planning, supervision of special learning activities, supervision of field activities, clinical experience, number of advisees, or administrative duties, and other assigned responsibilities. Departments may also specify enrollment caps for specific courses. These guidelines, referred to as Load Documents, will be reviewed annually and forwarded to the AAUP Office. Each department is encouraged to develop a qualification list that includes the courses for which each faculty member is qualified to teach. Qualification will be based on recommendation of the departmental faculty to the department head. For courses that a faculty member has not taught previously, qualification will be based on academic training, professional experience, professional certification, and scholarship record. Successful teaching of a course in the past may qualify a faculty member to teach the course again. This qualification list will be revised as needed and does not preclude the department head and xxxx from determining course assignments. 6.2.1.1.1 Off-campus teaching assignments, defined as courses that are taught face-to-face at a physical location other than the NMU campus in Marquette MI, during the academic year may be made upon mutual consent of the faculty member and department head and shall be based on the programmatic needs as determined by the xxxx and the department head. These courses may be offered to qualified members of the bargaining unit or to qualified adjuncts as off campus courses. The department head and xxxx have final authority to determine such assignments. 6.2.1.1.2 Individual full-time instructional faculty members may have the normal twenty-four (24) credit hour on-campus teaching load assignment for the two (2) semester academic year reassigned to include summer, overload, and/or off- off campus courses at no additional compensation only at the written mutual agreement of the xxxx, the department head, and the faculty member. Under this reassignment option known as “annualization,” all semesters involving a reduced teaching load shall carry an equivalent reduction in all non-instructional duties. 6.2.1.2 The normal workload for full-time faculty in the Library and Instructional Support and Counseling and Consultation Departments shall be forty (40) hours per week, with specific work schedules determined by the department head or xxxx after consultation with the faculty member. LIS and Counseling and Consultation faculty shall also engage in appropriate service, scholarship and professional development activities as identified in departmental bylaws. 6.2.1.3 In the case of faculty members who are assigned combined instructional and non-instructional responsibilities, an appropriate proration shall be made consistent with Sections 6.2.1.1 and 6.2.1.2. 6.2.1.4 There shall be no fixed scheduling of the times which faculty members shall be required to discharge the faculty members’ professional responsibilities, except as provided in Section 6.4 and except as required by scheduled class assignments and the fixed scheduling of other events which faculty members are required to attend by this Agreement. 6.2.1.4.1 No faculty assignments which span more than twelve (12) hours in a single day may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member. 6.2.1.4.2 No faculty assignments which exceed five (5) days per week may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member.

Professional Responsibilities. 6.2.1 6.1.1 The Board and the Association agree that the primary professional responsibility of faculty members is teaching, professional library work, or professional counseling, depending on the position. They agree that scholarship research, scholarship, and creative activities; professionally-related service; and professional development and service are also faculty responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Board and the Association to xxxxxx an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry and growth. It is the responsibility of the Board to provide support to fulfill these responsibilities. 6.2.1.1 6.1.1.1 Full-time instructional faculty members shall normally be assigned to a twenty-four (24) credit credit-hour teaching load (or its equivalent) during the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters). For full-time facultyIn most instances, twelve (12) hours is the normal credit credit-hour load for each regular semester. Contingent faculty shall have a credit hour teaching load of fewer than twelve (12) credits in any semester. If a contingent faculty member’s teaching load is twelve (12) credits or more, their appointment will be converted to term. It is recognized that it may not be possible to establish the same credit credit-hour production for each faculty member. Department Headsheads, after meeting consultation with the department departmental faculty, are responsible for developing mutually agreeable written guidelines structuring assignments to structure assignments that will take into account large sections in single courses, number of preparations, nature of preparations, laboratory supervision and planning, supervision of special learning activities, supervision of field activities, clinical experience, number of advisees, or administrative duties, and other assigned responsibilities. Departments may also specify enrollment caps for specific courses. These guidelines, referred to as Load Documents, will be reviewed annually and forwarded to the AAUP Office. 6.2.1.1.1 6.1.1.1.1 Off-campus teaching assignments, defined as courses that are taught face-to-face at a physical location other than the NMU campus in Marquette MI, assignments during the academic year may be made upon mutual consent of the faculty member and department head and shall be based on the programmatic needs as determined by the xxxx xxxx, department head, and the department headDirector of Continuing Education and Sponsored Programs. These When accreditation standards dictate limitation on off-campus overloads, the Board reserves the right to assign qualified members of the bargaining unit to off-campus courses as part of load, but no faculty member can be assigned more than one (1) on-load extension course in an academic year without mutual consent. In other cases, these courses may be offered to qualified members of the bargaining unit or to qualified adjuncts as off campus extension courses. The department head and xxxx have final authority to determine such assignments. 6.2.1.1.2 6.1.1.1.2 Individual full-time instructional faculty members may have the normal twenty-four (24) credit hour on-campus teaching load assignment for the two two- (2) semester academic year reassigned to include spring, summer, overload, and/or off- off-campus courses at no additional compensation only at the written mutual agreement of the xxxx, the department head, and the faculty member. Under this reassignment option known as “annualization,” all semesters involving a reduced teaching load shall carry an equivalent reduction in all non-instructional noninstructional duties. 6.2.1.2 6.1.1.1.3 If a new department is created which requires faculty in that department to teach labs or clinics or if there are proposed changes in an already existing department which would alter the credit hour value of labs or clinics and the faculty and the Administration cannot come to agreement concerning the credit hours to be assigned for teaching such labs or clinics, the matter will be referred to a committee consisting of two (2) representatives from the Board and two (2) from the Association. This committee shall review the proposals of the departmental faculty and the Board in light of the current work practices in AAUP- represented academic departments at the University. The committee shall submit its recommendation to the Xxxxxxx and Vice President for Academic Affairs who will follow the recommendations of the committee unless the Xxxxxxx and Vice President has serious and compelling reasons for not doing so. If the Xxxxxxx and Vice President does not follow the recommendations of the committee, the Xxxxxxx and Vice President will indicate the Xxxxxxx and Vice President’s reason in writing to the committee and the department. 6.1.1.2 The normal workload for full-time noninstructional faculty in the Library and Instructional Support and Counseling and Consultation Departments shall be forty (40) hours per week, with specific work schedules determined by the department head or xxxx after consultation with the faculty member. LIS and Counseling and Consultation faculty shall also engage in appropriate service, scholarship and professional development activities as identified in departmental bylaws. 6.2.1.3 6.1.1.3 In the case of faculty members who are assigned combined instructional and non-instructional noninstructional responsibilities, an appropriate proration shall be made consistent with Sections 6.2.1.1 6.1.1.1 and 6.2.1.26. 6.2.1.4 6.1.1.4 All faculty shall have departmental, college, and/or University-wide committee responsibilities and shall participate in at least one (1) commencement exercise each academic year. 6.1.1.5 There shall be no fixed scheduling of the times which faculty members shall be required to discharge the faculty members’ professional responsibilities, except as provided in Section 6.4 6.3 and except as required by scheduled class assignments and the fixed scheduling of other events which faculty members are required to attend by this Agreement. 6.2.1.4.1 No faculty assignments which span more than twelve (12) hours in a single day may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member. 6.2.1.4.2 No faculty assignments which exceed five (5) days per week may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member.

Professional Responsibilities. 6.2.1 The Board and the Association agree that the primary professional responsibility of faculty members is teaching, professional library work, or professional counseling, depending on the position. They agree that scholarship and professional development and service are also faculty responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Board and the Association to xxxxxx an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry and growth. It is the responsibility of the Board to provide support to fulfill these responsibilities. 6.2.1.1 Full-time instructional faculty members shall normally be assigned to a twenty-four (24) credit hour teaching load (or its equivalent) during the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters). For full-time faculty, twelve (12) hours is the normal credit hour load for each regular semester. Contingent faculty shall have a credit hour teaching load of fewer than twelve (12) credits in any semester. If a contingent faculty member’s teaching load is twelve (12) credits or more, their appointment will be converted to term. It is recognized that it may not be possible to establish the same credit hour production for each faculty member. Department Heads, after meeting with the department are responsible for developing mutually agreeable written guidelines to structure assignments that will take into account large sections in single courses, number of preparations, nature of preparations, laboratory supervision and planning, supervision of special learning activities, supervision of field activities, clinical experience, number of advisees, or administrative duties, and other assigned responsibilities. Departments may also specify enrollment caps for specific courses. These guidelines, referred to as Load Documents, will be reviewed annually and forwarded to the AAUP Office. Each department is encouraged to develop a qualification list that includes the courses for which each faculty member is qualified to teach. Qualification will be based on recommendation of the departmental faculty to the department head. For courses that a faculty member has not taught previously, qualification will be based on academic training, professional experience, professional certification, and scholarship record. Successful teaching of a course in the past may qualify a faculty member to teach the course again. This qualification list will be revised as needed and does not preclude the department head and xxxx from determining course assignments. 6.2.1.1.1 Off-campus teaching assignments, defined as courses that are taught face-to-face at a physical location other than the NMU campus in Marquette MI, during the academic year may be made upon mutual consent of the faculty member and department head and shall be based on the programmatic needs as determined by the xxxx and the department head. These courses may be offered to qualified members of the bargaining unit or to qualified adjuncts as off campus courses. The department head and xxxx have final authority to determine such assignments. 6.2.1.1.2 Individual full-time instructional faculty members may have the normal twenty-four (24) credit hour on-campus teaching load assignment for the two (2) semester academic year reassigned to include summer, overload, and/or off- campus courses at no additional compensation only at the written mutual agreement of the xxxx, the department head, and the faculty member. Under this reassignment option known as “annualization,” all semesters involving a reduced teaching load shall carry an equivalent reduction in all non-instructional duties. 6.2.1.2 The normal workload for full-time faculty in the Library and Instructional Support and Counseling and Consultation Departments shall be forty (40) hours per week, with specific work schedules determined by the department head or xxxx after consultation with the faculty member. LIS and Counseling and Consultation faculty shall also engage in appropriate service, scholarship and professional development activities as identified in departmental bylaws. 6.2.1.3 In the case of faculty members who are assigned combined instructional and non-instructional responsibilities, an appropriate proration shall be made consistent with Sections 6.2.1.1 and 6.2.1.2. 6.2.1.4 There shall be no fixed scheduling of the times which faculty members shall be required to discharge the faculty members’ professional responsibilities, except as provided in Section 6.4 and except as required by scheduled class assignments and the fixed scheduling of other events which faculty members are required to attend by this Agreement. 6.2.1.4.1 No faculty assignments which span more than twelve (12) hours in a single day may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member. 6.2.1.4.2 No faculty assignments which exceed five (5) days per week may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member.

Professional Responsibilities. 6.2.1 6.1.1 The Board and the Association agree that the primary professional responsibility of faculty members is teaching, professional library work, or professional counseling, depending on the position. They agree that scholarship and professional development and service are also faculty responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Board and the Association to xxxxxx an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry and growth. It is the responsibility of the Board to provide support to fulfill these responsibilities. 6.2.1.1 6.1.1.1 Full-time instructional faculty members shall normally be assigned to a twenty-four (24) credit hour teaching load (or its equivalent) during the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters). For full-time facultyIn most instances, twelve (12) hours is the normal credit hour load for each regular semester. Contingent faculty shall have a credit hour teaching load of fewer than twelve (12) credits in any semester. If a contingent faculty member’s teaching load is twelve (12) credits or more, their appointment will be converted to term. It is recognized that it may not be possible to establish the same credit hour production for each faculty member. Department Heads, after meeting with the department are responsible for developing mutually agreeable written guidelines to structure assignments that will take into account large sections in single courses, number of preparations, nature of preparations, laboratory supervision and planning, supervision of special learning activities, supervision of field activities, clinical experience, number of advisees, or administrative duties, and other assigned responsibilities. Departments may also specify enrollment caps for specific courses. These guidelines, referred to as Load Documents, guidelines will be reviewed annually and forwarded to the AAUP Officeannually. 6.2.1.1.1 6.1.1.1.1 Off-campus teaching assignments, defined as courses that are taught face-to-face at a physical location other than the NMU campus in Marquette MI, assignments during the academic year may be made upon mutual consent of the faculty member and department head and shall be based on the programmatic needs as determined by the xxxx xxxx, department head, and the department headxxxx of Continuing Education and Sponsored Programs. These When accreditation standards dictate limitation on off-campus overloads, the Board reserves the right to assign qualified members of the bargaining unit to off-campus courses as part of load, but no faculty member can be assigned more than one (1) on load extension course in an academic year without mutual consent. In other cases, these courses may be offered to qualified members of the bargaining unit or to qualified adjuncts as off campus extension courses. The department head and xxxx have final authority to determine such assignments. 6.2.1.1.2 6.1.1.1.2 Individual full-time instructional faculty members may have the normal twenty-four (24) credit hour on-campus teaching load assignment for the two (2) semester academic year reassigned to include spring, summer, overload, and/or off- off-campus courses at no additional compensation only at the written mutual agreement of the xxxx, the department head, and the faculty member. Under this reassignment option known as “annualization,” all semesters involving a reduced teaching load shall carry an equivalent reduction in all non-instructional noninstructional duties. 6.2.1.2 6.1.1.1.3 If a new department is created which requires faculty in that department to teach labs or clinics or if there are proposed changes in an already existing department which would alter the credit hour value of labs or clinics and the faculty and the administration cannot come to agreement concerning the credit hours to be assigned for teaching such labs or clinics, the matter will be referred to a committee consisting of two (2) representatives from the Board and two (2) from the Association. This committee shall review the proposals of the departmental faculty and the Board in light of the current work practices in AAUP-represented academic departments at the University. The committee shall submit its recommendation to the Xxxxxxx and Vice President for Academic Affairs who will follow the recommendations of the committee unless the Xxxxxxx and Vice President has serious and compelling reasons for not doing so. If the Xxxxxxx and Vice President does not follow the recommendations of the committee, the Xxxxxxx and Vice President will indicate the Xxxxxxx and Vice President’s reason in writing to the committee and the department. 6.1.1.2 The normal workload for full-time noninstructional faculty in the Library and Instructional Support and Counseling and Consultation Departments shall be forty (40) hours per week, with specific work schedules determined by the department head or xxxx after consultation with the faculty member. LIS and Counseling and Consultation faculty shall also engage in appropriate service, scholarship and professional development activities as identified in departmental bylaws. 6.2.1.3 6.1.1.3 In the case of faculty members who are assigned combined instructional and non-instructional noninstructional responsibilities, an appropriate proration shall be made consistent with Sections 6.2.1.1 6.1.1.1 and 6.2.1.26.1.1.2. 6.2.1.4 6.1.1.4 All faculty shall have departmental as well as college or University-wide committee responsibilities and shall participate in at least one (1) commencement exercise each academic year. 6.1.1.4.1 Faculty may have additional assigned responsibilities such as curriculum development, curriculum coordination, student learning outcomes assessment activities, and tasks related to obtaining and maintaining accreditation of academic programs. It is understood that these responsibilities are shared with the department head. These additional assigned responsibilities must be mutually agreed upon by the faculty member and administration. Faculty members may be granted load credit for such activities. 6.1.1.5 There shall be no fixed scheduling of the times which faculty members shall be required to discharge the faculty members’ professional responsibilities, except as provided in Section 6.4 6.3 and except as required by scheduled class assignments and the fixed scheduling of other events which faculty members are required to attend by this Agreement. 6.2.1.4.1 No faculty assignments which span more than twelve (12) hours in a single day may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member6.1.1.6 Reassigned Time Credit 6.1 through 6. 6.2.1.4.2 No faculty assignments which exceed five (5) days per week may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member.

Professional Responsibilities. 6.2.1 6.1.1 The Board and the Association agree that the primary professional responsibility of faculty members is teaching, professional library work, or professional counseling, depending on the position. They agree that scholarship research, scholarship, and creative activities; professionally-related service; and professional development and service are also faculty responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Board and the Association to xxxxxx an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry and growth. It is the responsibility of the Board to provide support to fulfill these responsibilities. 6.2.1.1 6.1.1.1 Full-time instructional faculty members shall normally be assigned to a twenty-four (24) credit credit-hour teaching load (or its equivalent) during the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters). For full-time facultyIn most instances, twelve (12) hours is the normal credit credit-hour load for each regular semester. Contingent faculty shall have a credit hour teaching load of fewer than twelve (12) credits in any semester. If a contingent faculty member’s teaching load is twelve (12) credits or more, their appointment will be converted to term. It is recognized that it may not be possible to establish the same credit credit-hour production for each faculty member. Department Headsheads, after meeting consultation with the department departmental faculty, are responsible for developing mutually agreeable written guidelines structuring assignments to structure assignments that will take into account large sections in single courses, number of preparations, nature of preparations, laboratory supervision and planning, supervision of special learning activities, supervision of field activities, clinical experience, number of advisees, or administrative duties, and other assigned responsibilities. Departments may also specify enrollment caps for specific courses. These guidelines, referred to as Load Documents, will be reviewed annually and forwarded to the AAUP Office. 6.2.1.1.1 6.1.1.1.1 Off-campus teaching assignments, defined as courses that are taught face-to-face at a physical location other than the NMU campus in Marquette MI, assignments during the academic year may be made upon mutual consent of the faculty member and department head and shall be based on the programmatic needs as determined by the xxxx xxxx, department head, and the department headDirector of Continuing Education and Sponsored Programs. These When accreditation standards dictate limitation on off-campus overloads, the Board reserves the right to assign qualified members of the bargaining unit to off-campus courses as part of load, but no faculty member can be assigned more than one (1) on-load extension course in an academic year without mutual consent. In other cases, these courses may be offered to qualified members of the bargaining unit or to qualified adjuncts as off campus extension courses. The department head and xxxx have final authority to determine such assignments. 6.2.1.1.2 6.1.1.1.2 Individual full-time instructional faculty members may have the normal twenty-four (24) credit hour on-campus teaching load assignment for the two two- (2) semester academic year reassigned to include spring, summer, overload, and/or off- off-campus courses at no additional compensation only at the written mutual agreement of the xxxx, the department head, and the faculty member. Under this reassignment option known as “annualization,” all semesters involving a reduced teaching load shall carry an equivalent reduction in all non-instructional noninstructional duties. 6.2.1.2 6.1.1.1.3 If a new department is created which requires faculty in that department to teach labs or clinics or if there are proposed changes in an already existing department which would alter the credit hour value of labs or clinics and the faculty and the Administration cannot come to agreement concerning the credit hours to be assigned for teaching such labs or clinics, the matter will be referred to a committee consisting of two (2) representatives from the Board and two (2) from the Association. This committee shall review the proposals of the departmental faculty and the Board in light of the current work practices in AAUP- represented academic departments at the University. The committee shall submit its recommendation to the Xxxxxxx and Vice President for Academic Affairs who will follow the recommendations of the committee unless the Xxxxxxx and Vice President has serious and compelling reasons for not doing so. If the Xxxxxxx and Vice President does not follow the recommendations of the committee, the Xxxxxxx and Vice President will indicate the Xxxxxxx and Vice President’s reason in writing to the committee and the department. 6.1.1.2 The normal workload for full-time noninstructional faculty in the Library and Instructional Support and Counseling and Consultation Departments shall be forty (40) hours per week, with specific work schedules determined by the department head or xxxx after consultation with the faculty member. LIS and Counseling and Consultation faculty shall also engage in appropriate service, scholarship and professional development activities as identified in departmental bylaws. 6.2.1.3 6.1.1.3 In the case of faculty members who are assigned combined instructional and non-instructional noninstructional responsibilities, an appropriate proration shall be made consistent with Sections 6.2.1.1 6.1.1.1 and 6.2.1.26.1.1.2. 6.2.1.4 6.1.1.4 All faculty shall have departmental, college, and/or University-wide committee responsibilities and shall participate in at least one (1) commencement exercise each academic year. 6.1.1.5 There shall be no fixed scheduling of the times which faculty members shall be required to discharge the faculty members’ professional responsibilities, except as provided in Section 6.4 6.3 and except as required by scheduled class assignments and the fixed scheduling of other events which faculty members are required to attend by this Agreement. 6.2.1.4.1 No faculty assignments which span more than twelve (12) hours in a single day may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member. 6.2.1.4.2 No faculty assignments which exceed five (5) days per week may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member.

Professional Responsibilities. 6.2.1 6.1.1 The Board and the Association agree that the primary professional responsibility of faculty members is teaching, professional library work, or professional counseling, depending on the position. They agree that scholarship and professional development and service are also faculty responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Board and the Association to xxxxxx an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry and growth. It is the responsibility of the Board to provide support to fulfill these responsibilities. 6.2.1.1 6.1.1.1 Full-time instructional faculty members shall normally be assigned to a twenty-four (24) credit hour teaching load (or its equivalent) during the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters). For full-time fulltime faculty, twelve (12) hours is the normal credit hour load for each regular semester. Contingent faculty shall have a credit hour teaching load of fewer than twelve (12) credits in any semester. If a contingent faculty member’s teaching load is twelve (12) credits or more, their appointment will be converted to term. It is recognized that it may not be possible to establish the same credit hour production for each faculty member. Department Heads, after meeting with the department are responsible for developing mutually agreeable written guidelines to structure assignments that will take into account large sections in single courses, number of preparations, nature of preparations, laboratory supervision and planning, supervision of special learning activities, supervision of field activities, clinical experience, number of advisees, or administrative duties, and other assigned responsibilities. Departments may also specify enrollment caps for specific courses. These guidelines, referred to as Load Documents, guidelines will be reviewed annually and forwarded annually. Each department is encouraged to develop a qualification list that includes the courses for which each faculty member is qualified to teach. Qualification will be based on recommendation of the departmental faculty to the AAUP Officedepartment head. For courses that a faculty member has not taught previously, qualification will be based on academic training, professional experience, professional certification, and scholarship record. Successful teaching of a course in the past may qualify a faculty member to teach the course again. This qualification list will be revised as needed and does not preclude the department head and xxxx from determining course assignments. 6.2.1.1.1 6.1.1.1.1 Off-campus teaching assignments, defined as courses that are taught face-to-face at a physical location other than the NMU campus in Marquette MI, assignments during the academic year may be made upon mutual consent of the faculty member and department head and shall be based on the programmatic needs as determined by the xxxx and the department head. These courses may be offered to qualified members of the bargaining unit or to qualified adjuncts as off campus courses. The department head and xxxx have final authority to determine such assignments. 6.2.1.1.2 6.1.1.1.2 Individual full-time instructional faculty members may have the normal twenty-four (24) credit hour on-campus teaching load assignment for the two (2) semester academic year reassigned to include spring, summer, overload, and/or off- off-campus courses at no additional compensation only at the written mutual agreement of the xxxx, the department head, and the faculty member. Under this reassignment option known as “annualization,” all semesters involving a reduced teaching load shall carry an equivalent reduction in all non-instructional noninstructional duties. 6.2.1.2 6.1.1.2 The normal workload for full-time noninstructional faculty in the Library and Instructional Support and Counseling and Consultation Departments shall be forty (40) hours per week, with specific work schedules determined by the department head or xxxx after consultation with the faculty member. LIS and Counseling and Consultation Noninstructional faculty shall also engage in appropriate service, scholarship and professional development activities as identified in departmental bylaws. 6.2.1.3 6.1.1.3 In the case of faculty members who are assigned combined instructional and non-instructional noninstructional responsibilities, an appropriate proration shall be made consistent with Sections 6.2.1.1 6.1.1.1 and 6.2.1.26. 6.2.1.4 6.1.1.4 All full-time faculty shall have departmental committee responsibilities and shall participate in at least one (1) commencement exercise each academic year. All tenured and tenure earning faculty shall have college or University-wide committee responsibilities. 6.1.1.4.1 Faculty may have additional responsibilities such as curriculum development, curriculum coordination, student learning outcomes assessment activities, and tasks related to obtaining and maintaining accreditation of academic programs. It is understood that these responsibilities are shared with the department head. These additional responsibilities must be mutually agreed upon by the faculty member and administration. Faculty members may be granted load credit for such activities. 6.1.1.4.2 The faculty and department head of each department shall develop and implement learning outcomes assessment processes as may be required for disciplinary or university accreditation. 6.1.1.5 There shall be no fixed scheduling of the times which faculty members shall be required to discharge the faculty members’ professional responsibilities, except as provided in Section 6.4 6.3 and except as required by scheduled class assignments and the fixed scheduling of other events which faculty members are required to attend by this Agreement. 6.2.1.4.1 No faculty assignments which span more than twelve (12) hours in a single day may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member. 6.2.1.4.2 No faculty assignments which exceed five (5) days per week may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member.

Professional Responsibilities. 6.2.1 The Board and the Association agree that the primary professional responsibility of faculty members is teaching, professional library work, or professional counseling, depending on the position. They agree that scholarship and professional development and service are also faculty responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Board and the Association to xxxxxx an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry and growth. It is the responsibility of the Board to provide support to fulfill these responsibilities. 6.2.1.1 Full-time instructional faculty members shall normally be assigned to a twenty-four (24) credit hour teaching load (or its equivalent) during the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters). For full-time fulltime faculty, twelve (12) hours is the normal credit hour load for each regular semester. Contingent faculty shall have a credit hour teaching load of fewer than twelve (12) credits in any semester. If a contingent faculty member’s teaching load is twelve (12) credits or more, their appointment will be converted to term. It is recognized that it may not be possible to establish the same credit hour production for each faculty member. Department Heads, after meeting with the department are responsible for developing mutually agreeable written guidelines to structure assignments that will take into account large sections in single courses, number of preparations, nature of preparations, laboratory supervision and planning, supervision of special learning activities, supervision of field activities, clinical experience, number of advisees, or administrative duties, and other assigned responsibilities. Departments may also specify enrollment caps for specific courses. These guidelines, referred to as Load Documents, will be reviewed annually and forwarded to the AAUP Office. 6.2.1.1.1 Off-campus teaching assignments, defined as courses that are taught face-to-face at a physical location other than the NMU campus in Marquette MI, during the academic year may be made upon mutual consent of the faculty member and department head and shall be based on the programmatic needs as determined by the xxxx and the department head. These courses may be offered to qualified members of the bargaining unit or to qualified adjuncts as off campus courses. The department head and xxxx have final authority to determine such assignments. 6.2.1.1.2 Individual full-time instructional faculty members may have the normal twenty-four (24) credit hour on-campus teaching load assignment for the two (2) semester academic year reassigned to include summer, overload, and/or off- campus courses at no additional compensation only at the written mutual agreement of the xxxx, the department head, and the faculty member. Under this reassignment option known as “annualization,” all semesters involving a reduced teaching load shall carry an equivalent reduction in all non-instructional noninstructional duties. 6.2.1.2 The normal workload for full-time faculty in the Library and Instructional Support and Counseling and Consultation Departments shall be forty (40) hours per week, with specific work schedules determined by the department head or xxxx after consultation with the faculty member. LIS and Counseling and Consultation faculty shall also engage in appropriate service, scholarship and professional development activities as identified in departmental bylaws. 6.2.1.3 In the case of faculty members who are assigned combined instructional and non-instructional noninstructional responsibilities, an appropriate proration shall be made consistent with Sections 6.2.1.1 and 6.2.1.2. 6.2.1.4 There shall be no fixed scheduling of the times which faculty members shall be required to discharge the faculty members’ professional responsibilities, except as provided in Section 6.4 and except as required by scheduled class assignments and the fixed scheduling of other events which faculty members are required to attend by this Agreement. 6.2.1.4.1 No faculty assignments which span more than twelve (12) hours in a single day may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member. 6.2.1.4.2 No faculty assignments which exceed five (5) days per week may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member.

Professional Responsibilities. 6.2.1 6.1.1 The Board and the Association agree that the primary professional responsibility of faculty members is teaching, professional library work, or professional counseling, depending on the position. They agree that scholarship and professional development and service are also faculty responsibilities. It is the responsibility of the Board and the Association to xxxxxx an atmosphere of intellectual inquiry and growth. It is the responsibility of the Board to provide support to fulfill these responsibilities. 6.2.1.1 6.1.1.1 Full-time instructional faculty members shall normally be assigned to a twenty-four (24) credit hour teaching load (or its equivalent) during the regular academic year (fall and winter semesters). For full-time fulltime faculty, twelve (12) hours is the normal credit hour load for each regular semester. Contingent faculty shall have a credit hour teaching load of fewer than twelve (12) credits in any semester and shall normally have a teaching load of eleven (11) or fewer credits in any semester. If a contingent faculty member’s teaching load is twelve (12) credits or more, their appointment will be converted to term. It is recognized that it may not be possible to establish the same credit hour production for each faculty member. Department Heads, after meeting with the department are responsible for developing mutually agreeable written guidelines to structure assignments that will take into account large sections in single courses, number of preparations, nature of preparations, laboratory supervision and planning, supervision of special learning activities, supervision of field activities, clinical experience, number of advisees, or administrative duties, and other assigned responsibilities. Departments may also specify enrollment caps for specific courses. These guidelines, referred to as Load Documents, guidelines will be reviewed annually and forwarded to the AAUP Officeannually. 6.2.1.1.1 6.1.1.1.1 Off-campus teaching assignments, defined as courses that are taught face-to-face at a physical location other than the NMU campus in Marquette MI, assignments during the academic year may be made upon mutual consent of the faculty member and department head and shall be based on the programmatic needs as determined by the xxxx xxxx, and the department head. These When accreditation standards dictate limitation on off-campus overloads, the Board reserves the right to assign qualified members of the bargaining unit to off-campus courses as part of load, but no faculty member can be assigned more than one (1) on load extension course in an academic year without mutual consent. In other cases, these courses may be offered to qualified members of the bargaining unit or to qualified adjuncts as off campus extension courses. The department head and xxxx have final authority to determine such assignments. 6.2.1.1.2 6.1.1.1.2 Individual full-time instructional faculty members may have the normal twenty-four (24) credit hour on-campus teaching load assignment for the two (2) semester academic year reassigned to include spring, summer, overload, and/or off- off-campus courses at no additional compensation only at the written mutual agreement of the xxxx, the department head, and the faculty member. Under this reassignment option known as “annualization,” all semesters involving a reduced teaching load shall carry an equivalent reduction in all non-instructional noninstructional duties. 6.2.1.2 6.1.1.2 The normal workload for full-time noninstructional faculty in the Library and Instructional Support and Counseling and Consultation Departments shall be forty (40) hours per week, with specific work schedules determined by the department head or xxxx after consultation with the faculty member. LIS and Counseling and Consultation faculty shall also engage in appropriate service, scholarship and professional development activities as identified in departmental bylaws. 6.2.1.3 6.1.1.3 In the case of faculty members who are assigned combined instructional and non-instructional noninstructional responsibilities, an appropriate proration shall be made consistent with Sections 6.2.1.1 6.1.1.1 and 6.2.1.26.1.1.2. 6.2.1.4 6.1.1.4 All full-time faculty shall have departmental committee responsibilities and shall participate in at least one (1) commencement exercise each academic year. All tenured and tenure earning faculty shall have college or University-wide committee responsibilities. 6.1.1.4.1 Faculty may have additional assigned responsibilities such as curriculum development, curriculum coordination, student learning outcomes assessment activities, and tasks related to obtaining and maintaining accreditation of academic programs. It is understood that these responsibilities are shared with the department head. These additional assigned responsibilities must be mutually agreed upon by the faculty member and administration. Faculty members may be granted load credit for such activities. 6.1.1.4.2 The faculty and department head of each department shall develop and implement learning outcomes assessment processes as may be required for disciplinary or university accreditation. 6.1.1.5 There shall be no fixed scheduling of the times which faculty members shall be required to discharge the faculty members’ professional responsibilities, except as provided in Section 6.4 6.3 and except as required by scheduled class assignments and the fixed scheduling of other events which faculty members are required to attend by this Agreement. 6.2.1.4.1 No faculty assignments which span more than twelve (12) hours in a single day may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member. 6.2.1.4.2 No faculty assignments which exceed five (5) days per week may be made unless mutually agreed to by the department head and the faculty member.