RETENTION FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS Clause Samples

RETENTION FOR ACADEMIC SUPPORT PROFESSIONALS a. Each Academic Support Professional shall be evaluated annually by her/his supervisor. The evaluation shall occur in May. b. An evaluation in the first year of employment shall occur in the sixth month of employment. c. Regardless of the date of initial appointment, the calculation of years of employment of Academic Support Professionals will be based on a year of July 1 through June 30, provided, however, that: (1) an Academic Support Professional hired between July and December 31 will enter her/his second year of service on the first July 1 of her/his service at the University; and (2) an Academic Support Professional hired between January 1 and June 30 will not enter her/his second year of service until the second July 1 of her/his service at the University; and that (3) up to two consecutive years of full-time employment at the University contiguous to entering the bargaining unit position at the University shall count as years of service toward a two-year appointment in an academic support professional position in the bargaining unit. An academic support professional who elects to count previous years of service at the University toward a two-year appointment must notify the appropriate Vice President in writing by April 15 of the first year of full-time employment in the bargaining unit. (4) an employee may request that up to two years of full-time employment at the University in the five years prior to initial employment in the current bargaining unit position may be counted as years of service toward a two-year appointment in an academic support professional position in the bargaining unit. The employee must submit this request to the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ in writing by April 15 of the first year of full-time employment in the bargaining unit. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ will determine on the basis of the request if these years of service are applicable to the current position or if there were extenuating circumstances that led to the break in service. The ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇'▇ decision as to whether the request shall be granted is not grievable. (5) no more than two total years of previous experience may be applied toward a two-year appointment under sections (3) and (4). d. In the employee's first, second, third, fourth, sixth, and eighth year of employment, and in each fourth year of employment thereafter in an academic support professional position in the bargaining unit, the employee's annual evaluation shall include a recommendation for or against retention. An employee in the fou...