Common use of Dissemination of Knowledge Clause in Contracts

Dissemination of Knowledge. This involves undergraduate and/or graduate teaching and may contain elements of continuing education which fall within the faculty member’s area of expertise and which have been approved by the Academic ▇▇▇▇. (a) Faculty members have an obligation to develop and maintain their scholarly competence and effectiveness as teachers within their area of expertise, to conscientiously prepare and organize their subject matter and to revise that subject matter on a regular basis as appropriate for that subject. They shall inform their students of the methods of instruction and evaluation in their courses, giving due regard to any applicable Brescia or Western University Senate regulations in these matters. (b) There shall be a consultation between faculty and their Chairs/Coordinators on the assignment of teaching duties. Such assignment of teaching duties will be recommended to the Academic ▇▇▇▇ for approval. Once that has been done, the Academic ▇▇▇▇ can assign teaching duties other than those recommended by the Division Chair. Once such duties have been assigned by the Academic ▇▇▇▇ in accordance with Article 20, it is the responsibility of faculty members to teach the assigned courses, and at a time and place designated or approved by appropriate University authorities and in a manner which reflects the description in the Calendar, or as approved at the appropriate level. Faculty members shall be available regularly for individual consultation with their students beyond class or laboratory hours and shall inform their students, and upon written request the Academic ▇▇▇▇, of such arrangements. (c) Faculty members shall comply with formally approved and published procedures and deadlines concerning the reporting and reviewing of the grades of their students, and such other formally approved and published procedures and deadlines as may be reasonable and necessary for the well-ordered operation of the teaching programs of the University. For the purposes of 10.4(c) only, publication means that the procedures and deadlines have been included in a current University Calendar, or circulated to each faculty member. Faculty members shall accept reasonable responsibility for being accessible to students for informal, ad hoc academic counselling during regularly scheduled office hours or at other times as appropriate, supervision of examinations, and other related activities as may be necessary and reasonable and which are not in conflict with this Collective Agreement. (d) Faculty members have the responsibility to schedule and organize their instruction within relevant academic regulations, and the right and responsibility to maintain an orderly and productive academic environment. (e) Faculty members may cancel or terminate a scheduled class meeting only for good cause and they shall so notify the Academic ▇▇▇▇ and the Registrar’s Office. If possible, they shall give their students advance notice of such cancellation. Where appropriate, faculty members shall provide any missed course material to the students. (f) Supervision of students’ research and practical work and of their theses preparation, as well as participation in the evaluation of their theses, are integral aspects of teaching responsibilities as acknowledged in the workload article.