Common use of Specific Situations Clause in Contracts

Specific Situations. a. Upon approval of the Chair and ▇▇▇▇ in consultation with the bargaining unit member, the bargaining unit member may be assigned to engage in teaching or CHEs for departments other than their own, provided the bargaining unit member has relevant skill and expertise. Those credit hours and CHEs shall be considered part of the bargaining unit member’s workload. b. For courses that are assigned by the bargaining unit member’s Department Chair to be taught by more than one faculty member, and in which all participating faculty are assigned to teach throughout the entire term, each bargaining unit member who teaches the course shall receive teaching credit for the full credit hours for the course. For courses in which a bargaining unit member participates on an intermittent basis or for less than the entire term, as assigned by the department chair, the credit hour teaching workload shall be prorated, with approval by the department chair, based on the contact hours and/or overall responsibilities for which the bargaining unit member was assigned. c. For bargaining unit members with joint appointments, a document shall specify how responsibilities for assigning workload will be shared between the unit chairs/directors. This document shall be signed by the chairs or directors involved, the ▇▇▇▇(s) of the appropriate college(s), and the bargaining unit member with the joint appointment. In the event that the units involved in the joint appointments have Departmental Workload Policies, the same document shall clarify how those standards will be applied to the bargaining unit member with the joint appointment.