WORKLOAD FOR FACULTY MEMBERS Sample Clauses

The "Workload for Faculty Members" clause defines the expectations and requirements regarding the teaching, research, and service duties assigned to faculty within an academic institution. It typically outlines the number of courses to be taught per semester, office hours, committee participation, and any additional responsibilities such as advising students or conducting research. By clearly specifying these obligations, the clause ensures transparency and fairness in workload distribution, helping to prevent misunderstandings and disputes over faculty duties.
WORKLOAD FOR FACULTY MEMBERS. 23.1 The following elements constitute faculty workload: teaching and academic advising; scholarly and/or professional activity; internal and external collegial service. Workload shall include participation in all three areas. 23.2 In order to promote scholarship and/or professional activity, and subject to the following provisions, the normal teaching load for full time probationary and tenured faculty members shall be one and one-half (1.5) units in one term and one (1) unit in the other term, to a maximum of two and one half (2.5) units per academic year. Each half-unit of load shall consist of 36 to 39 contact hours. 23.2.1 Retroactive to July 1, 2009, a faculty member whose teaching load is defined in Article 23.2 for the academic year in which they have an approved six-month sabbatical shall be required to teach, at most, three (3) courses during the term that does not fall within the sabbatical leave period. For the next approved six month sabbatical, the faculty member shall be required to teach two (2) courses during the term that does not fall within the sabbatical leave period. This pattern shall continue for all subsequent approved six month sabbaticals. 23.2.2 The normal teaching load of members holding partial appointments or on partial retirement shall be a pro-rated share of three (3) units per academic year; The normal teaching load of members holding appointments with term under the provisions of Article 18.6 shall be three (3) units per academic year; 23.2.3 Where a member takes on administrative or service duties over and above the normal administrative and service requirements of workload, the ▇▇▇▇ may authorize a reduction in a member’s teaching load and inform the Chair and the Faculty Association; 23.2.4 Effective July 1, 2011, the Employer shall provide funding to the Committee on Research and Publications to fund ten (10) half-unit release time awards as per the Senate Release Time Awards Policy; 23.2.4.1 A member receiving a release time award under the Senate Release Time Awards Policy shall not be eligible to teach an overload. 23.2.5 The provisions of Article 23.2 do not apply to members whose workload is specified in Article 45; 23.2.6 Where a member with a normal teaching load of two and one-half (2.5) units per academic year under the provisions of this article does not demonstrate a level of scholarship and/or professional activity appropriate for her rank and discipline, the ▇▇▇▇ may increase her normal teaching load to t...
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WORKLOAD FOR FACULTY MEMBERS. 23.1 The following elements constitute faculty workload: teaching and academic advising; scholarly and/or professional activity; internal and external collegial service. Workload shall include participation in all three areas. 23.2 In order to promote scholarship and/or professional activity, and subject to the following provisions, a member's normal teaching load shall be one and one-half (1.5) units in one term and one (1) unit in the other term, to a maximum of two and one half (2.5) units per academic year. Each half-unit of load shall consist of 36 to 39 contact hours. 23.2.1 Retroactive to July 1, 2009, a faculty member whose teaching load is defined in Article 23.2 for the academic year in which they have an approved six-month sabbatical shall be required to teach, at most, three (3) courses during the semester that does not fall within the sabbatical leave period. For the next approved six month sabbatical, the faculty member shall be required to teach two
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WORKLOAD FOR FACULTY MEMBERS. Work for Faculty Members is defined by a minimum of 45 workload units per fiscal year that reflect, in varying proportion, teaching, research and scholarship, service, and academic administration as outlined in Article 27 (Member’s Rights, Duties and Responsibilities).
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WORKLOAD FOR FACULTY MEMBERS. 24.01 (a) Faculty members normally are full-time employees of the University and, as such, their primary employment activity will be their academic and professorial responsibilities except when there is a written agreement between the individual and the University to the contrary.
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WORKLOAD FOR FACULTY MEMBERS. (a) Faculty members normally are full-time employees of the University and, as such, their primary employment activity will be their academic and professorial responsibilities except when there is a written agreement between the individual and the University to the contrary. (b) The workload of faculty shall include teaching, research/scholarly/creative activities, and service to the University and to the Union. Normally the proportionate distribution of time among those activities will be about 40%, 40%, and 20%, recognizing that these activities overlap. However, the workload of any individual faculty member may vary from this distribution as a result of: (i) the nature of the member's appointment; (ii) the administrative duties of the member; (iii) diversity of paths for career development; (iv) diversity in career patterns as may apply to different disciplines. (c) The teaching workload is assigned by the ▇▇▇▇ of the appropriate Faculty based on recommendations from Department Chairs and Program Directors, and in a way that is consistent with this Article.
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