Common use of Faculty Assignment Clause in Contracts

Faculty Assignment. Teaching, research, and service are integral parts of a faculty member’s assignment. Instructors are not assigned research. The University and UFF recognize that there are legitimate differences in faculty development needs within the academic and university community, in interests and areas of expertise among faculty members, in conventions among academic disciplines, in academic program needs, and in the needs of units employing faculty members. A prescriptive, rigid, and uniform formula that inflexibly dictates annual workloads for individual faculty is not conducive to responding to these differences. This Agreement is intended to provide assignment flexibility, allowing for shifts in the emphasis placed on various duties throughout a faculty member’s career. The University and UFF recognize that it is a part of the faculty member’s professional responsibility to carry out a majority of their duties on campus. Examples of duties and activities which occur on campus during normal business hours, and may require attendance in-person, include, but are not limited to, regularly scheduled instructional activities, scheduled office hours, departmental or University-wide meetings (ex. All Hands), and training sessions. Attendance in campus meetings by telephone is typically not an appropriate solution to executing a faculty member’s duties. The University and UFF further recognize that other duties may be more appropriately performed in a manner and place (i.e. off-campus location), as determined by the faculty member. Regardless, a faculty member shall not choose to work off campus in a manner that materially affects their ability to perform their duties, including those that involve interaction with students, other faculty, and staff. The University shall make a reasonable and good faith effort, consistent with other provisions of this Agreement, to provide faculty members with the necessary facilities and resources for carrying out their assigned duties and responsibilities. Faculty members receive their assignments of duties and responsibilities, in writing, from the University prior to the beginning of each new semester. Assignments generally include instruction, research, and service activities; however, research and service may be assigned on a more flexible basis.