Common use of Improvement Plan Clause in Contracts

Improvement Plan. FULL-TIME FACULTY A regular or grant status full-time faculty member receiving a “Need for Improvement” rating on an evaluation shall be placed on an Improvement Plan. If the College determines it to be the best course of action, a faculty member may also be placed on an improvement plan by the College as the result of the complaint process covered in Article 29.G. The Association will be sent a copy of any Improvement Plan to help assist the faculty member. Further, the faculty member shall have the right to representation, upon request, at any and all meetings called by the College concerning an Improvement Plan. The faculty member shall arrange for representation so that meetings regarding the plan shall not be unreasonably delayed. 1. The faculty member’s immediate supervisor shall hold a conference at which time the faculty member will be given a written improvement plan and will be allowed an opportunity to review the plan with the supervisor. The following applies to the improvement plan: a. Each area in which a “Need for Improvement” is identified on the performance rating will be considered in developing the Improvement Plan. A timeline will also be included. b. The following are some methods which may be utilized in implementing the Improvement Plan. This list is not intended to be exclusive. i. Consultation with colleagues for purposes of assistance in problem areas. ii. Reassignment of duties to facilitate improvement. iii. Additional training or course work. iv. Personal counseling. v. Support and direction by immediate supervisors. vi. Consultation with the Opportunity Center. c. The faculty member’s right to confidentiality shall be maintained. d. Improvement plans shall include at least the five sections below with each section containing clearly stated item(s). i. Standard(s) and/or deficiency(ies). ii. Expectation(s) for each standard. iii. How satisfactory achievement of each standard will be determined. iv. Suggestion(s) for achieving each standard. v. Monitoring, assistance, and feedback to be provided by the supervisor. 2. The faculty member will be given sixty (60) calendar days to meet the expected level of performance. This period may be extended by mutual consent in thirty (30) day increments to a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days extension, for a total maximum of one hundred eighty (180) calendar days. The Improvement Plan timeline will be put on hold during non-duty terms that are not part of the faculty member’s regular contract year. The timeline will also be put on hold during College breaks (e.g. Winter and Spring breaks). The March 15 date for “Notice of Employment” or nonrenewal shall be extended until the end of the plan. 3. Normally, plan(s) would be extended to coincide with the end of a regular academic term. Whenever four (4) or more areas of performance need improvement, the College may prioritize the plan into two sequential parts. Satisfactory progress, or completion, of part one will then lead to part two. In this case, each part will have its own timeline subject to Article 10.D.2. Both parts of the plan must be satisfactorily completed. Unsatisfactory progress or completion of part one will lead to Article 10.D.5. 4. If, at the conclusion of the improvement plan, the faculty member has met or exceeded the level of performance outlined in Article 10.D.1, the immediate supervisor will notify the faculty member and the plan of improvement shall be discontinued. 5. Faculty members who fail to meet the expected level of performance may be terminated or nonrenewed as provided in Article 12.A.9.

Improvement Plan. FULL-TIME FACULTY A regular or grant status full-time faculty member receiving a “Need for Improvement” rating on an evaluation in conjunction with Section E.3 above shall be placed on required to participate in an opportunity to become more effective through an Improvement Plan. If The administrator presenting the College determines it Improvement Plan must inform the member of their right to be the best course of action, a faculty member may also be placed on an improvement plan representation by the College as Association. The employee may then inform the result Association of and seek assistance from the Association on the Improvement Plan. The Association may request, upon approval of the complaint process covered in Article 29.G. The Association will be sent member, a copy of any the Improvement Plan to help assist the faculty memberPlan. Further, the faculty member employee shall have the right to representationrepresentation by the Association, upon request, at any and all meetings called by the College concerning an Improvement Plan. The faculty member employee shall arrange for representation so that meetings regarding the plan shall not be unreasonably delayed. 1. The faculty member’s immediate supervisor shall hold a conference at which time the faculty member will be given a written improvement plan and will be allowed an opportunity to review the plan with the supervisor. The following applies to the improvement plan: a. Each area in which a “Need for Improvement” is identified on the performance rating will be considered in developing the Improvement Plan. A timeline will also be included. b. 2. The following are some methods which may be utilized in implementing the Improvement Plan. This list is not intended to be exclusive. i. a. Consultation with colleagues for purposes of assistance in problem areas. ii. b. Reassignment of duties to facilitate improvement. iii. c. Additional training or course workcoursework paid by the College. iv. d. Personal growth counseling. v. e. Support and direction by immediate supervisorsadministrators. vi3. Consultation with the Opportunity Center. c. The faculty memberemployee’s right to confidentiality shall be maintained. d. 4. Improvement plans Plans shall include at least the five sections below with each section containing clearly stated item(s). i. a. Standard(s) and/or deficiency(ies). ii. b. Expectation(s) for each standard. iii. c. How satisfactory achievement of each standard will be determineddetermined (all standards must be measurable). iv. d. Suggestion(s) for achieving each standard. v. e. Monitoring, assistance, and feedback to be provided by the supervisor. 2. The faculty member As each standard is achieved during the plan, said standard will be given sixty (60) calendar days to meet the expected level of performance. This period may be extended by mutual consent in thirty (30) day increments to a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days extension, for a total maximum of one hundred eighty (180) calendar days. The Improvement Plan timeline identified as being met and will be put on hold during non-duty terms that are not part of the faculty member’s regular contract year. The timeline will also be put on hold during College breaks (e.g. Winter and Spring breaks). The March 15 date for “Notice of Employment” or nonrenewal shall be extended until the end of removed from the plan. 3. Normally, plan(s) would be extended to coincide with the end of a regular academic term. Whenever four (4) or more areas of performance need improvement, the College may prioritize the plan into two sequential parts. Satisfactory progress, or completion, of part one will then lead to part two. In this case, each part will have its own timeline subject to Article 10.D.2. Both parts of the plan must be satisfactorily completed. Unsatisfactory progress or completion of part one will lead to Article 10.D.5. 4. If, at the conclusion of the improvement plan, the faculty member has met or exceeded the level of performance outlined in Article 10.D.1, the immediate supervisor will notify the faculty member and the plan of improvement shall be discontinued. 5. Faculty members who fail to meet the expected level of performance may be terminated or nonrenewed as provided in Article 12.A.9.

Improvement Plan. FULL-TIME FACULTY A regular or grant status full-time faculty member receiving a “Need for Improvement” rating on an evaluation shall be placed on an Improvement Plan. If the College determines it to be the best course of action, a faculty member may also be placed on an improvement plan by the College as the result of the complaint process covered in Article 29.G. The Association will be sent a copy of any Improvement Plan to help assist the faculty member. Further, the faculty member shall have the right to representation, upon request, at any and all meetings called by the College concerning an Improvement Plan. The faculty member shall arrange for representation so that meetings regarding the plan shall not be unreasonably delayed. 1. The faculty member’s immediate supervisor shall hold a conference at which time the faculty member will be given a written improvement plan and will be allowed an opportunity to review the plan with the supervisor. The following applies to the improvement plan: a. Each area in which a “Need for Improvement” is identified on the performance rating will be considered in developing the Improvement Plan. A timeline will also be included. b. The following are some methods which may be utilized in implementing the Improvement Plan. This list is not intended to be exclusive. i. Consultation with colleagues for purposes of assistance in problem areas. ii. Reassignment of duties to facilitate improvement. iii. Additional training or course work. iv. Personal counseling. v. Support and direction by immediate supervisors. vi. Consultation with the Opportunity CenterCenter for Academic Innovation. c. The faculty member’s right to confidentiality shall be maintained. d. Improvement plans shall include at least the five sections below with each section containing clearly stated item(s). i. Standard(s) and/or deficiency(ies). ii. Expectation(s) for each standard. iii. How satisfactory achievement of each standard will be determined. iv. Suggestion(s) for achieving each standard. v. Monitoring, assistance, and feedback to be provided by the supervisor. 2. The faculty member will be given sixty (60) calendar days to meet the expected level of performance. This period may be extended by mutual consent in thirty (30) day increments to a maximum of one hundred twenty (120) calendar days extension, for a total maximum of one hundred eighty (180) calendar days. The Improvement Plan timeline will be put on hold during non-duty terms that are not part of the faculty member’s regular contract year. The timeline will also be put on hold during College breaks (e.g. Winter and Spring breaks). The March 15 date for “Notice of Employment” or nonrenewal shall be extended until the end of the plan. 3. Normally, plan(s) would be extended to coincide with the end of a regular academic term. Whenever four (4) or more areas of performance need improvement, the College may prioritize the plan into two sequential parts. Satisfactory progress, or completion, of part one will then lead to part two. In this case, each part will have its own timeline subject to Article 10.D.2. Both parts of the plan must be satisfactorily completed. Unsatisfactory progress or completion of part one will lead to Article 10.D.5. 4. If, at the conclusion of the improvement plan, the faculty member has met or exceeded the level of performance outlined in Article 10.D.1, the immediate supervisor will notify the faculty member and the plan of improvement shall be discontinued. 5. Faculty members who fail to meet the expected level of performance may be terminated or nonrenewed as provided in Article 12.A.9.