Retraining Leaves Clause Samples
Retraining Leaves. The Committee shall oversee the Retraining Leave Process (See 9 Article 26, Paragraph S for description of guidelines, procedures, applications, etc.). 10 The Committee shall make its recommendations to the College President, who shall 11 evaluate the recommendations and make a recommendation to the Chancellor. In the 12 event that the College President does not approve, both the Committee's 13 recommendation and the President's written recommendation with written rationale 14 shall be forwarded to the Chancellor for final determination. Funding for Retraining 15 Leaves shall not come from the Professional Development Committee's budget. It 16 shall be provided by the College.
Retraining Leaves. 13.10.1 Retraining leaves will be granted by the District on an as-needed basis. Qualifying needs may include the following, listed in order of priority:
A. Planning to preempt reduction in force in a discontinued discipline, or one with declining enrollment (See Article 7.7.2B)
B. District need to build faculty capacity in a discipline
C. Professional development opportunity following an unsatisfactory faculty evaluation
13.10.2 A retraining leave may be proposed either by management or by the faculty member interested in retraining.
13.10.3 Faculty requesting a full or partial leave of absence to be retrained in one discipline while teaching in another discipline or to update currency in a discipline for which they are currently qualified shall submit a written request to the supervising Vice President.
13.10.4 A retraining leave plan shall be developed through the following process:
A. The Vice President will meet with the Division Deans, the faculty member, a representative from the Association, and a representative appointed by the Academic Senate, to discuss the request and to identify or confirm the discipline for retraining. This process will take into consideration demonstrated need for additional services in the selected discipline, as determined by enrollment trends, positions ranked on the full-time faculty hiring prioritization list, etc.
B. The Vice President, the Division ▇▇▇▇ / Department Manager, the faculty member, a representative from the Association, and a representative appointed by the Academic Senate (preferably from the discipline selected for re-training), shall develop a plan to include, but not be limited to: - Identification of the retraining goal (i.e. training, certificate, degree, etc. that will provide updated skills or new minimum qualifications); - Delineation of coursework or activities to be completed with the anticipated timelines; - How the released time for retraining will be used (in part) to be balanced against current load requirements - Identification of faculty member(s) in the new discipline to be observed by the faculty member, if applicable, and/or assignment of a peer mentor for the new discipline; - Timeline and dates for submitting regular progress reports to the appropriate Vice President; - Review of re-training coursework and activities, including, if applicable, documentation such as transcripts, certificates, etc., by a Senate-designated faculty representative.
a. The retraining plan will include but ...
Retraining Leaves. REDEPLOYMENT. RESPONSIBILITY. VOLUNTARY CONTRACT TERMINATION AND EARLY PARTIAL RETIREMENT Distributed Teaching Responsibilities Transitional Appointments Retraining Leaves Redeployment Reduced Responsibility Voluntary Contract Termination Early Partial Retirement ARTICLE FINANCIAL EXIGENCY ARTICLE NOTICE. AND RECALL RIGHTS AND COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS ARTICLE SABBATICAL LEAVES ARTICLE POLITICAL LEAVE ARTICLE COURT LEAVE ARTICLE LEAVE OF ABSENCE WITHOUT SALARY ARTICLE LEAVE
Retraining Leaves. The Committee shall oversee the Retraining Leave Process