Sabbaticals and Professional Development Programs Clause Samples
Sabbaticals and Professional Development Programs. 22.1 Sabbaticals.
(a) Policy. Sabbaticals are granted to increase an employee's value to the University through opportunities for research, writing, professional renewal, further education or other experiences of professional value. While such leaves may be provided in relation to an employee’s years of service, they are not primarily a reward for service.
(b) Types of Sabbaticals.
(1) Type I Sabbaticals: Each year, each college shall make available at least one Type I sabbatical, either at full pay for one semester [Type IA] or one at three-fourths pay for one academic year [Type IB], for each twenty tenured and tenure-earning employees, subject to the conditions of this Article. Standard rounding techniques shall be used to determine the total number of Type I sabbaticals to be made available in each college. (e.g., a college with 29 tenured or tenure-earning employees shall make one Type I sabbatical available. A college with 30 tenured or tenure-earning employees shall make two Type I sabbaticals available.) Colleges with fewer than twenty tenured and tenure-earning employees shall make available at least one such sabbatical every other year.
Sabbaticals and Professional Development Programs. Renegotiations for the agreement term September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2024 shall begin no later than September 29, 2023 and shall include Article 23, Salaries and shall also include Article 16,
Sabbaticals and Professional Development Programs. 20.1 Sabbaticals and professional development awards for 2013-14 were granted under the provisions of the 2010-2013 collective bargaining agreement. The program below starts with the application process in 2013-2014.
20.2 The parties agree that research and development programs are intended to advance the abilities of faculty members and to strengthen the university as well. Such programs contribute significantly to the quality and success of research universities, and they provide eligible faculty members with the opportunity for professional renewal, planned travel, study, formal education, research, writing, faculty development, certification, or other experiences of professional value. The parties agree that such programs must be flexible to meet the diverse needs of faculty in the bargaining unit.
Sabbaticals and Professional Development Programs. Sabbaticals. The parties agree that research and development programs are intended to advance the abilities of faculty members and to strengthen the university as well. Such programs contribute significantly to the quality and success of research universities. Sabbaticals are granted to tenured faculty members to permit them to engage in intensive programs of research and/or study. Sabbaticals constitute a research assignment and are granted to faculty members to enable them to further their research or other creative activities, to improve teaching skills, to enhance the university’s distinction and a faculty member’s value to the university. Sabbaticals are granted in a process described in this Article.
Sabbaticals and Professional Development Programs