Common use of Teach and Instruct Clause in Contracts

Teach and Instruct. To teach and/or provide instructional support in a variety of manners and pedagogical settings. Such teaching or instructional support shall include the professional development of those giving the instruction; independent study to improve teaching; keeping abreast of current trends in an individual faculty member's academic profession. The faculty member shall also be responsible under the direction and guidance of the appropriate representative of the Employer for the content and structure of departmental programs. Departmental faculty members shall be responsible for course content, methods and materials consistent with program definition, provided, however, that nothing contained herein shall in any way be construed so as to limit the Employer's final authority to determine the nature, kind, and number of its academic programs or to limit the Employer's authority to terminate or institute any particular academic program, nor be in conflict with Article 5.1 of this Agreement.