Approval
of a Unit's Workload Policy
The members of the unit, in
consultation with the unit administrator, and following their own by-laws and the CBA,
will prepare and adopt a workload policy that accurately represents the
composition of each component of the workload.
Upon approval by the department unit of
the workload policy, the unit administrator will forward the policy and make a
recommendation to the dean with respect to the feasibility and appropriateness
of the policy. The dean will either forward the approved policy to the AAUP
Contract Maintenance Officer or return it to the unit for revision (see below).
The AAUP Contract MaintainanceMaintenance Officer
will may review
and
either certify that the workload policy and may offer advice to its
compliance with the CBA. conforms to the bargaining contract provisions or
return it to the unit for revision (see below). Following certification, tThe
policy will be forwarded to the University Provost for review and action. Certification
will be required before the policy is transmitted further. The
University Provost will either approve a unit's workload policy or return it to
the unit for revision (see below). Approval of a proposed workload policy by
the University Provost constitutes the final step in the review process.
If the policy is not deemed feasible
or appropriate at any stage of the review, it will be returned to the faculty
of the unit with specific comments and suggestions. The faculty of a unit
shall, after having considered such comments and suggestions, adopt a final
workload policy.
A unit's final workload policy and
plan can be returned by the appropriate administrator to the unit for revision
if it is not congruent with academic program needs or does not comply with all
university policies or the collective bargaining agreement. Academic
program needs include course requirements of the academic unit, teaching
availability of full-time faculty, the non-instructional responsibilities of
the academic unit and the contributions of the unit within the college and the
university. (Article XI, Collective Bargaining Agreement, 2010-2013).
Units may modify their policy at any
time by
the procedure outlined above. [Approved by the Provost and the AAUP Executive CommitteeCouncil,
05/02/2002]