Workload Fulfillment New Faculty Orientation Patricia Linton Senior Associate Dean College of Arts & Sciences

 Process of proposing, approving, and updating workload agreement  Importance of fulfilling workload agreement  Service component

Workload Agreement  Document that establishes expectations of the faculty member across the academic year (Fall & Spring).  Basis of faculty evaluation.  Links to “Workload Templates” on UA Labor Relations page:

Annual Workload Agreement Annual Activity Report Comprehensive Review File (Cumulative Report)

Development of Annual Workload Agreement Proposal initiated byDeptWorkload assigned by Faculty Chair Dean or program administrator

Development of Workload Agreement  UNAC  Proposed by faculty member – March 3 or 60 days before the end of the current contract period  Decisions by chair or program administrator – April 3 or 30 days before the end of the current contract  Assignment by Dean – May 3 or 5 days before end....  UAFT  Proposal submitted to appropriate administrator by April 2 or 40 days before the end of current contract period.  Dean/director/or designee notifies faculty of their workload by May 1 or 10 days prior to the end of current contract.

Workload Proportions  Tripartite (Teaching + Research/ Creative Activity + Service) 3:1:1 2:2:1  Bipartite (ex: Teaching + Service) 4:1 Workload type (tripartite or bipartite) approved by Dean & Provost prior to hire.

Workload components  Teaching: course assignments very specific  Research: less specific  Service: varies  Workload components of individual faculty may vary from semester to semester and/or contract period to contract period to permit variations in emphasis across teaching, research/creative activities, and service.

Midyear Revision of Workload  Proposed changes in actual workload require revision of workload document and formal approval by the Dean.  Changes should be discussed with the appropriate administrator before commitment.  Workload Agreement should be accurate before the contract period ends in May.

Revision of Workload Agreement  Change in teaching – common for specific courses to change, but workload agreement should be corrected.  Modification of research /creative activity – generally no workload revision. Activity Report will be more specific.  Change in Service – no revision for minor changes. Revision if anything substantial is deleted from the signed agreement. Activity Report will be more detailed.

Fulfillment of Workload Agreement  Avoid overloads (formal or informal). Do not anticipate that overload compensation will be available or workload adjustments approved after the fact.  Stay within the assigned workload proportions – if you propose an addition to your workload, subtract or narrow the scope of something else.  Protect research time

Teaching Assignments  According to faculty Collective Bargaining Agreements, teaching encompasses (among other things)  Delivery of instruction (whatever the format)  Preparation of course materials  Development or revision of curriculum  General advising of students  “Other activities benefitting students’ academic development.”

Service  Often minimal and vague in the first year of service  “To be determined”; “As requested” – adequate for workload agreement only in first year.  Proposal for service activity must be more specific in subsequent workloads proposed by the faculty member.

Service  Departmental (not department meetings or general advising)  College/University  Professional  Public Service (non-remunerative, drawing on professional expertise; not general good citizenship)

Service  Requests / invitations for service often come after submission of the original workload proposal.  Reevaluation of service needs in light of fiscal constraints.  Do not take on additional service activities on the assumption that expectations in other areas of the workload will change, unless workload revision is signed by the Dean or Dean’s designee. Stay within the specified service proportion of the workload.

Cautions  Faculty performance is evaluated against the workload agreement signed by the dean or dean’s designee.  Not fulfilling part of the signed workload agreement leads to problems in review.  Faculty may not self-assign revised workloads.