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Department Chairs must clarify workload expectations for a T/TT faculty member who is awarded aleave (e.g., FMLA, modified instructional leave Modified Instructional Duties), research leaves like FRA and Dean’s Fellowships, etc.). In addition, the associated performance criteria considerations for annual evaluation for faculty on any kind of leave must also be clarified for the candidate and for the departmental and College evaluation committees.
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Department Chairs must clarify workload expectations for a T/TT faculty member awarded a leave (e.g., FMLA, modified instructional duties Modified Instructional Duties, FRA, and Dean’s Fellowships). The different kinds of workload and thus performance expectations differ as a function of the kind of leave. For additional information, see EVPP: Leave & Related Policies.
Personal Leaves
- Modified instructional duties. Assignment of modified instructional duties is intended to modify organized teaching responsibilities of faculty members during certain personal circumstances that “prevent them from being able to perform their classroom teaching duties, and when such modifications are found to be in the best interest of the University’s instructional programs.” (HOP 2-2240) The faculty member seeking this kind of leave must have a proposal approved by their department chair, Dean, and Provost. The proposal should entail the equivalent workload that will be accomplished in place of the relevant long session semester’s organized instructional workload. Faculty members on modified instructional leave “are expected to continue to fulfill all of their other duties as members of the faculty during the period of modification.” See COE: Modified Instructional Duties for additional information.
- Family Medical Leave (FML). Faculty members participating in FML are on full leave from their workload duties for the duration of their FML. Evaluation of faculty members who use FML should include consideration of the workload release during the leave. See COE: Sick Leave and FML > tab "FML" for additional information.
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- Grant-funded course releases. If a faculty member receives a grant-funded course release, then only the workload for the organized course is replaced by the effort expended on the grant’s research. The remainder of the faculty member’s research, service, and teaching workload remains unchanged. See COE: Release Time (aka Course Buyout for ) for additional information.
- Other research leaves. Tenured/tenure-track faculty members awarded other research leaves should work with their Department Chairs and the Dean to determine the relevant workload (and associated performance) expectations.
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