18.1 The University recognizes the importance of an adequate working environment and supporting services to promote effective teaching, learning and research. Therefore, within the limits of available space and resources, the University shall make a good faith reasonable effort to provide each Member of the Bargaining Unit the following:
18.1.1 suitable office space and furniture, phone, and network-compatible computer with access to either a network or personal printer;
18.1.2 access to copying services for their reasonable academic copying needs;
18.1.3 office and classroom supplies; and
18.1.4 library resources, computing systems with technical support, classrooms, and laboratories that are responsive to Bargaining Unit Faculty and student needs, in compliance with O.S.H.A. standards, and consistent with standards of quality recognized at the national level.
18.2 The University will make a good faith effort to respond in a timely fashion to reasonable requests from Bargaining Unit Faculty for measures to secure hazardous materials. |
18.1 The
University recognizes the importance of an adequate working environment and
supporting services to promote effective teaching, and learning and
research. Therefore, within the limits of available space and
resources, the University shall make a good faith reasonable effort to provide
each Member of the Bargaining Unit the following:
18.1.1 suitable office space and furniture, phone, and network-compatible computer with access to either a network or personal printer;
18.1.2 access to copying services for their reasonable academic
copying needs;
18.1.3
office and classroom supplies; and
18.1.4
library resources, computing systems with technical support, classrooms, and
laboratories that are responsive to Bargaining Unit Faculty and student needs,
in compliance with O.S.H.A. standards, and consistent with standards of quality
recognized at the national level.
18.2 The
University will make a good faith effort to respond in a timely fashion to
reasonable requests from Bargaining Unit Faculty for measures to secure
hazardous materials. |
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18.4 Professional Development Fund: The purpose of the Professional Development Fund is to afford each NTE Bargaining Unit Member the opportunity to improve scholarship and teaching in pursuit of the goals of the university. Both the University and the AAUP-WSU recognize the importance of continuous improvement in the skills and accomplishments of the faculty in these areas.
18.4.1 During each fiscal year of this contract each college shall make available a sum of no less than $900 for each NTE Bargaining Unit Member for professional development. Professional development expenses may include but are not limited to: travel, software, hardware, books, journals, and supplies that directly support the teaching or research of the Member. This fund is not to be used for professional memberships unless such are needed in order to obtain publications not otherwise readily available. This fund shall not be used either to supplant routine computer hardware replacements or to obtain software for which the University purchases a site license. It may be used to replace hardware more frequently than the usual scheduled replacement cycle or to upgrade existing hardware.
18.4.2 Unused funds shall be carried forward from one year to the next by the college on behalf of each eligible faculty member. Beginning July 1, 2012 the maximum amount available to any Member pursuant to Sections 18.4.1 through 18.4.5 will be $3,200.
18.4.3 Disbursements from these funds must be approved by the Member’s dean or designee. To request funds, a Member must submit to his or her department chair a written request that includes a statement describing how the requested travel or materials will enhance the Member’s teaching or contribute to scholarly productivity.
18.4.4 The impact or result of professional development funding should be reflected in each Member’s annual faculty activity report.
18.4.5 Deans are not required to disburse faculty development funds to Members with a continuing pattern of poor performance, to Members who have not reasonably demonstrated productive use of past funds, or to Members whose requests do not show a direct relationship between the requested expenditure and their teaching or research that might reasonably lead to grants, publications, or other scholarly productivity.
18.4.6 Nothing in this article precludes Deans and/or Department Chairs from providing additional funds for travel or to support other professional development activities or needs.
18.5 Academic Services Committee. The University and the AAUP-WSU agree that service units which are responsive to faculty needs are essential in order for the core missions of Wright State University in teaching and research to be accomplished. To this end, the parties will maintain an Academic Services Committee to review and make recommendations regarding the services provided to faculty in support of their teaching and research by Computing and Telecommunication Services (CaTS), the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), the Office of the Registrar, and the Physical Plant. |
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18.4 Professional Development Fund: The purpose
of the Professional Development Fund is to afford each NTE Bargaining Unit
Member the opportunity to improve scholarship and teaching in pursuit of the
goals of the university. Both the University and the AAUP-WSU recognize the
importance of continuous improvement in the skills and accomplishments of the faculty
in these areas.
18.4.1 During each fiscal year of this contract
each college shall make available a sum of no less than $900 for each NTE
Bargaining Unit Member for professional development. Professional development
expenses may include but are not limited to: travel, software, hardware, books,
journals, and supplies that directly support the teaching or research of the
Member. This fund is not to be used for professional memberships unless such
are needed in order to obtain publications not otherwise readily available.
This fund shall not be used either to supplant routine computer hardware
replacements or to obtain software for which the University purchases a site
license. It may be used to replace hardware more frequently than the usual
scheduled replacement cycle or to upgrade existing hardware.
18.4.2 Unused funds shall be carried forward from
one year to the next by the college on behalf of each eligible faculty member.
Beginning July 1, 2012 the maximum amount available to any Member pursuant to
Sections 18.4.1 through 18.4.5 will be $3,200.
18.4.3 Disbursements from these funds must be
approved by the Member’s dean or designee. To request funds, a Member must
submit to his or her department chair a written request that includes a
statement describing how the requested travel or materials will enhance the
Member’s teaching or contribute to scholarly productivity.
18.4.4 The impact or result of professional
development funding should be reflected in each Member’s annual faculty
activity report.
18.4.5 Deans are not required to disburse faculty
development funds to Members with a continuing pattern of poor performance, to
Members who have not reasonably demonstrated productive use of past funds, or
to Members whose requests do not show a direct relationship between the
requested expenditure and their teaching or research that might reasonably lead
to grants, publications, or other scholarly productivity.
18.4.6 Nothing in this article precludes Deans
and/or Department Chairs from providing additional funds for travel or to
support other professional development activities or needs.
18.5 Academic Services Committee. The University and
the AAUP-WSU agree that service units which are responsive to faculty needs are
essential in order for the core missions of Wright State University in teaching
and research to be accomplished. To this end, the parties will maintain an
Academic Services Committee to review and make recommendations regarding the
services provided to faculty in support of their teaching and research by
Computing and Telecommunication Services (CaTS), the Center for Teaching and
Learning (CTL), the Office of the Registrar, and the Physical Plant. |
18.5.1 Committee Membership. The Academic Services Committee shall have seven members, each of whom will be a tenured faculty member, and none of whom can be a director of or otherwise directly affiliated with any of the four units named in Section 18.5. In the fall of 2008, AAUP-WSU will appoint a member from the Lake Campus to serve in the 2008-2009 academic year. Thereafter, in the spring of each year, the University and AAUP-WSU will alternate in appointing a member from the Lake Campus to serve on the committee in the upcoming academic year. Of the remaining six members of the committee, three will be appointed by AAUP-WSU and three by the University.
18.5.2 Each fall, the office of the Provost will arrange for an initial meeting of this Committee, at which meeting the committee will elect a chair (or co-chairs if the committee so desires).
18.5.3 Normally, only committee members will attend meetings of the committee. However, the directors of the four units specified in Section 18.5 will normally meet with the committee upon the committee’s request, and likewise the committee will normally agree to a request from one of the directors to hold a meeting with the committee. It is understood that the parties must be reasonable and flexible with respect to scheduling constraints.
18.5.4 Normally, the Committee will make recommendations to the Provost, although it may also make recommendations directly to a director of an individual unit.
18.5.5 When the Provost (or other administrator to whom the Committee issues a recommendation) takes action (or elects not to act) following a written recommendation from a majority of the Committee, the Provost (or other administrator, respectively) shall inform the Committee of such action and communicate the reasons for the decision in writing. The parties recognize that the Provost (or other administrator, respectively) will not communicate reasons for their actions (or decisions not to act) that are based on confidential information. |
18.5.1 Committee Membership. The Academic Services
Committee shall have seven members, each of whom will be a tenured faculty
member, and none of whom can be a director of or otherwise directly affiliated
with any of the four units named in Section 18.5. In the fall of 2008, AAUP-WSU
will appoint a member from the Lake Campus to serve in the 2008-2009 academic
year. Thereafter, in the spring of each year, the University and AAUP-WSU will
alternate in appointing a member from the Lake Campus to serve on the committee
in the upcoming academic year. Of the remaining six members of the committee,
three will be appointed by AAUP-WSU and three by the University.
18.5.2 Each fall, the office of the Provost will
arrange for an initial meeting of this Committee, at which meeting the
committee will elect a chair (or co-chairs if the committee so desires).
18.5.3 Normally, only committee members will attend
meetings of the committee. However, the directors of the four units specified
in Section 18.5 will normally meet with the committee upon the committee’s
request, and likewise the committee will normally agree to a request from one
of the directors to hold a meeting with the committee. It is understood that
the parties must be reasonable and flexible with respect to scheduling
constraints.
18.5.4 Normally, the Committee will make
recommendations to the Provost, although it may also make recommendations
directly to a director of an individual unit.
18.5.5 When the Provost (or other administrator to
whom the Committee issues a recommendation) takes action (or elects not to act)
following a written recommendation from a majority of the Committee, the
Provost (or other administrator, respectively) shall inform the Committee of
such action and communicate the reasons for the decision in writing. The
parties recognize that the Provost (or other administrator, respectively) will
not communicate reasons for their actions (or decisions not to act) that are
based on confidential information. |
