DIFFERENTIATED
WORKLOADS
"Faculty assignments and
workloads...are under the dean's supervision and administration. Departmental
chairs, program and division directors, and faculty members shall
confer with the dean about problems relating to all such matters."
(Laws of the Regents, 4.A.3)
Faculty with normal assignments
are expected to engage in and demonstrate merit in the areas of teaching,
research, and service. In the aggregate, as a school/college or total
campus, the interpretation of Regents' policy on faculty performance
is that the faculty workload is approximately weighted 40% teaching,
40% research and scholarly effort, and 20% service.
Each department/unit must
have on file with the Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs
a policy on faculty differentiated workload. This policy must recognize
that each full-time faculty member is assigned a full workload in
differential proportions of activity across three main categories:
teaching, research and service. The proportions of teaching, research
and service may vary within a full assignment, depending upon the
ongoing, existing workload demands at the department level, and consistent..."with
the concept that the appropriate mix of teaching, research or creative
work, scholarship, and service may differ from person to person, and
from time to time in the career of an individual." (Laws of the Regents,
Appendix B.2)
Assistant professors and
associate professors considering a differentiated workload should
do so with full understanding of the potential negative impact that
such a decision may have on future promotion decisions. This policy
pertains only to annual workloads. Utilization of annual differentiated
workloads in no way compromises standards governing the award of tenure
and promotion. For example, the Laws of the Regents (Article X, 2.A(2))
clearly stipulate that "tenure may be awarded only to faculty
members with demonstrated meritorious performance in each of the three
areas of teaching, research, or creative work." In the years
prior to tenure and promotion to associate professor, careful assignment
of annual workload is critical. Similar care must be given to workload
assignments prior to promotion to full professor.
The statement is a summary
of the Laws of the Regents and of current practice on the Boulder
campus. The system-wide Administrative Policy Statement is available
at:
http://www.cusys.edu/~policies
/Personnel/annworkloads.html
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