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ARTICLE XVII - JURY DUTY

17.1 Employees who are required to serve on a jury, or are required to report to Court in person in response to a jury duty summons, or are required to report for jury examination, or to qualify for jury duty, shall receive their regular salary during such absences provided that they remit to the University an amount equal to the compensation received by them, if any, for jury duty.

 


ARTICLE XVIII - PROFESSIONAL EVALUATION

18.1 The evaluation of the professional activities of all employees in a public institution of higher education is essential to the maintenance of academic and professional standards of excellence. The purpose of professional evaluations shall be to encourage the improvement of individual professional performance and to provide a basis for decisions on reappointment, tenure and promotions. An evaluation of professional activities shall be based on total professional performance. Written evaluation shall be on file for all employees.

18.2

  1. Evaluation of a member of the teaching faculty shall be based on total academic performance, with especial attention to teaching effectiveness, including, but not limited to, such elements as:

    1. Classroom instruction and related activities;

    2. Administrative assignments;

    3. Research; *

    4. Scholarly writing;

    5. Departmental, college and university assignments;

    6. Student guidance;

    7. Course and curricula development;

    8. Creative works in individuals discipline;

    9. Public and professional activities in field of specialty.

  2. Teaching observation, as described below, is one factor in total evaluation of academic performance of the teaching staff.

  1. At least once during each academic semester, non-tenured and non-certificated members of the teaching staff shall be observed for a full classroom period. One observation shall take place during any scheduled class during the first ten weeks of a semester. The employee shall be given no less than 24 hours of prior notice of observation.

    Tenured and certificated members of the teaching staff may be observed once each semester.

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    1. Each department P & B committee shall designate a panel, the size to be specified by the chairperson, of department observers (which shall include members of the P & B Committee). The department chairperson shall schedule the members of this panel to conduct observations as necessary. Each observer shall submit, through the department chairperson, a written observation report to the department P & B committee within one week of the observation. These observation reports shall be considered by the committee in its total evaluation of the employee.

    2. The department chairperson shall schedule the post-observation conference for the employee within two weeks after receipt of the written observation report. The post-observation conference shall include the employee and the observer. Either a member of the P & B committee or a member of the department with the rank of tenured Associate Professor or tenured Professor may be assigned by the chairperson at the request of the employee or the observer.

    3. Following the post-observation conference, the assigned P & B representative or the assigned senior faculty member shall prepare a record of the discussion in memorandum form for submission to the chairperson. If the post-observation conference includes only the observer and the employee, then the observer shall prepare the record of the discussion in memorandum form. The original conference memorandum shall be placed in the employee's personal file. The employee may have a copy of this document provided a signed receipt is tendered. The observation report shall be placed in the personal file.

    4. In the event that the observation or post-observation conference is not held within the time stipulated herein, the employee shall, within ten (10) working days thereafter, file a request for an observation and/or conference with the chairperson. A copy of the request shall be sent to the appropriate dean and the Office of the President. Failure of the employee to file the request within the stipulated time shall bar the employee from subsequent complaint regarding such non-compliance with Article 18.2 (b), 2 b) or c).Upon the receipt of the request, the college shall cause appropriate remedial action to be taken, including, if necessary, scheduling of an observation and/or observation conference by the dean or President or their designee.

    5. After ten (10) semesters of service teaching observation for adjunct personnel shall be held at the request of the chairperson or the adjunct.

18.3 Annual Evaluations:

  1. Members of the teaching faculty: At least once each year, each employee other than tenured full professors shall have an evaluation conference with the department chairperson or a member of the departmental P & B committee to be assigned by the chairperson. Tenured full professors may be evaluated. At the conference, the employee's total academic performance and professional progress for that year and cumulatively to date shall be reviewed. Following this conference, the chairperson or the assigned member of the P & B shall prepare a record of the discussion in memorandum form for inclusion in the employee's personal file. Within ten (10) working days after the conference, a copy of the memorandum shall be given to the employee. If the overall evaluation is unsatisfactory, the memorandum shall so state. The employee in such case shall have the right to endorse on the memorandum a request to appear in person before the department P&B.

  2. Members of the non-teaching staff, including Librarians, CLTs, Counselors, Student Personnel Services staff, Registrar series, HEO series and other non-teaching members of the Instructional Staff covered by this Agreement: Preferably once each semester, but at least once each year, each employee shall have an evaluation conference with the chairperson or supervisor to be designated by the appropriate dean or President. At the conference, the employee's total performance and professional progress shall be reviewed. Following this conference, the designated official shall prepare a record of the evaluation discussion in memorandum form for inclusion in the employee's personal file.A copy of the report shall be given to the employee within ten (10) working days following the conference.

  3. After four (4) semesters of service annual evaluation for adjunct personnel shall be held at the request of the chairperson or the adjunct, provided, however, that if such evaluations are conducted at the request of the adjunct, such evaluations may not be conducted more than once every four semesters.

  4. In the event that a date for yearly evaluation is not scheduled by March 1, the employee shall, within ten (10) working days thereafter, file a request for an observation and/or conference with the chairperson or supervisor. A copy of the request shall be sent to the appropriate dean and the Office of the President. Failure of the employee to file the request shall bar the employee from subsequent complaint regarding such non-compliance with the above-stated scheduling requirement. Upon receipt of the request, the dean or President shall cause appropriate remedial action to be taken to insure compliance with this provision.

18.4 In those institutions that operate on a basis other than semester (such as trimester or quarter system) the observation and evaluation provisions of this Article, where applicable, shall apply only to two of the three trimesters or two of the four quarters.

In the Hunter College Campus Schools, the respective Principals of the Elementary School and High School may, in addition to the teaching observation set forth in Article 18.2(b),conduct unscheduled observations of members of the instructional staff. If, following the observation, the principal wishes to prepare a record of the unscheduled observation,he/she shall within ten (10) days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays, from the date of the observation, conduct a post-observation conference with the employee. Following the post-observation conference, the principal shall within ten (10) days,excluding Saturdays, Sundays or legal holidays, prepare a record of the discussion in memorandum form for inclusion in the employee's personal personnel file.

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* It is understood that Lecturers and teachers in the Hunter College Campus School shall not be required to have a reseach commitment.

CUNY / CIS / Web Group, 2005





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