Faculty Contract - Ferris State University

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I 3.6 Academic Administrator Appointment with Tenure 2 A. Academic department heads, directors, deans, the provost/vice president for 3 Academic Affairs and the president may be granted tenure subject to the following conditions: 4 I. The academic department head, director, dean, provost/vice president 5 for Academic Affairs and president must possess qualifications appropriate to the 6 academic discipline in which tenure is conferred. 7 2. The academic department head, director, dean, provost/vice president 8 for Academic Affairs and president must have previously attained tenure at a regionally 9 accredited post-secondary or first professional-degree-granting institution. I 0 3. The tenured faculty in the academic discipline in which the person is 11 to be conferred tenure must be provided the opportunity to review and share comments 12 with their department head, dean, and the provost/vice president for Academic Affairs or 13 the president of FSU on the candidate's qualifications preceding tbe offer of tenure to the 14 candidate. 15 B. Academic administrators who are granted tenure according to Section 3.6.A 16 will not accrue seniority during the course of their administrative appointment. If an academic 17 administrator with tenure moves from his/her administrative position to a faculty position, 18 he/she will commence accruing seniority in the bargaining unit and will thereafter be subject to 19 all provisions of this Agreement, except those having to do with the attainment of tenure. 20 Section 4- REPRESENTATION AND PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT 21 4.1 Discipline 22 A. The Employer and the FF A recognize a mutual responsibility for promoting 23 professional conduct that encourages quality in the educational process, thereby reflecting 24 favorably upon tbe <strong>University</strong>. Breaches of professional conduct, as differentiated from 25 incompetence, are subject to discipline including, but are not limited to: abuse of sick leave and 26 other leaves, excessive tardiness, willful deficiencies in professional conduct and/or 27 performance, violation of Employer policies, regulations and administrative directions not 28 inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, and violation of tbe terms of this Agreement. 29 Alleged breaches of professional conduct shall be reported promptly to the offending member. 30 Issues pertaining to competence will be handled through evaluation. 31 B. Disciplinary action shall be defined as any oral or written warning; oral or 32 written reprimand; disciplinary probation; suspension, except for suspensions pending 33 investigation; discharge for misconduct or any combination of the above, of which a formal 34 record is kept or of which the disciplined member is thereafter formally prejudiced. In no case 35 will a member be subjected to disciplinary action without just cause or on the basis of any 36 anonymous information. 3 7 C. A member shall be notified of the right to have FF A representation at any 38 meeting at or from which disciplinary action, as defined in this Section, may result. In no event 15
1 shall any member be disciplined in, or as a direct result of, a meeting at which FF A 2 representation was not permitted. 3 D. If some disciplinary action may result from/during a meeting in which the 4 right to FF A representation was not permitted, or waived by the member, the member has the 5 right to terminate the meeting pending the arrival of an FF A representative. 6 E. Whenever the result of any disciplinary action, or delinquency in 7 professional performance is reduced to writing, the findings and decisions of the Employer shall 8 be filed in the member's personnel file and a copy thereof given to the member. 9 F. In cases involving disciplinary suspension or discharge, the member is 10 entitled to due process which is as follows: 11 1. A written statement from the appropriate administrator notifying a 12 member with sufficient particularity of the preliminary charges; 13 2. A conference before an impartial administrator, of which the member 14 is duly notified, at which the member must present any evidence in support of his/her 15 position. A full investigation of the charges shall be conducted; 16 3. Representation by his/her association representative and/or by counsel 17 of his/her choosing; 18 4. A decision, in writing, after the conclusion of the conference setting 19 forth the decision of the appropriate administrator; 20 5. There shall be no disciplinary suspension without salary, or 21 disciplinary discharge, until the above written decision is rendered; 22 6. Before suspending or discharging a member, the administration shall 23 consult with the president of the FF A; 24 7. The above procedure will be administered in a timely fashion; and 25 26 8. procedure. 27 4.2 Personnel Files Said decision is grievable starting with Step 4 of the grievance 28 A. No material originating after initial employment will be placed in a member's 29 official personnel file unless the member receives a copy of the material. No anonymous 30 information or derivatives thereof shall be placed or retained in any bargaining unit member's 31 official personnel file. Subsequent to the date of this Agreement in the case of disciplinary 32 infonnation or performance evaluations, members will be given the opportunity to sign or initial 33 the document before including the material in the file. Unsigned or uninitialed disciplinary 34 information or performance evaluations shall not be used in grievance procedures or 35 disciplinary action unless the Employer can establish the member was given a copy or was 36 given the opportunity to initial the material. A member's signature or initials on such material 37 does not imply agreement with the contents. 16
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