GUIDELINES FOR APPLICANTS OF EDUCATIONAL LEAVE

These guidelines have been prepared by the Educational Leave Committee
to assist faculty to submit coherent applications that are likely to be
accepted.

The Purpose of Educational Leave

Educational leave is available for regular faculty members to receive
periods of either four months' leave or one year's leave from normal
college duties. There are several conditions laid-out in Article 12 of
the Collective Agreement.

The leave must be deemed to develop the faculty member's professional
competencies and thus be of benefit both to the faculty member and the
college and its community. A wide variety of activities are acceptable
(see Article 12:02), and an application for leave can propose a series
of different activities, providing a rationale is offered for each one.
The activities do not necessarily need to be directly related to a
faculty member's current duties or responsibilities so long as suitable
benefit to the college is established.

 

The Application Process

The deadline for the committee to receive applications is December 1st
each year (but see Article 12.17 also). Applications are checked
initially by the Personnel Office in order to ensure eligibility.
Then, during December, the Educational Leave Committee reviews each
applicant's request before conducting interviews (usually in January or
early February). Following the interviews, the committee ascertains
whether each application ‘has sufficient merit to be recommended for
acceptance or not and then rank orders the recommended applications. A
final report is written and forwarded (before February 28th) to the
College President to assist him/her make a final decision, which is
communicated by memorandum to applicants shortly afterwards (before
March 15).

Submitting an Application

Applicants are required to complete the official application form and
on separate paper to submit brief typewritten responses to the series
of seven questions asked. These responses should not exceed three
typed pages in total.

The purpose of these questions is to permit the applicant to describe
and justify the proposal. Applicants should specify in detail the
proposed activities, objectives, locations, dates and timelines. Where
questions cannot be fully answered owing to lack of information at the
time of application, then this should be stated along with indications
of when and how the details will become available. Applicants should
pay particular attention to presenting the committee with a clear and
well-articulated proposal.