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Announcement

TO: ALL DOUGLAS COLLEGE FACULTY

FROM: ED REDMOND, Administrator of Reference, Educational Leave Committee
JIM DAVIES, Vice-President, Douglas-Kwantlen Faculty Association

   

EDUCATIONAL LEAVE

  
   
   
  
    
 
   
   
 
  
    
   

The deadline for submitting Educational Leave applications is December 1, 1981.
These requests will be distributed to the Educational Leave Committee by Ed Redmond's
office.

  

Please contact Jean Hammer, local 10 - Winslow Site, if you require a copy of the
revised guidelines for adjudicating Educational Leave requests, and refer to Article
12 of the Collective Agreement for further information relating to eligibility, etc.

GUIDELINES FOR ADJUDICATING

EDUCATIONAL LEAVE REQUESTS

 
 

Completed application forms will be sent to the responsible Dean by December Ist.
Dean will have forms duplicated and distributed to the Educational Leave Committee
members.

Relevant people (e.g. deans, directors, chairpersons, conveners) will be notified and
asked to cémment: on the application. Copies of these comments will be distributed
to the Educational Leave Commi ttee members and the applicant.

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3. The Educational Leave Committee will meet to review the application forms and have an
initial discussion on the requests.

Factors for consideration:

 
     
      
       
      
   

(a) Which of the criteria, as set down in Article 12.02 does the request fall into
and how well?

(b) A consideration of the comments from deans, directors, chairpersons, and
discipline/program groups in terms of support for the project (e.g. enthusiastic,
non-committal, against).

(c) Presentation. The legibility and clarity of the proposal. The thought given
to it in terms of goals, preparations, contacts, acceptance letters. The

consideration of the results for college, students and faculty member. What
methods of reporting and use of end results are proposed?

4. Interviews: Depending upon the number of applicants, it may be necessary to have two
or more interview teams each, with a spokesman and a recorder. A whole day will
probably need to be set aside for interviews.

   
     
       
    
    
     
    
  

questions, and points of clarification to be put to the applicants. |

(a) Before the interviews the Committee will meet as a whole to exchange comments and— — |
(b) Thirty minutes will be allowed for each interview. |
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(c) Immediately following the interviews, the Committee will meet again, as a whole,
to exchange information on each candidate's application. \

(d) A vote will be taken on each application, to determine whether it be accepted | C
or rejected. ; 4

   
       
      
      
 

5. Ranking: each member of the Educational Leave Committee will secretly rank the
successful applicants. These rankings wil] be collectively ranked on the board,
totalled, and a final list prepared.

6. Comments on each of the applications will be drawn together by the Educational Leave
Committee Chairperson, as the report and recommendations of the Committee. This
report will be circulated to all Committee members for final comment before being
submitted to the President by February 28th. —_—

J. Each applicant will receive a copy of the report after the President has notified
the applicanes of his decisions (on or before March 15th).