INSIDE DOUGLAS COLLEGE / OCTOBER 3, 1989

 

 

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2. The responsible Dean will
review the membership of the
Educational Leave Committee in
October and notify those
departments which need to elect
new members.

3. Completed application forms
will be sent to the responsible
Dean by December Ist. The
Dean will have forms, guidelines
and other relevant documents
duplicated and distributed to the
Educational Leave Committee
members. The Dean will review
all applications to ensure that
the necessary supporting
documents are included.

4. The President will inform the
College community of the
priority needs, goals, and
objectives for the coming year by
August 31 of each year.

5. The Committee will meet early
in December to review
procedures, past practices, orient
new members and choose the
chairperson.

6. Relevant people and groups (as

specified in Article 12.14 of the
ollective Agreement) will be

notified and asked to comment
on the application. Copies of
these comments will be
distributed to the Educational
Leave Committee members and
the applicant.

7. Following these comments, and
as a result of Item 6, and at the
discretion of the Committee, all
applicants may revise and
resubmit their applications.
Note: normally, substantive
revisions changing the intent of
the original application will not
be considered once the
Committee has begun its work.

8. The Director of Personnel will be
requested to verify the eligibility
of each applicant pursuant to
Articles 12.04, 12.05 and 12.06 of
the Collective Agreement.

9. The Educational Leave
Committee will meet pursuant
to Article 12.15, to review the
applications.

10. Interviews:

a) Before the interviews, the

 

Committee will meet as a whole
to exchange comments and
questions, and points of
clarification regarding the
applications.

b) Applicants will be sent questions
relevant to their applications
prior to their interview.

c) Up to thirty minutes will be
allowed for each interview.

11. Ranking:

a) Immediately following the
interviews, the Committee will
exchange information on each
candidate's application.

b) A vote will be taken on each
application, to determine
whether it be accepted for
further consideration or rejected
and therefore not ranked.
Criteria: clear, realistic and of
value to applicant and the
College.

c) Accepted applications will be
ranked.

12. Comments on each of the
applications will be drawn
together by the Educational
Leave Committee Chairperson
or designate 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 on February 28th.

13. Each applicant will receive a
copy of the Committee’s report.

14. The College President
communicated the final decision
to the applications by March 15.

EDUCATIONAL
LEAVE REPORTING
GUIDELINES

conducted during the period of
leave, and an analysis of the
results that were accomplished.

3. The report will be both:

a) A printed report, plus summary,
in the form of a written
monograph, and,

b) An open seminar presented to
the college community.

4. Inall cases, a written summary
will be published in the
INSIDER (the Douglas College
Newsletter).

5. The College President shall
determine whether or not the
educational leave recipient has
fulfilled his/her contract. The
College President may consult
with the Educational leave
Committee for assistance in
determining whether the
original purpose and objectives
of the leave have been fulfilled.

6. Inall cases, copies of the final
report will be maintained in the
Douglas College Library.

MEMORANDUM

(dated September 12, 1989)

 

 

1. All faculty granted educational
leave are required to submit a
formal report to the College
President within 2 months of
completion of their leave period.

2. The report will present both a
summary of the activities

 

To: Applicants for
Educational Leave

From: Bill Day

Re: Educational Leave
Application Review

As recommended by the Educa-
tional Leave Committee, I am writ-
ing to provide applicants with
information on the College’s needs,
goals, and objectives.

The College 5 Year Plan, and its
most current revision, establishes
certain objectives for the College.
Applicants for Educational Leave
are invited to review these docu-
ments. In my opinion, those objec-
tives that are most compatible with
those of an individual faculty
member’s objectives might include
the following:

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