A Absences... 5, 45, 46, 48, 49, 54, 55, 56 Academic Calendar... 83 ACADEMIC FACULTY... 13 ACADEMIC FREEDOM, Article 2... 3 Academic Rank for Provosts and Academic Deans. 19 ACCRETION, Article 8... 19 Act 182... 22, 46 Act 188 of 1982, the State System of Higher Education Act... 2 Act 195... 3, 21, 91, 101, 108, 120, 123 Act 84 of 1988... See Fair Share Acting Managers... 18 Annual Leave... 18 APSCUF Approval... 18 Bargaining Unit... 18 Course Load... 18 Departmental Meetings... 19 Discipline/Grievance Rights... 19 Overload... 18 Seniority... 18, 132 Term of Appointment... 18 Activity Course... 77 ADMINISTRATIVE FACULTY... 13 Advising... 5, 100, 121 Agreement... 1, 123 AGREEMENT AGAINST STRIKES AND LOCK- OUTS, Article 33... 101 Alternative Retirement Plan... 47, 49, 56, 65, 134 Annuitant Health Care Program... 62, 63, 64, 65 APPOINTMENT OF FACULTY, Article 11... 22 Department Chair Recommendation... 22 Department Recommendation... 22 APSCUF Bargaining Unit List... 91 Bargaining Unit Members... 2, 19 Certification... 1 Contractual Deadlines... 101 Definition... 1 Distance Eduation Advisory Committee... 116 Dues... See MAINTENANCE OF MEMBERSHIP AND CHECK-OFF, Article 28 Exclusive Bargaining Agent... 3 Expenses... 20, 101 Faculty Lists... 23 Grievance... 5, 6 Health Care Cost Containment Committee... 65 Information Requests... 20 Leaves for APSCUF Service... 51 Local Grievance Chairperson... 6 Local President of APSCUF 7, 23, 31, 83, 96, 122, 123, 127 Local Representatives... 7, 21, 39, 43 Meet and Discuss... See Meet and Discuss Membership... See MAINTENANCE OF MEMBERSHIP AND CHECK-OFF, Article 28 Official Business... 20 Policy Grievance... 5 Rights... 9, 19 State President of APSCUF... 23, 83, 123, 132 State Vice-President of APSCUF... 83 Statewide Representatives... 21 University-wide Orientation... 21 Use of University Equipment... 20 Arbitration... 5, 7, 8, 9, 40, 97, 99, 112, 134 American Arbitration Association ("AAA")... 7 Arbitrator... 7, 8, 40, 97, 112, 134 Awards... 9 Binding... 7, 8 Fees and Expenses... 8 Voluntary Labor Arbitration Rules... 8 Assistant/Associate Director(s) of Athletics... 82 Athletic Director... 82 Athletic Trainer... 81 Attrition... 92 Audio-Visual Aids... 4 Bargaining Unit Work... 13 Board of Governors... 1 Branch Campus... 112 BRANCH CAMPUSES AND OTHER TEACHING LOCATIONS, Article 40... 112 Censorship... 3, 4 Chancellor... 6, 7, 18, 19, 34, 94, 96, 102, 103, 106, 112, 123, 124, 131 Check-off (Dues)... See MAINTENANCE OF MEMBERSHIP AND CHECK-OFF, Article 28 Childrearing Leave... 53 Civil Leave... 51 Civil Rights Act of 1964... 4 Classroom Visitations... 26, 28 Coaching and Athletic Administration... 81 CONTINUING EDUCATION, Article 27... 89 Cooperative Education... 78 Credit Hour... 16, 88, 123 Curriculum Committee... 78, 100, 116 Dean.. 9, 10, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 41, 42, 45, 47, 51, 52, 53, 68, 79, 92, 122 Definitions ACADEMIC FACULTY... 1 ADMINISTATIVE FACULTY... 1 APSCUF... 1 CHILD OF SAME SEX DOMESTIC PARTNER... 3 COMMONWEALTH... 2 DOMESTIC PARTNER... 2 FACULTY... 2 NON-TENURE TRACK FACULTY... 2 PROBATIONARY NON-TENURED FACULTY MEMBER... 2 REGULAR... 2 STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION... 2 UNIVERSITIES... 1 Department Chairperson Assistant... 11 Bargaining Unit... 1 Classroom Visitations... 28 1
Duties... 9 Election... 10 Library Faculty... 79 Removal... 11 Stipend... 11 Substitutions... 22, 29, 38, 42, 50 Summer Compensation... 10 Summer Duties... 10, 13 Workload Equivalents... 12 DEPARTMENT CHAIRPERSONS, Article 6... 9 Department Committees Department Evaluation Committee.. 16, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37 Department Promotion Committee... 42 Department Tenure Committee... 38 Departmental Vacancy... 22 Directing And/Or Advising Forensics, Dramatics and Journalism... 83 Directing Music Activities... 82 Disability... 4, 45, 54, 55 Accommodation... 4 Disability Retirement... 47, 55, 65, 134 Disability Retirement Determination Procedure for Alternative Retirement Plan Appendix E... 134 Social Security Disability Benefits... 54 Work-Related Disability Leave... 54, 55, 131 Discharge... 7, 8, 64, 102, 132 Disciplinary Action... 4, 8, 119 Discipline... 7, 8, 19, 40, 102, 119 Discrimination... 4 DISTANCE EDUCATION, Article 41... 114 Compensation... 117 Course Development... 117 Course Re-development... 118 Course Approval... 116 Definition... 114 Distance Education Advisory Committee... 116 Evaluation... 33 FACULTY Participation... 115 Home Site... 115 Instructor of Record... 115 Intellectual Property... 117 Originating FACULTY MEMBER(S)... 115 Remote Site... 115 Student Evaluation Instrument... 33 Technical and Instructional Support... 116 Travel... 119 Distinguished Visiting Professors... 17 Doctoral Programs... 15 Doctoral Student... 15 Domestic Partner.. 2, 3, 46, 53, 57, 58, 59, 60, 62, 70, 97, 142 Dues... See MAINTENANCE OF MEMBERSHIP AND CHECK-OFF, Article 28 DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF FACULTY MEMBERS, Article 4... 5 Early Retirement Alternatives... 20 Educational Leaves... 51 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... 34 Evaluation Categories... 26 Classroom Observation... 33 Dates... 31, 32, 33 Dean... 30 Department Chairperson... 29 Department Committee... 27 Distance Education... 33 Faculty Members with Mixed Work Assignments... 26, 31 Faculty Whose Basic Responsibilities Lie Outside the Classroom... 26, 30 Faculty With Work Assignments Outside of Their Department... 29 General Procedures... 27 Interim... 33 Probationary Faculty Members... 31 Renewal/Non-Renewal... 31 Scholary Growth... 26 Service... 27 Teaching Associates... 16 Teaching Effectiveness... 26 Temporary Faculty... 33 Tenured Faculty... 32 Visiting Professors... 17 FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, Article 43... 120 Faculty Whose Basic Responsibilities Lie Outside the Classroom Bargaining Unit... 1 Department Chairperson... 12 Stipend... 12 Evaluation... 30 Job Descriptions... 41 Overload... 87 Workload... 80 FAIR PRACTICES, Article 3... 4 Fair Share... 90, 91 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993... 53, 54 Family Care Leave... 53 Federal Executive Orders 11246 and 11375... 4 FRINGE BENEFITS, Article 21... 56 Annuitant Health Care Coverage... 62, 63, 64 Blue Shield Signature 65 Supplement... 64 COBRA... 61 Coverage for Leave Without Pay... 61 Dependency Coverage... 57 Eligibility... 56 Full-Time Employee Health Care Choices... 57 Full-Time Employee Premium Contribution... 58 Health Care Management Program... See Wellness Program HMO... 57, 59, 60, 61 Indemnity Plan... 58, 60, 63, 64, 141 Life Insurance... 66 Medicare... 63 Open Enrollment... 57 Part-Time Employee Health Care Choices... 59 Part-Time Employee Premium Contribution... 60 2
PPO... 57, 58, 60, 63, 142 Prescription Drug Card... 61 Prescription Drug Coverage... 61 Spouse/Domestic Partner Coverage... 57 Temporary Faculty... 56 Full Workload... 77 Good Faith... 1, 30, 40, 97, 107 Grade Books... 4 Graduate Assistants... 15 Graduate Teaching... 77 Grant Funded Positions Annual Service Increment... 25 Promotion... 25 Grievance Amendments... 6 Definition... 6 Disposition... 9 Extensions... 9 Local Grievance Chairperson... 6, 8 Policy... 5 Rights of APSCUF... 9 Step Four - Binding Arbitration... 7 Step One... 6 Step Three... 6, 7, 9 Step Three Grievance Meeting... 7 Step Two... 6 Time Limits... 8, 9 GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE AND ARBITRATION, Article 5... 5, 13, 19, 30, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 43, 50, 56, 90, 100, 107, 116 Health and Welfare Fund... 57, 97, 98, 99 Board of Trustees... 97 HEALTH AND WELFARE, Article 30... 97 Health Care... See FRINGE BENEFITS, Article 21 Health Care Cost Containment Committee. 58, 60, 65, 66 Health Care Management Program (Wellness Program)... 58, 59, 60, 142 HIPAA... 142 Holidays... 66 Immediate Family Definition... 46 Incentives Other Teaching Locations... 113 Indemnity for Liability... 99 INDEPENDENT STUDY AND INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION, Article 26... 87 Payment Formula... 89 Instructional Television Tapes... 99 Insurance... See FRINGE BENEFITS, Article 21 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, Article 39... 108 Definition... 109 Dispute Resolutions... 112 Distance Education... 117 Internships... 78 INTER-UNIVERSITY TRANSFERS, Article 34. 102 INVESTIGATION OF COMPLAINTS AGAINST FACULTY MEMBERS, Article 42... 119 Jury Duty... 51 Just Cause... 8, 37, 40 Laboratories... 15, 77 Laboratory School FACULTY... 80 LEAVES OF ABSENCE, Article 18... 48 LEGISLATIVE ACTION, Article 35... 107 Librarians... 1, 79 Department Chairperson... 79 Stipend... 79 Overload... 87 Workload... 79 Library Director... 42 Library Materials... 4 Life Insurance... See FRINGE BENEFITS, Article 21 Lock-Out... 102 MAINTENANCE OF MEMBERSHIP AND CHECK-OFF, Article 28... 90 Managers Who Perform Teaching Duties... 18 Meet and Discuss... 3, 19, 34, 56, 73, 80, 84, 91, 97, 101, 107, 123 Local Meet and Discuss. 13, 15, 16, 17, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28, 44, 72, 83, 88, 89, 90, 100, 116 State Meet and Discuss... 4, 17, 20, 24, 25, 44, 56, 84, 100, 111, 123 Military Leaves... 51 MISCELLANEOUS CONDITIONS, Article 31... 99 Miscellaneous Leaves Without Pay... 52 Mixed Workloads... 41, 78, 81 Moving Expenses... 96, 106 Music Activities... 82 Non-Bargaining Unit Employees... 19 Non-Renewal... See RENEWALS AND NON- RENEWALS, Article 14 Office Hours... 5, 34, 77 Offices... 99 Orientation... 21, 26 Other Teaching Locations... 112 OVERLOAD, Article 25... 85 Acting Managers... 18 Faculty Whose Basic Responsibilities Lie Outside the Classroom... 87 Library Faculty... 87 Preparation... 85 Student Teacher Supervisor... 87 Workload Hour... 85 Parental Leave... 52, 132 Part Time Faculty Health and Welfare Fund... 98 Health Care... 59 Hiring... 23 Regular Part-Time Faculty, Article 44... 120 Regulations... 23 Retrenchment... 92 Salaries... 72 Sick Leave Accrual... 44 Part-Time Teaching in Other Departments... 14 Past Practice... 100 Pennsylvania Human Relations Act... 53 Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board... 1, 3, 51 3
PERFORMANCE OF BARGAINING UNIT WORK, Article 7... 13 PERFORMANCE REVIEW AND EVALUATION OF FACULTY, Article 12... 26 Personal Leave Days... 67 PERSONNEL FILES, Article 13... 34 Pre-Employment File... 34 Pregnancy... 52, 53 Preparations... 77 Probationary Faculty Definition... 2 Evaluation... 31 Probationary Period... 24, 37 Renewals/Non-Renewals... 35 Retrenchment... 93 Termination and Suspension... 40 Professional Development... See FACULTY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, Article 43 Professional Leaves... 51 PROMOTIONS, Article 16... 41 Dates... 42, 43 Department Chairperson... 42 Department Committee... 42 Local Promotion Policies... 44 Promotion Policies and Procedures... 42, 43, 44 Salary Increase Upon Promotion... 43 University-Wide Promotion Committee... 42 Provost... 10, 12, 41, 42, 43 Public Employee Relations Act... See Act 195 Public School Employees' Retirement System.. 49, 56 PURPOSE... 1 RECOGNITION, Article 1... 3 Recruitment... 72 REGULAR PART-TIME FACULTY, Article 44. 120 Regulations... 23 RENEWALS AND NON-RENEWALS, Article 1435 Dates... 35, 36 Resignation... 37, 132 RETIREMENT, Article 20... 56 Annuitant Health Care Coverage... 62 Blue Shield Signature 65 Supplement... 64 Credited Service... 48, 55, 64, 65 Medicare... 62, 63, 64 Payment For Unused Sick Leave... 47 Retirement Plans... 56 Retrenchment 7, 41, 49, 70, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 114, 129 Attrition... 92 COBRA... 95 Grievances... 97 Health and Welfare Fund... 95 Meet and Discuss... 91 Preferential Hiring Rights... 16, 18, 19, 93, 94, 97 Preferential Rehiring Rights... 16, 93, 94, 95, 96 Seniority... 92, 93, 94, 95, 97, 129 Seniority List... 96 Unemployment Compensation... 94 RETRENCHMENT, Article 29... 91 RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF APSCUF, Article 9... 19 RIGHTS OF THE STATE SYSTEM/UNIVERSITIES, Article 10... 21 Sabbatical Leaves. 19, 44, 48, 49, 50, 93, 95, 96, 108, 110 Dates... 50 SALARIES, Article 22... 71 Annual Increments... 72 Cash Payments... 71 General Pay Increases... 71 Pay Schedule... 74 Winter Session... 73 Scholarly Activity... 5, 15 Seniority Acting Managers... 18 APSCUF Service... 132 Child Rearing Leave... 132 Discharge... 132 Educational Leave Without Pay... 131 Inter-University Transfer... 103, 105, 106, 132 Leave Due to Pregnancy... 132 Leave Without Pay... 131 Managers Returning to Former Departments... 132 Military Leave... 131 Parental Leave... 132 Part-Time Service... 131 Resignation... 132 Retirement... 132 Retrenchment... 129 Sabbatical Leave... 132 Suspension... 131 Work-Related Disability Leave... 131 Seniority Credit 13, 41, 104, 105, 106, 126, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133 Seniority List... 126, 129 Seniority Number... 126, 127, 132 SENIORITY POLICY... 126 Guidelines for Preparing Seniority Lists Appendix B... 129 Rules for Determining Seniority Appendix C... 131 SEPARABILITY, Article 36... 107 Sexual Harassment... 4 SICK LEAVE, Article 17... 44 Accrual... 44 Payment on Retirement... 47 Physician's Statement... 45 Reporting... 47 Sick Leave Bank... 46 Summer... 45 Usage... 45 Social Security... 54, 55 State Employees' Retirement Board... 56, 95 State Employees' Retirement Fund... 56 State Employees' Retirement System... 47, 49, 56, 65, 134 STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION Group Health Program (SSHEGHP)... 57 Strike... 101, 102 4
Student Advising... See Advising Student Evaluations... 16, 28 SUCCESSORS, Article 38... 108 SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, Article 24... 84 Compensation... 84 Contingency Contract... 84 Firm Contract... 84 Workload Hours... 84 Superannuation Age... 64, 71 Supervisors of Student Teachers... 78 Suspension... 40, 122 Syllabi... 26 Teaching Aids... 4 Teaching Associates... 15 Temporary Faculty Conversion to Tenure Track... 23 Evaluation... 33 Health Care... 56 List... 23 Part Time... 23 Personal Leave... 68 Position Conversion... 24 Reappointment... 25 Retrenchment... 92 Sick Leave Accrual... 44 TENURE, Article 15... 37 Academic Deans and Provosts... 41 Dates... 35, 38, 39 Department Chairperson... 38 Department Committee... 39 University-Wide Tenure Committee... 38 TERM OF AGREEMENT, Article 45... 123 Termination... 40, 49, 55, 122, See also Discharge Grievance... 40 Pay and Benefits... 40 Probationary Faculty... 40 Textbooks... 4, 108, 116 Thirty Percent (30%) Rule... 17 TIAA-CREF... 56 TOTALITY OF AGREEMENT, Article 37... 108 Transfers... 13, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 Inter-University Transfers... 102, 132 Retrenchment... 96, 102 To Another Department... 13 TRAVEL EXPENSES, Article 32... 101 State System's Travel and Subsistence Allowance Regulations... 101 Travel... 51, 79, 89, 101, 112, 113, 114, 119 Tuition Waivers... 70 Unemployment Compensation... 94, 99 University-Wide Committees Sabbatical Leave Committee... 50 University-Wide Promotion Committee... 42, 43 University-Wide Tenure Committee... 37, 38, 39 Vacancy Notices... 21 Vacations... 45, 69 Visiting Appointments at Other Universities within the STATE SYSTEM... 14 Vita... 28 Wellness Program... 58, 59, 60, 63, 142 Winter Session... 73 WORKLOAD AND WORKLOAD EQUIVALENTS, Article 23. 5, 77, 85, 89, 98, 117 Coaching and Athletic Administration... 81 Department Chairperson... 12 Directing And/Or Advising Forensics, Dramatics, and Journalism... 83 Directing Music Activities... 82 Distance Education... 117 Faculty Mentor... 16 Faculty Whose Basic Responsibilities Lie Outside the Classroom... 80 Full Workload... 77 Graduate Teaching... 77 Laboratory School Faculty... 80 Library Faculty... 79 Local President of APSCUF... 83 Mixed Workloads... 81 Preparations... 77 State APSCUF Officers... 83 Summer Workload Hours... 84 Supervision of Interns or Cooperative Education... 78 Supervision of Student Teachers... 78 Supervision of Thesis... 78 Work-Related Death... 48 WORK-RELATED INJURIES, Article 19... 54 Workers' Compensation Insurance Program. 54, 55 Work-Related Disability Leave...54, See also Disability 5