Chapter Four

Sec. 4.3.1 Annual Work Plan and Presence at the University

A. Annual Work Plan
Each faculty member shall collaborate with the departmental chair, or the appropriate supervisor as designated by the dean in units without departments, to develop an annual work plan which they shall submit to the dean for approval. The work plan shall specify the responsibilities of the faculty member for teaching, research, service, other institutional obligations, and other activities or requirements for the faculty member's presence on campus. When circumstances require changes in the work plan, the faculty member and chair shall file an amended plan (including an explanation of the necessary changes) for the dean's approval.

B. Presence at the University
Each dean may require the unit faculty to report two weeks before classes begin in Fall and to continue in actual attendance until two weeks after the end of the final examination period in Spring except when an approved faculty work plan provides otherwise. Temporary absence from residency for faculty members during the period when their contract requires them to be in residence shall be arranged in accordance with regulations of the unit. Each faculty member is responsible for the conduct of assigned courses and is required to meet such classes and make such assignments as will fulfill the intent of the courses.

Sec. 4.3.2 Compensation

Each faculty member’s base salary, exclusive of supplemental pay, once established for tenured faculty or during a contract period at the University of Louisville shall not be reduced except in a fiscal emergency or under the most extreme circumstances.

Sec. 4.3.3 Work Outside the University

Full-time faculty of the University may carry out professional work outside the University, with or without pay, usually for not more than the equivalent of one work day a week, averaged throughout the number of weeks of their employment in a given year, provided that such work is previously approved by the dean as appropriate to the faculty member's expertise and the mission of the university and provided that such work does not conflict or interfere with the faculty member's schedule of assignments and responsibilities at the University. As part of the documentation for annual review, full-time faculty shall submit a report of this professional work outside the University under the provisions of this section. If a unit has a Professional Practice Plan that has been reviewed by the faculty of the Unit and approved by the Board of Trustees, then that Professional Practice Plan supersedes this section.

Sec. 4.3.4 Paid Tutoring

No one shall receive any compensation for tutoring students in a course in which that person is empowered to grant the student credit or over which any direct authority may be exercised.

Sec. 4.3.5 Sabbatical Leave

The sabbatical leave is recognized as a serious professional responsibility and shall be utilized for activities that will improve the faculty member's contribution to the University's missions. A tenured faculty member who has six contract years of full-time service at the University of Louisville may petition for a sabbatical leave of absence for one-half contract year on full pay or for one contract year on one-half pay. Faculty members on twelve-month appointments may receive six months of leave with full pay or twelve months' leave with one-half pay. No more than one year of leave, as defined in Sec. 4.3.6 and 4.3.7, may be counted as years of service toward sabbatical leave. The University shall make every effort to approve all appropriate applications. Sabbatical leave shall be granted only upon the approval of the dean (and the Executive Vice President for Health Affairs, where appropriate), the Executive Vice President and University Provost, and the President. No leave will be granted without the guarantee of at least one year of continued full-time service after return from the sabbatical leave.

Sec. 4.3.6 Leave of Absence Without Pay

A faculty member may request a leave of absence without pay at any time. The dean of the unit, the Executive Vice President and University Provost, and the President must approve such leaves. Disciplinary leaves of absence without pay may be imposed by deans with the approval of the Executive Vice President and University Provost and the President.

Sec. 4.3.7 Leave of Absence With Pay

A faculty member may request a leave of absence with pay at any time. The dean of the unit, the Executive Vice President and University Provost and the President must approve such leaves. Disciplinary leaves of absence with pay may be imposed by deans with the approval of the Executive Vice President and University Provost and the President.