new faculty orientation sabbaticals and pdls kathleen ann long, phd, rn

New Faculty Orientation

Sabbaticals and PDLs

Kathleen Ann Long, PhD, RN

Associate Provost

August 15, 2012

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• Available to all tenured faculty, 6 years in full-time service or 6 years from any previous sabbatical

• Programs vary depending on unit status • Out of Unit (HSC, IFAS, Law) Faculty

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SABBATICALS - GENERAL

• Faculty on C&G can take if funding source covers

• Requires competitive application • Must return to UF for at least 1 year after

completion• Income from other sources to cover salary

will reduce UF salary

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SABBATICALS - GENERAL

• Available to in-unit faculty only (all except Law*, HSC, IFAS)• Three kinds are available:

• Full year (2 semesters) half pay• Awarded unless there are staffing difficulties

• Half year (1 semester) full pay• 1/20 eligible faculty, awarded competitively and no staffing

difficulties• Full year (2 semesters) full pay (2011, 2012, 2013)

• 50 total, awarded competitively and no staffing difficulties

* Law funds their own.

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SABBATICALS - IN-UNIT

• Available sabbaticals apportioned to colleges by percentage of total eligible faculty in college

• Faculty in admin unit smaller than 20 considered part of the college closest in discipline (Provost Office determines)

• Chair assesses and ranks and forwards to the college• Faculty member may decline (and reapply) or

postpone (without reapplication) with Department Chair approval

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SABBATICALS - IN-UNIT

• For untenured

• Regulations (CBA) allow these, but no central funding

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAVE – IN-UNIT

• Number of available PDLs calculated at rate of 1 for every 20 eligible faculty in-unit• Available PDLs apportioned to colleges

by percentage of total eligible faculty in college

• Faculty in admin unit smaller than 20 considered part of the college closest in discipline (Provost Office determines)

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAVE – IN-UNIT

• Contents of request and criteria stipulated. Granted if available unless “irresolvable staffing problems” result

• Unit chair/director assesses and ranks, provides brief rationale for the ranking and forwards to college

• Leaves at full pay for 1 semester or mutually acceptable alternative

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PROFESSIONAL DEVEVLOPMENT LEAVE – IN-UNIT

• Depends on funds available and processes in college

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SABBATICALS - OUT-OF-UNIT

• Available to all eligible faculty (untenured)

• Eligible after 6 years continuous, full-time service and/or after 6 years from any previous PDL

• Check with your chair and college associate dean for procedures

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAVE OUT-OF-UNIT

Purposes and lengths vary

Regulations allow these, but not widely available; funds are limited

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAVEOUT-OF-UNIT

FACULTY ENHANCEMENT OPPORTUNITY (FEO)

• Three Year Pilot Project• $2M/Year for Three Years

(2008-09, 2009-10, 2010-11)• From President’s Office• With some support from Units• Continued in 2011-12

for $1.5 million

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Goal:• Advance Academic/Professional

Scholarly Abilities of Faculty Members

• Advance Individuals, Departments, Colleges and UF

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Important to Know: FEO dollars are new. They are not in place of any

existing Sabbatical/PDL money FEOs are intended to be flexible; not limited to

traditional Sabbatical format (vary in length, dollar amount, funding categories)

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Important to Know: Faculty members in all Units at UF are able to

participate in FEOs Faculty members are welcome to apply after three

years of full time service at UF. Faculty members can be awarded a FEO only once

every six years.

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Important to Know: FEO pilot project was reviewed by Senate Welfare

Council and Steering Committee Unit level Sabbatical Committees and Deans review

applications – then a seven-member central Task Force reviews the forwarded proposals and recommends to the Provost

The original Task Force proposed the criteria for FEO review

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Important to Know: The Task Force includes three members

appointed/elected by the Senate, two members appointed by the Provost and two appointed by VPs (1 from IFAS and 1 from HSC.)

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The current Task Force includes:

Provost appointees:

Kathleen Ann Long, Associate Provost

Appointee to be determined Faculty Senate appointees:

Ralf Remshardt, College of Fine Arts, School of Theatre and Dance

David Quillen, College of Medicine, Community Health and Family Medicine

Jack Mecholsky, College of Engineering, Dept. of Materials Science Engineering Vice President appointees:

HSC: Jeannine Brady, College of Dentistry, Department of Oral Biology

IFAS appointee to be determined

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See FEO Website at:

http://www.aa.ufl.edu/FEO

for Procedures and Application Materials

and samples of successful proposals.

Or contact:

Kathleen Long at [email protected]

or Ellen Sattler at [email protected]

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http://www.aa.ufl.edu/FEO

mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


• UF has many opportunities for faculty development – use them!!

• Sabbatical or PDL and FEO can be combined if approved by review committee/s, Chair and Dean

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