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Local Agreement on GER Compensation: Jan 21 2002
This agreement was ratified on Feb 20 2002. The vote to ratify was: Yes-48; No-1; Abstain-1

The text of the negotiated items is in plain type. The text in italics is not subject to negotiation.

1. The core courses in the revised General Education Requirement will be taught to sections of approximately 100 students. Two-thirds of the instruction each semester will occur in large lecture format. The remaining one-third of the instruction each semester will occur in discussion groups of approximately 25 students.
2. A team of two faculty members will be responsible for student learning in each of the core course sections. Each faculty member will be responsible for one-half of the large lecture and one-half of the discussion group instruction each semester. It is expected that both members of the faculty team will be present at all lectures, but that only one member of the faculty team will meet with a discussion group.

Load/Compensation

1. Each member of the instructional team will serve on a voluntary basis and receive 6 TCH for all his/her instructional responsibilities associated with a core course, as well as for undertaking the coordinating of activities that team teaching involves.
2. The first time a faculty member participates in team teaching a core course she/he will receive a stipend of $2,500 in the summer preceding the semester in which the course will be taught in recognition for the collaboration involved in preparing for a team-taught interdisciplinary course. Thereafter, each new team shall be entitled to the $2,500 stipend per member in the summer preceding the first time that new team prepares to teach an interdisciplinary core course.

Travel/Acquisition of Curricular Materials

1. Beginning in the academic year 2002-2003 and in each year thereafter, the Provost shall make available a maximum of $10,000 per year for the purchase of curricular materials/software directly related to team teaching/interdisciplinary teaching in general education. The materials/software purchased shall be retained in a central location for the use of any faculty member participating in the teaching of general education core courses.
2. Beginning in summer of 2003 and in each year thereafter, the Provost shall provide the funds necessary to support travel to one or two conferences directly related to the teaching of general education core courses for a maximum of 1/3 of the faculty participants in that year. Faculty traveling to the conferences(s) shall be required to attend in teams of no less than three and shall also be required to share their experience with all of their colleagues upon their return. Individual faculty members will have access to these funds once every three years.

Student Evaluation

Student evaluation of faculty performance for purposes of any personnel action will be conducted in accordance with all relevant provisions of the Statewide Agreement and the LSPA, and shall be distributed only to students in that same faculty member’s discussion section(s).

Participation in the Faculty Scholarship Incentive Program (FSIP)

Any member of an inter-disciplinary team teaching a core course in the general education program may submit a new or changed FSIP proposal related to this teaching program. No faculty member may have more than one FSIP project at the same time.

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