Transcript Staff APT Workshop - University of Maryland, College Park

August 26, 2014
Office of Faculty Affairs
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August 26, 2014
Office of Faculty Affairs
Rough breakdown of NTT Faculty:
• 1,000 Instructional Faculty
• 1,800 Research Faculty
• 400 Service / Extension Faculty
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UM is like most other universities nationwide:
• 1,600 Tenured/Tenure-track Faculty
• 3,200 Non-Tenure Track Faculty
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• Deliver 40% of undergraduate credits, equal to
that delivered by T/TT faculty (staff and GAs
account for remaining 20%)
• Bring $100,000,000 in research awards to
campus annually (approximately 20%)
• Connect campus to local, state, and federal
agencies through appointments and outreach
efforts off campus
• Instructional Faculty
 300 Full-time
 350 “Adjuncts”, i.e. one course/semester or year
 350 Part-time, teaching is primary career
 600 post-docs, a.k.a. “Research Associate”
 400 Research faculty (e.g. “Research Scientist”)
 800 Faculty Research Assistants (FRAs)
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• Research Faculty
• Service
 300 Extension across the state
 100 Clinics and teacher certification programs
 Students with Bachelor’s degrees
 Researchers with PhDs as Co-Is on grants
 Everything in between
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• “Faculty Research Assistants”
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• USM (University System of Maryland) Policy
on Adjunct Faculty, amended to apply here
• Director position in the Office of Faculty
Affairs tasked with addressing NTT issues
• Senate-Provost Task Force charged with
determining NTT faculty concerns and
recommending changes to policies and
practices
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• Compliance with existing policies
• Appointment system that doesn’t serve
faculty or institutional needs
• Inadequate system of titles leads to
mismatches between titles and
responsibilities --- and thus to unclear
expectations
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• Poorly defined and inconsistently applied
standards for evaluating and promoting NTT
faculty
• Little to no support or recognition for
participation in professional development
activities or professional accomplishments
• Inadequate opportunities for participation in
shared governance at all levels
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• Current policies and procedures hinder NTT
faculty efforts to contribute to the institution.
• Inconsistent compliance with existing policies is
detrimental to both NTT faculty and the
institution.
• 21 recommendations for addressing concerns.
• The University of Maryland can become a leader
in creating a new model for how a major research
institution fully engages all members of its faculty
regardless of their tenure status.
 The University Senate passed a new system of
titles that regularizes NTT faculty appointments,
contract terms, and promotion opportunities.
 The Senate’s Faculty Affairs Committee has
proposed adopting “Professional Track” as the
official category for faculty not eligible for tenure.
This proposal will be brought to the full Senate
this fall.
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• In the Senate:
 An online contract system has been deployed to
provide better management and oversight of
Professional Track (PTK) faculty appointments
campus-wide. About half of our PTK faculty have
contracts created through the online system.
 A type of PTK faculty appointment that allowed
PIs to set benefits levels for certain research
faculty has been discontinued. Beginning FY16,
all benefits-eligible faculty will be given access to
the same benefits package.
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• From the Provost:
 The Office of the Vice President for Research
changed the registration procedures for the
workshops they offer to first-come, first-served.
 The ADVANCE program initiated Advancing
Professional Track Faculty, a program to enhance
professional development and networking
opportunities for PTK faculty at UM.
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• From other units:
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• With the new title system will come unit level
guidelines for evaluations and promotions
• Campus protocol for making policies available
on department and college web sites
• Full deployment of the contract management
system
• Development of institutional awards for PTK
faculty
• Re-apportionment in the University Senate
• Be willing to ask about and look up policies:
• Get to know your business officer(s) and be
respectful --- they can make a big difference in
keeping employment processes smooth.
• If possible, connect with other PTK faculty in your
department. If not your department, try other
units in your college.
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-for summaries --- http://faculty.umd.edu
-for policies --- http://www.president.umd.edu/policies
>>> Don’t assume that “It’s policy” is accurate.