1 Full-time Faculty are employed by BAMSI for the entire Calendar Year.
2 It is understood that the needs of the College extend to all campuses.
3 It is expected that Faculty attend
3.1 Monthly General Faculty meetings.
3.2 School/Unit and Departmental meetings.
3.3 Graduation ceremonies.
3.4 Two (2) days of professional development, which shall be scheduled at the beginning of the Academic Year.
3.4.1 Should there be a need for additional professional development days, the Union shall be consulted.
3.4.2 The Union must be intrinsically involved with the planning of all professional development days, including the annual Faculty Seminar.
3.4.3 Professional development days shall not be scheduled on weekends or during midterm or any other official College breaks.
3.5 Other College milestones through invitation.
4 Duties and Responsibility of Researchers shall fall into three (3) general categories: Professional Activities, Research/Scholarship/Creative Work, and Service.
4.1 Professional Activities include, but are not limited to:
4.1.1. Designing, implementing and administering research projects.
4.1.2 Soliciting, writing, preparing and implementing research grants and contracts.
4.1.3 Designing, implementing, maintaining and/or supervising data collection processes, databases and activities.
4.1.4 Reviewing and documenting literature and research relevant to research projects as acquired and assigned.
4.1.5 Facilitating, developing and conducting of research training workshops and seminars.
4.1.6 Advising the College on research protocols, procedures and policies.
4.1.7 Facilitating, developing and conducting research conferences, fora and productions.
4.1.8 Liaising with Faculty, staff and local and international researchers.
4.1.9 Keeping current in one’s discipline and integrating current thinking from the discipline into practice.
4.2 Research/Scholarship/Creative Work includes, but is not limited to:
4.2.1 Research, scholarly and/or creative work within the member’s field and which builds professional knowledge and contributes to innovation;
4.2.2 Dissemination of work through publishing in respected publications, presentation of scholarly papers and exhibitions; and
4.2.3 On-going and major project development.
4.3 Service to the College and/or Community includes a minimum of four (4) hours per week of administrative and committee work which includes, but is not limited to:
4.3.1 Serving on College-wide committees or boards.
4.3.2 Participating in College-related activities, student activities, and/or special programmes.
4.3.3 Sharing of the administrative work of the Unit, College and BAMSI.
4.3.4 Taking an active role in scientific, cultural, educational, professional, governmental, civic and social bodies and events, inclusive of serving on national and/or international committees, boards and commissions, together with those activities which are relevant to, and compatible with, the professorial role.
4.4 From time to time the Union shall appoint Members of the Union to ad hoc committees whose work shall be considered service to the College or Community and shall inform the College of the terms of reference for those committees and the names of appointees.
5 The duties for Researchers shall be assigned in a fair and equitable manner by the Director and Assistant Director in consultation with the Faculty Member on the basis of his/her skills, expertise, research interests and the needs of the campus.
5.1 The Vice President of Research, Graduate Programmes and International Relations (VGPIR) shall have responsibility to monitor the assignment of the duties of Researchers.
5 .2 In monitoring the duties and responsibilities of Researchers, it is the role of the VPGPIR to ensure equity and adherence to College policies (provided these policies do not violate the terms of this Agreement).
6 Reduction of Duties
6.1 Faculty are required to inform their practices with research. The Employer shall provide the support services that are necessary for this to occur within approved budgetary allocations and/or the exigencies of the College.
6.2 Where a Faculty Member is involved in research separate and apart from his/her assigned duties that requires significant involvement, he/she may, in writing, request a reduction in workload. Such requests should be submitted to the Director and copied to the relevant Vice President. Normally, a written request should be submitted four (4) months prior to the semester affected. Upon receipt of such requests, the Director must respond to the Faculty Member in writing within ten (10) working days.