XX.A   Instructional and Institutional Responsibilities

Members of the teaching or research faculty are expected to meet their professional and institutional commitments at Yale on a regular basis throughout the academic year. For full-time teaching faculty this includes being on campus most days of the work week, except for holidays and recess time, in order to be available to advise students, serve on departmental and University committees, attend regular and special departmental meetings and seminars, interview prospective candidates for positions, and meet other normal obligations of a member of the faculty. All teaching faculty must remain on campus during reading and examination periods. If unable to meet a class because of illness or other emergency, faculty members should promptly notify their department or school officials. [12]

The department chair or, in a professional school, the dean, is charged with assigning faculty members classroom responsibilities that will provide students comprehensive and effective formal instruction. Varying instructional techniques and classroom demands mean that such assignments may differ among departments and schools. The obligations of a member of the teaching faculty go well beyond classroom and other teaching duties. They include time spent on research, student advising, and various kinds of department and University service on committees and in administrative roles. While the proportion of these components vary from individual to individual and from time to time, faculty may not substitute time spent on sponsored research for their regular teaching duties without special permission from the Provost.

Members of the faculty are often called upon to write letters of recommendation for students or to offer their professional judgments on the qualifications of candidates for positions at Yale or elsewhere. It is understood that such judgments, expressed orally or in writing, will be consistent with the nondiscrimination policy of the University. (See Section III.A.)

Members of the teaching or research faculty are expected to meet their professional and institutional commitments at Yale on a regular basis throughout the academic year. For full-time teaching faculty this includes being on campus most days of the work week, except for holidays and recess time, in order to be available to advise students, serve on departmental and University committees, attend regular and special departmental meetings and seminars, interview prospective candidates for positions, and meet other normal obligations of a member of the faculty. All teaching faculty must remain on campus during reading and examination periods. If unable to meet a class because of illness or other emergency, faculty members should promptly notify their department or school officials. [12]

The department chair or, in a professional school, the dean, is charged with assigning faculty members classroom responsibilities that will provide students comprehensive and effective formal instruction. Varying instructional techniques and classroom demands mean that such assignments may differ among departments and schools. The obligations of a member of the teaching faculty go well beyond classroom and other teaching duties. They include time spent on research, student advising, and various kinds of department and University service on committees and in administrative roles. While the proportion of these components vary from individual to individual and from time to time, faculty may not substitute time spent on sponsored research for their regular teaching duties without special permission from the Provost.

Members of the faculty are often called upon to write letters of recommendation for students or to offer their professional judgments on the qualifications of candidates for positions at Yale or elsewhere. It is understood that such judgments, expressed orally or in writing, will be consistent with the nondiscrimination policy of the University. (See Section III.A.)

^[12] For faculty in professional schools whose responsibilities include off-campus professional activities or require different schedules, different expectations apply. Please consult the dean.