{"id":6597079,"date":"2021-03-04T16:49:09","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T16:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/myaua.auamed.org\/?page_id=6597079"},"modified":"2021-03-04T16:50:42","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T16:50:42","slug":"faculty-benefits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/myaua.auamed.org\/?page_id=6597079","title":{"rendered":"FACULTY BENEFITS"},"content":{"rendered":"
The following are benefits provided to full-time faculty:<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Vacation
\n<\/strong>
\n\u2022 Full-time faculty are entitled to 35 working days of vacation per contract year.
\n\u2022 Vacation time should not interfere with the faculty member\u2019s responsibilities, in-cluding committee work, and thus faculty should schedule their away time pri-marily during breaks from classes and teaching responsibilities. Vacation time must be approved by both the department chair and the Executive Dean prior to firm plans.
\n\u2022 Faculty should be present from Orientation Day through completion of the Pro-motions Committee meeting as needed.
\n\u2022 Faculty vacations must be used within one year from date of appointment and do not carry over unless the University asks the faculty member to forgo vacation days during the appointment year. Unused vacation time may be considered for roll-over to the next calendar year on an individual basis.
\n\u2022 All vacation requests must be submitted in writing in advance and must be ap-proved by the faculty member\u2019s Department Chair and the Executive Dean of the Antigua Campus.<\/p>\n

Procedure for Vacation Requests<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2022 Faculty must complete and submit a vacation request form to the respective De-partment Chair for review and approval. The number of vacation days is stated in each faculty member\u2019s contract.
\n\u2022 After the vacation request has been approved by the Department Chair, the form will be forwarded to the Executive Dean\u2019s office for final review and approval.
\n\u2022 The faculty member will receive a copy of the final decision; the original will be kept in the faculty member\u2019s permanent file.<\/p>\n

Leaves of Absence<\/strong><\/p>\n

A leave of absence may be granted by the Executive Dean, on request, for academic\/professional reasons (academic leave) or personal reasons (personal leave). A faculty member is entitled to 12 working days of sick leave within the calendar year. A leave of absence releases a faculty member from on campus teaching and service responsibilities for a specified period. Academic leave is granted to facilitate scholarship or faculty development. A faculty member may be granted a personal leave of absence of fixed durations for reasons such as child bearing, child rearing, personal or family emergencies, required military service, personal development, and\/or illness. Leaves of absence by faculty, except in the case of emergencies, must be requested in writing at least 60 days prior to the faculty members’ time of leave.<\/p>\n

Public Holidays<\/strong><\/p>\n

All public holidays of the country in which the faculty member is principally assigned will be observed. Faculty members who intend to conduct academic activities of any kind on public holidays in Antigua must apply for and receive approval by the Executive Dean or his designee no later than seven (7) calendar days in advance.<\/p>\n

Health and Life Insurance<\/strong><\/p>\n

Health insurance premiums are paid in full for faculty members, dependent coverage is paid at a rate of 50%. Life insurance includes $50,000.00 term life insurance premium paid by the University. Coverage reduces to $25,000.00 when the faculty member turns 65 years old.<\/p>\n

Vacation Travel Stipend<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each faculty member is entitled to $1500.00 (US) for travel expenses per contract year. Faculty who leave prior to the end of their contract are not entitled to these benefits. This benefit cannot be carried from one contract year to the next year.<\/p>\n

Faculty Development<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each faculty member is entitled to up to $250.00 (US) to pay annual dues to a professional association or society selected by the faculty member and approved by the faculty member\u2019s department chair or the Executive Dean.
\nThe due process that is required by all faculty to attend a conference.<\/p>\n

Steps\/Guidelines faculty attending a professional development conference \u2013<\/p>\n

1. After identifying a conference, submit duly filled \u201cConference Form\u201d (see attachment) to the dept chair, and Executive Dean, with written documentation of the following:
\nSpecific ways the conference content will benefit actual or planned teaching responsibilities and\/or research responsibilities of that faculty;<\/p>\n

2. After approval of the above, faculty should then submit the \u201cconference form\u201d along with registration details, duly filled \u201cTravel Request form\u201d (see attachment), and preferred ac-commodation details to Ms. Vigo<\/p>\n

3. The Travel Co-Ordinator (Ms. Josephine Ripo) will pay for the following: travel to and from conference, registration, ground transportation and accommodations associated with the conference.<\/p>\n

4.1. Upon returning from conference, you will be asked to submit : A written and\/or oral re-port before travel reimbursement will be made. A proposal for this presentation should be attached to the reimbursement request.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/strong> <\/em>
\nThe Travel Co-Ordinator can occasionally assist with booking for a family member. However, because of the high volume of her work, it\u2019s preferable for you to do the booking yourself for family members.
\nYou can combine your vacation with a conference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The following are benefits provided to full-time faculty: Vacation \u2022 Full-time faculty are entitled to 35 working days of vacation per contract year. \u2022 Vacation time should not interfere with the faculty member\u2019s responsibilities, in-cluding committee work, and thus faculty should schedule their away time pri-marily during breaks from classes and teaching responsibilities. Vacation time […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":6597046,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6597079","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/myaua.auamed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6597079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/myaua.auamed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/myaua.auamed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myaua.auamed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myaua.auamed.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6597079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/myaua.auamed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6597079\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/myaua.auamed.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6597046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/myaua.auamed.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6597079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}