LEAVE POLICY FOR ADOPTION

Draft- 10-16-02

 

 

Upon submission of a request and proper documentation, a non-visiting full-time faculty member will be granted faculty leave according to the following provisions:

 

  1. Requests are made to the AVP through the appropriate Dean.

 

  1. There are two types of leave for adoption, both involving full pay and benefits for the faculty member.
    1. Inactive Status: A leave during which the faculty member has no duties at the University, and
    2. Active Status-Modified Duties: A leave during which the faculty member has normal duties, except for a 6-hour reduction from the faculty member’s normal teaching load.

 

  1. A faculty member will be granted one semester of leave for adoption. This leave may be either on Inactive Status leave or on Active Status-Modified Duties.  If the faculty member requests, a second leave consecutive with the first, may be approved.

 

  1. The semester of leave must be concluded by the one-year anniversary of physical custody of the child.

 

  1. Two or more children adopted simultaneously or within a one-year period will count as one for the purposes of this policy. The custody date referred to in number 4 will be the custody date of the first child adopted.

 

  1. This policy is intended to apply equally to female and male faculty members.

 

  1. A faculty member who intends to invoke this policy should consult with the appropriate department chair as soon as is practicable, so as to allow the University a reasonable opportunity to provide for coverage of the duties of the faculty member during the period of leave.

 

  1. Administrators must exercise due care to ensure that the granting of a leave under this policy does not simply increase the workload of the faculty members in the department who are not on leave. That is, visiting faculty and/or additional part-time faculty must be hired as appropriate to cover the responsibilities of the faculty member granted the leave.

 

  1. If both parents of the adopted child are non-visiting full time faculty members at John Carroll, only one will be granted leave at a time.

 

 

A visiting faculty member may be granted leave for adoption as the situation warrants.