Message

TO: A&S Faculty and Extended-Term Academic Professionals
FROM: Henry Bauer
Monday, October 3, 2005 is the due date in the A&S Dean's Office for applications for sabbatical leaves and professional development leaves for 2006-2007. Note that the November 1 date in Myron Allen’s memo is the date the Dean must submit the forms to Academic Affairs. First, the A&S Central Committee ranks the proposals.

    Myron Allen's memo and the application form is on the forms area of the Academic Affairs' web page at
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/acadaffairs/Forms/index.asp
    The paragraph for the Trustees must be written in the third person.
    Department heads should note the content requirements for their letters of support of the leave: how the duties of the faculty member would be performed if the sabbatical or professional development leave is granted and a proposed budget for meeting the cost, if any, of replacement instruction. The budget should list each course and its replacement cost.   Remember to include courses taught outside the department, if applicable.   Usually, the Dean's Office will offer up to $1,000 per credit hour for two-semester leaves and $0 for one-semester leaves.

You may look at the following URL to find (1) what sorts of paragraphs go into the Trustees' Report and (2) what types of sabbatical projects got approved.

Applications from A&S faculty and AP's are reviewed and ranked by the A&S Central Committee. That committee has set these guidelines for its rankings.

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Sabbatical Guidelines

The Central Committee recommends a ranking of the sabbatical applications to the dean. That Committee listed the following preferences to guide its ranking.

1.     Well-written and understandable proposals which include specific plans.

2.     Full-year sabbaticals.

3.     Cost effective coverage of applicant's teaching.   If teaching interdisciplinary or cross-listed courses, applicant must make the relevant department chair(s) aware of their application. Department chairs and program directors should address the coverage of the candidate's teaching responsibilities within and beyond the home department.

4.     Sabbaticals in which the applicant will not reside on his/her home campus. Evidence of formal connections with another institution will be viewed positively.

5. If applicant had received previous sabbaticals, evidence of subsequent accomplishments resulting from the sabbatical or sabbaticals.

6.     Applicant's academic accomplishments.

7.     The Central Committee will be sensitive to the needs of faculty couples and family situations.
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The A&S vita forms for both faculty and AP’s are at
http://www.uwyo.edu/a&s/Policy/Tenure_Extended_Term_Documents.htm.

Please call Ann O'Grady or Henry Bauer at X6-4106 if you have questions about sabbatical and professional development leaves.

Henry R. Bauer, Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
University of Wyoming, P. O. Box 3254, Laramie, WY 82071-3254
Non-US Postal Service Packages: 16th and Gibbon Streets
Tel: 307-766-4106 Fax: 307-766-2697