ARTICLE 5

DESCRIPTION OF UNIT TITLES

 

A.             General

 

This article provides a general description of the duties that correspond to the titles identified in Article 1, Recognition. The definitions are for purposes of illustration and not limitation, and are not full descriptions of all duties and responsibilities assigned to members of the bargaining unit during the course of their employment. No appointees to these titles are members of the Academic Senate. Further, registered University of California students may not be appointed to these titles.

 

B.             Definitions

 

1.             The title Lecturer, whether used as an only title or as an additional title, shall be assigned to a professionally qualified appointee not under consideration for appointment in the Professorial series (in contrast to the usual expectation of Acting Appointees) whose services are contracted for certain teaching duties.

 

2.             Coordinators of Field Work (2240, 2241, 2245, 2246) are academic appointees who are charged with the primary responsibility for the maintenance of the education standards and effective functioning of the field work course/practicum. Other academic duties may include serving on academic and administrative committees.

 

3.             Field Work Consultants (2260, 2261, 2265, 2266) are academic appointees whose principal duties normally consist of consulting with social welfare agencies about arrangements for the field work course, advising and counseling graduate professional students about their programs, consulting with field work supervisors about the students' field work experience, and determining the field work grade. Other academic duties may include serving on academic and administrative committees.

 

4.             Field Work Supervisors (2250, 2251, 2255, 2256) are academic appointees who normally are based in a social welfare agency where the appointee teaches the essentials of professional social work practice. Field work supervisors are responsible to the social welfare agency for the caseload assigned to the student unit and for such other duties and responsibilities as may be mutually agreed upon by the agency and the school. Other Field Work Supervisors are responsible for the supervision of the clinical practicum of students. Other academic duties may include serving on academic and administrative committees.

5.             Demonstration Teachers (2210, 2211) are teachers who are employed in University Elementary Schools, in cooperating schools, or in other University‑sponsored educational programs to demonstrate teaching procedures and practices to University student observers. Demonstration teachers also may assist these students in other assignments they may have.

 

6.             Child Development Demonstration Lecturers (2284, 2285) are responsible for planning the teaching and activity programs of the nursery school. Child Development Demonstration Lecturers may supervise the work of several nursery school assistants, cooperate with individual faculty members and research staff in integrating the programs of the nursery school, administer standardized tests as part of the maintenance of research records, and confer with parents.

 

7.             Substitute Teachers (2427, 2428) are teachers employed on a short‑term basis to provide instruction in the absence of regularly assigned teachers, on a by‑agreement basis, in the University Elementary School on the Los Angeles campus.

 

8.             Teacher‑Special Programs (2460, 2461) are teachers who normally teach non‑regular classes to University and non‑University students usually on a part‑time by‑agreement basis.

 

9.             Teacher ‑ Lawrence Hall of Science (2650, 2651) teach community based classes through the Lawrence Hall of Science to non‑University students on a by‑agreement basis.

 

10.          Supervisors of Teacher Education (2220, 2221, 2222, 2223) are responsible for teacher education and teaching method programs. Supervisors of Teacher Education supervise the work of University students doing student teaching in elementary and secondary school classrooms. Supervisors of Teacher Education may also conduct teaching seminars, methods courses and other regular University courses. They shall be required to comply with state law(s) regarding active classroom participation.

 

C.          The term ³NSF or instructional faculty² shall be used throughout this MOU to refer to all instructional faculty and non-faculty employees within the unit. The use of the term ³NSF or instructional faculty² shall not be understood to alter in any way the definition of the term ³faculty² as used outside of the MOU, including in APM 110 and in reference to the Academic Senate.

 

D.          In reviewing claims that an individual has been misclassified within the unit, or that a member of the unit has been assigned duties inappropriate for the position, an arbitrator shall interpret the above descriptions in the light of generally accepted normal duties associated with the position.

 

E.           Claims that an NSF has been incorrectly appointed to a non-unit title shall be pursued solely through the Public Employment Relations Board.