SECTION 1. Faculty Development.
a. The Management may grant a faculty member who is a recipient of fellowship, study grant, scholarship and the like related to his/her job an official leave of absence for the duration of the fellowship, study grant, and/or scholarship with pay provided however, that the faculty member shall render service to the University in accordance with the Faculty Development policy.
b. The Management with the participation of at least two (2) Union representatives shall formulate and review a Faculty Development Plan/Program/Policies on or before November of each year. This Faculty Development Plan/Program shall be the basis for determining priorities in addressing the institutional requirement as well as the needs of the faculty members for professional and personal development.
c. The Management agrees to explore possibilities of expanding its Faculty Development to include creative professional development by means of but not limited to professional renewal, fellowship, industry exposure, industry immersion, faculty exchange, clinical exposure, community immersion, professional development travel, short courses, formal education, research writing and other experiences of professional value, not as a reward for service.
d. The Management agrees that the regular faculty members shall be prioritized in availing of faculty development, pertaining but not limited to seminars, trainings, fora, symposia, conferences, paper presentations, professional updating, technical sessions, and scholarship assistance, and of ensuring an annual allocation of funds for this purpose. The Union shall automatically be furnished a copy of the list of recipients including the allotted budget within 30 days after the conclusion of the semester.
e. The Management through the HRMDO shall initiate a career and skills development program for faculty members specializing in managerial roles. This program shall be inclusive of current faculty members with administrative assignment load and administrators with faculty status.
f. The Management agrees that two (2) Union representatives shall be regular members of the Faculty Development Committee.
g. The Management agrees to grant Union members who are recipients of Faculty Development Program under Category B an additional financial assistance to cover transportation costs, board and lodging expenses, books and other materials during the period of fellowship/study grant/scholarship consistent with Faculty Development Program policies that are given to recipients of Faculty Development Category A, or grant them the option to avail of the maximum overload units, provided that the above additional assistance is not part of the grant/ fellowship or scholarship.
h. The Management agrees that attendance in seminars, conferences, conventions, and other faculty enrichment activities related to one’s field of specialization or to enhance one’s knowledge shall be considered under official time with proper written communication to the Dean. Furthermore, any faculty member who is sent by the school to attend seminars, conferences, conventions, and other faculty-enrichment activities shall echo the content of such activities to his/her department/ cluster/program within fifteen (15) days upon his/ her return. The Department Chair shall provide time and venue for the echo session. When warranted, the University President may ask the faculty member to echo this in a university forum at an appropriate time.
i. The Management agrees to grant and/or facilitate financial assistance to all Union members for thesis/dissertation writing purposes.
j. The Management and the Union agree to provide sessions to faculty members that include but not limited to:
1) handling students with special needs,
2) basic understanding of developmental and mental health conditions and illnesses,
3) leadership and management,
4) provisions in the law and city ordinances regarding specific special conditions and mental health illnesses,
5) laws that promote and protect human rights, cultural and gender sensitivity,
6) anti-discrimination,
7) health and wellness,
8) Mandatory Gender Sensitivity Training,
9) Anti-Sexual Harassment Seminar,
10) Child Protection Seminar for those who are newly regularized, and
11) Financial Literacy.
a. The Management agrees to grant any Union member, or his/her spouse or two (2) of his/her single dependents a hundred percent (100%) full scholarship for all tuition and miscellaneous fees at the Ateneo de Davao University up to age Twenty Four (24) from preschool up to college level, provided that they pass the standard admission test of the school. Moreover, the Management agrees to grant additional fifty percent (50%) tuition scholarship for the next two (2) dependents applicable to all levels. The Union member shall have the option in the selection of the full scholarship grantee.
b. The Management shall provide the Union members with no dependents full scholarship at the Ateneo de Davao University, including miscellaneous expenses related to the study as part of their continuing professional education, or graduate and post graduate studies, except law school.
c. The Management considers granting scholarship benefit to single Union members with no children. Within sixty (60) days after the signing of this CBA, Management and the Union must recommend for approval of the University President IRRs articulating the conditions for availing of the said scholarship.
d. The Management agrees that the scholarship herein provided shall be fully enjoyed by the scholarship grantee of the regular faculty member for the whole duration of his/her studies from Playschool/Level 1 to College in Ateneo de Davao University and shall continue and subsist despite the mandatory retirement, permanent physical or mental disability or death of the said faculty.
e. The Management agrees to facilitate a dialogue with the Union in reviewing, evaluating and recommending a more equitable scheme for this particular benefit in relation to the total benefit package within one year after approval of this CBA and shall be implemented upon the consensus of all involved and concerned parties, and upon the approval of the University President.