MEMORANDUM

TO: Professional Staff Members

RE: Application for Sabbatical Leave

Guidelines for Sabbatical Leave are listed below:

Eligibility for sabbatical leave commences at the end of the sixth year of service whether or not it coincides with the end of the academic year.
Sabbatical leave is awarded either for one year at two-thirds salary or one-half year at full salary.
Faculty members awarded leave must agree to return to the college for one year if the college desire their services.
Acknowledgement of sabbatical assistance shall be given in any publications resulting from work accomplished during the leave.

A written report concernig sabbatical leave activity shall be submitted to the President within three months after the end of the leave.

Completed applications from eligible professional staff members shall be submitted to the Faculty Senate Personnel Committee on or before the 30th day of October each year. Those received after this deadline will not be considered. The applications will be reviewed and ranked by the Faculty Senate Personnel Committee and submitted to your appropriate Vice President and then to the President for review by the administrative committee.

GREAT BASIN COLLEGE
Sabbatical Leave Application From

Submit two copies of the following application, one to your appropriate Vice President, the other to the Chairperson of the Faculty Senate Personnel Committee. Application should be submitted no later than October 30.

Complete and sign two copies of the accompanying cover form. Arrange the items listed below in order listed and attach copies of each of the cover forms.
Write a separate and detailed descriptions of how you propose to spend your sabbatical leave. The Peer Review Committee (Faculty Senate Personnel Committee) will evaluate your proposal primarily on the basis of whether or not it will lead to improved effectiveness as a faculty member upon your return. They will also consider the probability of wheter or not your goals can be accomplished. It is essential that you provide sufficient detail for the Committee to make proper evaluation. Discuss any pending or planned applications for additional monetary support for the proposed sabbatical leave project. Other pertinent information may be appended to the proposal.
Justification for your proposal should take into account the factors for its evaluation as outlined in the Faculty Senate Bylaws and the UCCSN Board of Regents Handbook.
Attach letters from no more than three persons in support of your leave proposal. The letters may address themselves to the following matters, singly or in combination:
1. an evaluation of the proposal and its potential benefit to you and GBC.
2. an estimate of the likelihood that you will be able to complete successfully the activity you are proposing.
3. an evaluation of your effectiveness in carrying out the duties of your current position.
Provide the following information:
1. Education
2. Professional experience
3. Accomplishments on any previous sabbatical leave
4. Job responsibilities
5. Other data which would suggest success in the project you are proposing

GREAT BASIN COLLEGE
Sabbatical Leave Application Form

Name_______________________________________________________ Date___________________

Position held at GBC __________________________________________________________________

: [ ] "A" Contract; [ ] "B" Contract

Request Leave:

: [ ] full year at two-thirds salary; [ ] one-half year at full salary

Years of full-time salaried service at GBC since initial employment or since last sabbatical leave, including the present academic year, but not including leave of absence without pay _______ .

Date of last sabbatical leave, if any _________________.

[ ]1/2 year [ ]Full year A fifty to one-hundred word summary of your proposal: I agree to the obligations and conditions of sabbatical leave at GBC, and I agree that I will use the granted leave time to accomplish the proposal I have outlined above. _____________________________________ Signature EVALUATING GUIDELINES FOR SABBATICAL LEAVE Score two points for each year of service to GBC since last sabbatical leave. Score points not exceeding 20 for the proposal's merit in terms of its immediate and practical value in meeting the objectives of the college, with particular attention to its value in helping the applicant perform his/her current duties. Score points not exceeding 15 for the proposal's merit in contributing to the personal and professional growth of the person applying. Pay particular attention to the applicant's reasoning, as each applicant may be expected to have individual definitions for both personal and professional growth. Score points not exceeding 10 for the proposal's merit as a contribution or general social value. For example, if the proposal includes a research or publishing project, evaluate the worth of that project in the field in which it will be conducted. If the proposal outlines some project in community service, evaluate the extent to which the community will benefit. Score points not exceeding 20 for the likelihood that the conditions of the proposal can be met in the granted leave time. Pay particular attention to the applicant's own definitions of the limits of the project. For example, an applicant proposing to do research and not agree to publish findings immediately. An applicant proposing further formal study need not finish a degree. Low points shold be assigned to those proposals which, in the estimation of the evaluator, may not realistically be achieved in the granted leave time. Total ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ Do NOT consider: The cost of replacing the applicant while he/she is on sabbatical leave. The rank or position of the applicant except in evaluating the applicant's project in terms of helping him/her perform current assigned duties. Granting awards on the basis of applicant's position in a particular department, area, or discipline.