U.W. Colleges Department of History

Professional Development Administrative Guidelines

In order to implement the U.W. Department of History Professional Development Policy, the U.W. Department of History Executive Committee adopts the following administrative guidelines.

Rules:

            1.   All members of the department are eligible to request support for professional

                  development activities.

            2.   Requests for professional development funds must be made prior to the first

                  Monday in January for monies to be expended during the current academic

                  year.

            3.   Professional development requests must include a brief outline of specific

                  professional development plans.

            4.   By the end of the fiscal year, faculty members receiving funds will provide the

                  professional development committee with a brief report on activities carried

                  out under the grant.

            5.   The maximum amount granted to an individual faculty member will not

                  exceed $300 in any academic year.  (except as in #8 below)

            6.   No member of the department’s professional development committee will

                  participate in the review of his/her proposal.

Procedures:

            1.    Copies of professional development grant proposals will be sent to each

                   member of the department’s professional development committee.

            2.    Each member of the professional development committee will review all

                   grant proposals (except his or her own).

            3.    Each member of the committee will rank order the grant proposals based on

                   the “Expenditure Priorities” established by the department’s Professional

                   Development Policy.

            4.   The department chair will develop a master ranking of all grant proposals

                   based on the committee’s recommendations.

            5.    Before final notification of the committee recommendations, all members of

                   the committee will be given the opportunity to review the final ordering and

                   any member may request discussion of any grant proposal.  At this time a

                   revised order may be developed by the professional development committee.

            6.    All members of the department who submit proposals will be notified of the

                   committee’s recommendation by the chair of the department.

            7.    In the case where funding is not recommended, a faculty member may

                   request an explanation.

            8.    Should the total funding requested not exceed the budget, the professional

                   development committee may solicit new proposals or reallocate the

                   remaining monies to those whose proposals have been funded.

Adopted by Department Executive Committee:   October 1999

Webpage Updated: April 16, 2005