Employee Relations

AFT Applying for Unemployment
Faculty Furlough & Unemployment Info

2015-2019 AFT Agreement (PDF)

Forms

1. Outside Activity Questionnaire (PDF)
2. Digital Signature Instructions (PDF)

Assessment Only

1. Calendar – 2021-2022 Assessment Only (PDF)
2. APAS Instructions (PDF)
3. APAS Form (DOC)

1. Business Card Printing Authorization Form and Procedure
2. AFT Tuition Reimbursement Form Electronic Signature (PDF) Once the form opens, download it and save to your computer and open with Adobe Acrobat  Policy & Procedure (PDF) Digital Signature Instructions (PDF)

Performance Based Promotions for AFT Professional Staff

1. Calendar – 2018-2019 Performance Based Promotion (PDF)
2. Procedures (PDF)

Professional Staff (AFT) Resources

1. APAS Instructions (PDF)
   
2. APAS Form (DOC)
3. Sample Job Description (PDF)

Reappointment

1. Calendars:
   Staff – 2nd, 3rd Part-Time (PDF)
   Multi-Year (PDF)
   4th, 5th & 1st Multi-Year (PDF)
2. Procedure – AFT Single and Multi-Year Contract Consideration for Professional Staff  (PDF)
3. APAS Instructions (PDF) APAS Form (DOC)
4. 2021-2022 AFT Professional Staff Checklist (PDF)

Other Resources

• Professional Leave (PDF)
• MOA – Compensatory Time for AFT Professional Staff & Librarians (PDF)
• MOU – APAS (PDF)
• MOA – Performance Based Promotion (PDF)

1. AFT Tuition Reimbursement Form Electronic Signature (PDF) Once the form opens, download it and save to your computer and open with Adobe Acrobat Policy & Procedure (PDF) Digital Signature Instructions
2. Business Card Printing Authorization Form (PDF) Procedure (PDF)
3. College & University Disclosure Form 2018-2019 (Faculty Only) (PDF)
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5. Request for Approval for Attendance at Events/Travel Authorization Request Form (non-faculty only) (PDF) Definitions (PDF)

Ramapo College is an academic institution in the State of New Jersey. As such, members of the Ramapo community are bound by and comply with ethical standards and behavior as set forth in statutes, regulations, codes and guidelines promulgated by federal, state and local entities. Below are links to the primary documents for your guidance.

Ethics Resources

1. 1. • State Ethics Commission Website
      • State Ethics Commission Newsletters
      • Yearly Ethics Requirements (PDF)

Policies

1. 1. 1. Uniform Ethics Code (PDF) * Revised July 2021
      2. Plain Language Guide (PDF) * Revised April 2021
      3. Code of Professional Responsibility (Link)
      4. Mandatory Ethics Briefing (PDF)
      5. Whistle Blower Policy & Procedure 224 (Link)
      6. Disciplinary Action for Ethics Violations (PDF)

Forms

1. 1. 1. Digital Signature Instructions (PDF)
      2. Outside Activity Questionnaire (PDF)
      3. Request for Approval for Attendance at Events/Travel Authorization Request Form (non-faculty only) (PDF)
         1. Definitions (PDF)
      4. College & University Disclosure Form 2018-2019 (Faculty Only) (PDF) Instructions (PDF) College & University Form (Faculty Only) 2018-2019 College and University Disclosure Form (DOC) USE DOC ONLY IF PDF WILL NOT OPEN
      5. Ethics Complaint Form (PDF)
      6. Personal & Business Relationships Disclosure Form (PDF) Form Guidelines (PDF)

Ethics Training

1. 1. 1. Online Mandatory Ethics Training Modules (Link)

The Office of Employee Relations is responsible for administering faculty tenure, promotions, career development procedures, the collective bargaining agreement between the College and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), and other labor relations matters.

Faculty Resources

1. 1. • Personnel Actions Notification 3.16.2020 (PDF)
      • Faculty Handbook Section
      • RCNJ Format Vita (PDF)
      • Peer Evaluation Form (PDF)

Career Development

1. 1. 1. Calendar – REVISED – 2021-2022 Career Development (PDF)
      2. Procedure (PDF)
      3. Career Development Checklist (PDF)
      4. Common Application Form 2021-2022 (DOC)
      5. Career Development Training e-binder (PPT)

Faculty Development Funding (FDF)

1. 1. 1.  Calendar – 2021-2022 FDF (PDF)
      2. 10.0 Faculty Development Funding (FDF) Procedure (PDF)
      3. Common Application Form 2021-2022 (DOC)

Faculty Handbook Additional Agreements

1. 1. 1. Study Abroad Memorandum of Agreement (DOC)
      2. Teacher Education Memorandum of Agreement (DOC)
      3. Transition to Retirement Procedure and Calendar (DOC)
      4. Compensatory Time for AFT Professional Staff & Librarians (PDF)
      5. Supplement Faculty Workload (PDF)
      6. Promotion of Faculty from Instructor to Assistant Professor (PDF)
      7. Faculty Development Funding (FDF) Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) (PDF)
      8. Sabbatical Memorandum of Agreement – 2014 (PDF)
      9. Alternate Faculty Workload (PDF)
      10. Reappointment & Tenure (PDF)
      11. Student Opinion Forms (PDF)
      12. Student Opinion Surveys – Spring 2020 (PDF)
      13. Student Opinion Surveys (Summer 2020) (PDF)
      14. Applied Music Instructor (PDF)
      15. Procedures for Tenure Upon Appointment to a Position with Faculty Rank (PDF)
      16. Faculty Class Observations for Virtual Courses
      17. Intellectual Property and Online Courses
      18. Annual Promotion Information Submittal Extension of Application Submittal Deadline and Electronic Submittal Guidance
      19. Schedule of Compensation for Work Stipends
      20. The Career Development Program
      21. Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccination Policy Memorandum of Agreement (PDF)
      22. COVID-19 Immunization Exemption/Extension Form (writable PDF)
      23. The Career Development Program – REVISED (PDF)

Forms / Procedures

1. 1. 1. Faculty Request for Approval for Attendance at Events (PDF)
      2. College & University Disclosure Form 2018-2019 (Faculty Only) (PDF) Open in Windows Explorer
         
      3. Business Card Printing Authorization Form (PDF) Procedure (PDF)
      4. AFT Tuition Reimbursement Form Electronic Signature (PDF) Once the form opens, download it and save to your computer and open with Adobe Acrobat  Policy & Procedure (PDF) Digital Signature Instructions (PDF)

Other Resources

1. 1. 1. Convener Job Description (PDF)
      2. UPC Letter Solicitation Template (DOC)

Promotion

1. 1. 1. Calendar – 2021-2022 Promotion (PDF)
      2. Procedures:
         5.0 Criteria for Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Reappointment with Tenure(PDF)
         9.0 Promotion of Faculty Members (DOC)
      3. Promotion Checklist (PDF)
      4. Annual Promotion Information Submittal Extension of Application Submittal Deadline and Electronic Submittal Guidance (PDF)
      5. Faculty Promotion e-Binder PowerPoint (PPT)
      6. Training Video – Annual Reappointment Information e-Binder Submittal Training Guide (Recording password: FiJr2RNC)

Reappointment

1. 1. 1. Calendars:
         Faculty – 3rd Year (PDF)
         Faculty – 4th, 5th & 6th Year (PDF)
      2. Procedures:
         5.0 Criteria for Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Reappointment with Tenure (PDF)
         6.0 Renewal of Faculty Contracts (PDF)
      3. Faculty Reappointment Checklist (PDF)
      4. Annual Reappointment Information e-Binder Submittal Training Guide (PDF)
      5. Training Video – Annual Reappointment Information e-Binder Submittal Training Guide (Recording password: FiJr2RNC)

Sabbatical

1. 1. 1. Calendar – 2021-2022 Sabbatical (PDF)
      2. 11.0 Sabbatical Leave Policy & Procedures (PDF)
      3. Common Application Form 2021-2022 (DOC)

Salary Range Adjustment

1. 1. 1. Program (PDF)
      2. Guidelines (PDF)

Tenure

1. 1. 1. Calendar – 2021-2022 Tenure (PDF)
      2. Procedures:
         5.0 Criteria for Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Reappointment with Tenure (PDF)
         8.0 Tenure Process at Ramapo (PDF)
      3. Faculty – Tenure Checklist (PDF)
      4. Annual Reappointment Information e-Binder Submittal Training Guide (PDF)
      5. Training Video – Annual Reappointment Information e-Binder Submittal Training Guide (Recording password: FiJr2RNC)

Tenure by Exceptional Action

1. 1. 1. 5.0 Criteria for Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Reappointment with Tenure (PDF)
      2. Procedure for Academic Administrators (PDF)

2.0 Faculty Personnel Policies and Procedures

The Faculty Handbook is a summary compilation of information contained in several independent sources, which include the policies and regulations of Ramapo College’s Board of Trustees, Administrative rules and regulations and the collective bargaining agreement between the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the College. The Handbook seeks to provide a compact reference on topics of interest to the Ramapo College faculty and staff. It is not intended to give complete and detailed information about all of the College’s policies and procedure. Its function is to serve as a guide to administrative and academic regulations, procedures and obligations as they now apply at this College. A college or university is, of course, never static. Policies and procedures constantly change, and as changes occur they will be reflected in this Handbook.

1. 1. • Introduction (PDF)
      • Mission Statement (PDF)
      • 1.0 Organization (PDF)
      • 2.0 Faculty Personnel Policies and Procedures (PDF)
      • 3.0 Ramapo College of New Jersey Policy Prohibiting Discrimination in the Workplace (PDF)
      • 4.0 Model Procedures for Processing Internal Complaints Complaints Alleging Discrimination in the Workplace (PDF)
      • 5.0 Criteria for Appointment, Reappointment, Promotion and Reappointment with Tenure (PDF)
      • 6.0 Renewal of Faculty Contracts (PDF)
      • 7.0 Ramapo College Tenure and Promotions Plan (PDF)
      • 8.0 Tenure Process at Ramapo (PDF)
      • 9.0 Promotion of Faculty Members (PDF)
      • 10.0 Faculty Development Funding (FDF) Procedure (PDF)
      • 11.0 Sabbatical Leave Policy & Procedures (PDF)
      • 12.0 Obligations to Attend Special Meetings and Commencement (PDF)
      • 13.0 Office Hours for Student Consultation (PDF)
      • 14.0 Statement Concerning Conduct, Responsibility, and Due Proces (PDF)