Leaves of Absence (LOA) in KSAS usually fall under two main categories: Professional (usually a sabbatical) and FMLA (those that qualify under the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993.)
Requests for sabbatical leave for faculty are to be made by the departmental chair in writing to the Dean and are governed by the following policy:
Faculty Sabbatical Leave and Parental Teaching Relief Policy
A faculty member is entitled to request one semester of paid sabbatical leave (or two semesters of leave at half of academic base salary) after twelve consecutive semesters of full departmental responsibilities. A newly appointed Assistant Professor is entitled to one semester of paid leave after six semesters in rank with full responsibilities. After this initial leave, the faculty member will be subject to the normal leave schedule.
A faculty member may request unpaid leave outside of the normal schedule of leaves, but the Department Chair may grant such ad hoc leave only if doing so would not have an undue adverse impact on the department. Faculty should not solicit grants and fellowships to fund ad hoc unpaid leave without first obtaining the approval of the Department Chair. Normally, an unpaid leave will have no impact on the regular leave schedule (i.e., it will not reset the count of twelve semesters). However, whenever the School agrees to share the cost of a partially paid ad hoc leave, the normal leave schedule will be adjusted with that “top up” taken into consideration.
By accepting paid sabbatical leave, the faculty member incurs an obligation to return to the University for at least one full year after the sabbatical.
Replacing the teaching, advising and service duties of faculty who are on paid leave is the responsibility of the department. All leaves require the approval of the Department Chair and the Dean. It may at times be necessary for the Department Chair to delay the granting of a leave so that necessary departmental activities may continue to be supported.
A faculty member who gives birth to, or whose spouse or domestic partner gives birth to, a newborn child, or who adopts a child, may request paid teaching relief from formal classroom duties for either the semester in which the birth or adoption occurs or the subsequent semester. Although the faculty member is relieved of classroom teaching, he or she will be expected to remain in residence and to continue departmental service and advising. A period of parental teaching relief will not affect the normal sabbatical leave schedule. Paid parental teaching relief may be combined with paid Maternal or Medical leave or unpaid Parental leave to which a faculty member is entitled under the Family and Medical Leave Act; the Krieger School FLMA polices may be found at www.jhu.edu/news_info/council/procedures/fmla.html.
All other requests for leave, including leave covered under the Arts & Sciences Family and Medical Leave Policy for appointed faculty or research staff, are to be initiated by the department chair/program director in writing to the Dean. The letter should indicate the span of time covered by the leave and whether the leave is requested to be with or without pay.
In the case of FMLA (Family and Medical Leave) the Dean will forward the request to Arts & Sciences Human Resources to initiate the appropriate provisional approval letter. The letter, along with the medical certification form if appropriate, will be sent to the faculty member/appointee for whom the leave is requested. (A copy of the provisional approval letter will also be sent to the chair and departmental administrator.)
Tenure track faculty should refer to the document entitled, The
Johns Hopkins University Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences/
Whiting School of Engineering Tenure Regulations, to determine
the effect of leave on the tenure clock.
Certification of Health Care
Providers
Sabbatical Leaves:
Sally Marcin
Academic Council Coordinator
(410) 516-8213
237 Mergenthaler Hall
FMLA:
Joan Spoltore
A&S Human Resources Manager
(410) 516-4138
FAX: 410-516-8480
237 Mergenthaler Hall
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