and for compelling reasons which shall be stated in detail. 3. Replacement Procedures a. If a Department Chair is relieved of the duties of Department Chair, the faculty member shall continue as a member of the faculty, with all rights and privileges of the faculty. If the change occurs during a semester and the faculty member is unable to pick up a full teaching load, the faculty member shall be given reassigned duties by the Dean with the approval by the Vice President. b. If, for any reason, the Department Chair’s position becomes vacant during an elected Chair’s term, an election shall be called and conducted according to Article 8.5. Emergency elections shall be held as soon as possible and be started within ten (10) working days of the vacancy. c. If faculty are off contract or the vacancy occurs too close to the end of the faculty contract to conduct an election according to Article 8.5, the election shall be started within ten (10) working days of the first faculty contract day of the semester immediately following the vacancy. d. If no eligible member of the Department wishes to serve as Department Chair or a vacancy occurs off contract or too close to the end of faculty contract to conduct an election, the Dean shall appoint, with approval of the Vice President of Academic Affairs, an interim Department Chair, who will serve until a new Department Chair is elected according to Article 8.5. The Dean and Vice President of Academic Affairs must select a faculty member from (in order of preference) i) the same department, ii) another department within the division, or iii) if neither i nor ii are available, teaching faculty college-wide. 2022-2025 TMCC-NFA Contract Article 10 Page 53
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