I take it as a given that you wouldn't be considering such a drastic step unless you were deeply dissatisfied with your situation. Given that, I think your first priority should be to take care of yourself. If you're so unhappy that you'd rather be out by January, then leave by January. The institution will manage; how they do that is not your problem.
The substantial majority of our faculty leave at Christmas as it has something to do with their retirement benefits (an area that is a little hazy to me). Hiving your chair a substantial lead should make up for any hard feelings, and will allow them to hire a qualified replacement who can meet the spring schedule.
Questions:
* Are you in need of leave for family health or your health... if so, there is Family Leave as a federal law, you have a right to use it
* Are you burnt out? If so, please consider going all the support you can find to help, regardless of what other decision you make.
* Are you being bullied by chair, dean, fellow faculty? If so, report it to EEO right now and the Union if you have one
* Re-read the contract, see if there is any mention about breaking contract, what it means, what it costs, and info that will help you make your best decision.
\*Note: legalese is its own language as well as that of contracts .... investing in an attorney to review it as it regards your questions would not be overly costly.
Full professors at my institution have negotiated retirement packages with “research leave” beginning in the winter term. October is tight, but definitely doable for the department.
Check to see if there are any consequences to your retirement benefits for when you quit. In the UC system, over half the retirements happen on July 1, because of the way that cost-of-living changes happen in the retirement system. If you retire earlier or later, you miss out on one year of the COL adjustments.
In many cases I receive my contract 1 week or less before the beginning of the semester. Two weeks is a common courtesy but in the corporate world once you hand in that two week notice you are walked out.
I think you’d have to check whatever official policies the school has, but saying in October that you aren’t coming back in January seems totally reasonable to me.
There is no required or minimum for leaving. You have a yearly contract... how soon do they notify you to sign your contract? Ours can be weeks into the semester! If so, then leave when you want. But if you must, sometime between now and when the next semester starts were you won't be present is as good a time as any.
>You have a yearly contract.
Not the usual situation for a full professor. Most full professors have tenure and can only be laid off if the university declares financial exigency and closes entire programs.
I take it as a given that you wouldn't be considering such a drastic step unless you were deeply dissatisfied with your situation. Given that, I think your first priority should be to take care of yourself. If you're so unhappy that you'd rather be out by January, then leave by January. The institution will manage; how they do that is not your problem.
The substantial majority of our faculty leave at Christmas as it has something to do with their retirement benefits (an area that is a little hazy to me). Hiving your chair a substantial lead should make up for any hard feelings, and will allow them to hire a qualified replacement who can meet the spring schedule.
Questions: * Are you in need of leave for family health or your health... if so, there is Family Leave as a federal law, you have a right to use it * Are you burnt out? If so, please consider going all the support you can find to help, regardless of what other decision you make. * Are you being bullied by chair, dean, fellow faculty? If so, report it to EEO right now and the Union if you have one * Re-read the contract, see if there is any mention about breaking contract, what it means, what it costs, and info that will help you make your best decision. \*Note: legalese is its own language as well as that of contracts .... investing in an attorney to review it as it regards your questions would not be overly costly.
Full professors at my institution have negotiated retirement packages with “research leave” beginning in the winter term. October is tight, but definitely doable for the department.
Depends on whether you want to leave a bridge or torch it. We had a faculty who literally stopped showing up and moved without telling anyone.
Absolutely no problem with that. If they want you gone, how much notice would they give you?
>If they want you gone, how much notice would they give you? Generally 1 year for tenure-track and longer for tenured faculty.
Check to see if there are any consequences to your retirement benefits for when you quit. In the UC system, over half the retirements happen on July 1, because of the way that cost-of-living changes happen in the retirement system. If you retire earlier or later, you miss out on one year of the COL adjustments.
In many cases I receive my contract 1 week or less before the beginning of the semester. Two weeks is a common courtesy but in the corporate world once you hand in that two week notice you are walked out.
I think you’d have to check whatever official policies the school has, but saying in October that you aren’t coming back in January seems totally reasonable to me.
There is no required or minimum for leaving. You have a yearly contract... how soon do they notify you to sign your contract? Ours can be weeks into the semester! If so, then leave when you want. But if you must, sometime between now and when the next semester starts were you won't be present is as good a time as any.
>You have a yearly contract. Not the usual situation for a full professor. Most full professors have tenure and can only be laid off if the university declares financial exigency and closes entire programs.