For staff, see COE: Flexible Working Arrangements.

Overview

See HR: Flexible Work Arrangements.

College of Education FWA guidelines - faculty

Faculty have always had flexible work schedules and work locations, with expectations for substantial on-campus work, including teaching, work with students, and departmental/college/university meetings. In order to build and maintain community, it is expected that most faculty meetings will be in person. With approval from the department chair, some occasional use of Zoom may be approved, for example, for faculty who are out of town for a conference and unable to attend in person. Faculty should be available to students both in-person and online, as needed.

Faculty, regardless of series or rank, must be present on campus to perform required functions, including teaching, mentoring, service, meetings and research, that require onsite work and allow for interpersonal contact with their colleagues and their students.

Any current faculty member who is away from campus for a brief period of time (short term, not a permanent move) must have an agreement in place for how the faculty member’s responsibilities will be managed. This has always been true for conferences or research-related activity.

For any sustained time away from campus due to a formal leave approval, where there’s an expectation for work, follow the process described at HR: Flexible Work Arrangements. Completed FWA forms must be uploaded to Workday.

Faculty are expected to live in a geographically close/commutable distance from UT, with the ability to travel to a primary campus location within a few hours, unless the position has been hired specifically to work outside of the local area. COE will not reimburse travel costs from home to work for employees engaged in local telework or parking.

Accommodations

Faculty can request accommodations for their own medical conditions through the ADA accommodation process.

University policy on faculty residency

See HOP 2-2030: Faculty Residency.

Remote telework (out-of-state employment)

In rare circumstances, faculty may be able to request remote telework. See COE: Flexible Working Arrangements (FWA) > tab "Out-of-state work requests," section "Faculty remote telework requests" for more information and instructions.

Remote telework request process

1. Review HR: Out of State and International Work.
2. Faculty member discusses the arrangement with the department chair.
3. If the department chair supports the request, department AM emails request details to the Senior Associate Dean, COE Director of HR, and COE-FacultyAffairs@austin.utexas.edu. 
4. If the Senior Associate Dean and COE Director of HR support the request, department AM or Academic HR Partner will complete the Out of State Request form and send to internationaloutofstate@austin.utexas.edu and cc COE-FacultyAffairs@austin.utexas.edu.
5. Central HR will review the form to make sure the proposed arrangement meets University and state guidelines, and will evaluate employment details against state-specific wage, hour, and employment laws.
6. If approved by central HR, they or COE-FacultyAffairs will forward the request to APS.
7. APS may either approve the request, or route it to the Provost for further review.
8. APS will notify the CSU of their decision.
9. If the request is approved, department Academic HR Partner must upload approved form to faculty member's Workday worker profile.

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