Academic department: An academic department or its functional equivalent which could include but is not limited to schools, colleges, divisions, department-like bodies, centers, clinics, institutes, programs, or other academic units that have been formally recognized by the Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs.  Administrative Duties: Responsibilities involving the operation and strategic development of an institution or unit. Chairperson: The administrator of the academic department, including oversight of personnel, budget, and operations.  Instructional academic staff (IAS): Academic staff members with teaching responsibilities, within TTC job family “Teaching and Learning” job subfamily “Teaching and Instruction of For-Credit Courses,” which includes but is not limited to Lecturer, Teaching Professor (all levels), and Teaching Faculty (all levels), but does not include adjunct or visiting instructional academic staff or instructional academic staff who are librarians. Instructional Employee Development: Activities that strengthen pedagogical practice, deepen disciplinary expertise, support career progression, and ensure high-quality instruction across the institution. These can include but are not limited to: new and early career development, post-tenure review remediation, implementation of best practices in teaching, learning, and development of disciplinary expertise, development and improvement of select courses, and faculty readaptation.  Instructional Employees: Faculty or instructional academic staff.