Advance VT Graduate Student Seminar

Work/Life Balance ?

Christine Dennis Smith Women’s Center

April 2013

Work/Life Balance? • Questionnaire • What is work/life balance? • What to look for when looking for jobs

regarding work/life balance? • What does Virginia Tech offer to

support work/life balance for faculty?

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AdvanceVT Work-Life Initiatives • Tenure Clock Extension

Revised 2006 Automatic extension for new parents

• Modified Duties Adopted 2006 One semester flexible assignment

• Dual Career Program Office established fall 2005 Guidelines, assistance, bridge funding

• Child Care Partnership Megan Dolbin-MacNab, Assistant Professor, Human Development, was the first to use the modified duties policy

Reasons for Tenure Clock Extension

46

15

21

56

28

23

0 20 40 60 80 100 120

Child related

Personal or familyhealth

Professional/Other

Number of Faculty, 2003-2011 Male Female

Tenure Clock Extension Usage

0%

2%

4%

6%

8%

10%

12%

14%

16%

18%

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Percentage of Tenure-Eligible Faculty Extending the Tenure Clock by Gender

malefemale

Modified Duties

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

Childbirth/ adoption

4 10 5 7 9 11

Personal health

0 2 1 0 3 5

Other 0 6 0 3 1 4

Total 4 18 6 10 13 20

Dual Career Program

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

New Dual Career Faculty Hires 12 11 6 8 4 18 Number and % Retained 10 (83%) 10 (91%) 5 (83%) 7 (88%) (100%) --

Faculty cases facilitated by the Provost’s Office N = 59

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Dual Career Program

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

Recruitment Cases 59 44 30 26 37 67 Retention Cases 7 21 9 13 4 5 Total Cases/Year 66 65 39 39 41 72

Cases through the Provost/HR Partnership

“Without it, we would not have come. I think it’s critical because lots of people have spouses that are also in research or in the same area, so they will only come if you hire both. So, if you have a program like that, it’s really important to get people here.” - New Faculty Member

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Child Care Partnership

Contract Year Infant (0-1 ½ yrs)

Toddler (1 ½ - 3

yrs)

Preschool ( 3 yrs to school

age)

School-age (before & after care, holidays,

snow days, summer)

Totals

2009-2010 (Year 1) 20 25 71 13 129

2010-2011 17 11 30 10 67 2011-2012 18 10 51 4 73

Totals 55 46 152 27 280

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Children placed with Rainbow Riders

Health and Wellness Initiatives:

• Hokie Wellness • Child Development Center for Learning and Research • Lactation Facilities • Elder Care: Adult Day Services (ADS) • Work-Life Center • Women’s health and wellness seminars

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Health and Wellness Initiatives:

• Women’s Center • Working Mother’s Group and List serv • Counseling and Advocacy Services • Women’s Health and Wellness Workshops

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Questions?

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