Forms of Invisible Labor 1. Time and energy spent advising and mentoring students. This invisible labor is increasing both in terms of numbers of students and in terms of time periods of intensive work such as preregistration or summer orientation. Often this informal networking takes the form of late-night telephone calls. Time spend developing syllabi, new course proposals or curriculum revisions to create or support new interdisciplinary programs such as the FYI program.
Time spend training new staff or faculty.
Time spent in figuring out how to get computer support from the existing system. Suggested Action Items 1. Change the faculty annual report to reflect this range of invisible work in meaningful ways. Change the professional staff evaluation system to reflect invisible work. Additionally, develop mechanisms for faculty input into administrative and staff performance appraisals.