<p>Official leave policy does not vary from dept. to dept. My dept. however, assured me they would fight for my tenure if needed when the time came.</p>
<p>My school’s policy was two years of unpaid leave per child, however, a birdie in my dept. told me that a stretch of four years would not be viewed well. I came back for a year while pregnant with my second child.</p>
<p>So here was my scenario:</p>
<p>Yr. one: Hired and worked.
Yr. two: Hired, worked, pregnant.
Yr. three: Half time, one semester. Didn’t like it. Off next semester.
Yr. four: Off
Yr. five: Back half time and pregnant
Yr. six: Off
Yr. seven: Off
Yr. eight: Back full time and forever. Sigh.</p>
<p>The Board of Trustees had to approve the leaves and they did. </p>
<p>My school was wonderful to me.</p>