Implementation of Leave Reporting for Graduate Student Researchers, Teaching Assistants, and Associate Instructors

DEANSDEPARTMENT CHAIRSINSTRUCTIONAL FACULTYPRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORSASSISTANT DEANSCHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICERS The new Graduate Student Researchers (GSR) and Academic Student Employees (ASE) labor contracts provide enhanced paid leave benefits, and the Office of the President has mandated that all campuses implement leave recording processes to ensure these paid leave benefits are implemented consistently across the system. The University has…Continue Reading Implementation of Leave Reporting for Graduate Student Researchers, Teaching Assistants, and Associate Instructors

Systemwide Review of Proposed Academic Personnel Manual (APM) – 672, Negotiated Salary Program

The University invites comments on the following proposed policy: Summarized below are the proposed key policy provisions that are being distributed for systemwide review. Key Policy Provisions The purpose of the Negotiated Salary Program (NSP) is to provide a mechanism for participating campuses to augment faculty compensation on a temporary basis according to the competitive…Continue Reading Systemwide Review of Proposed Academic Personnel Manual (APM) – 672, Negotiated Salary Program

Redelegation of Authority for Academic Coordinator Titles and Academic Administrator Series

Effective with the 2023-2024 academic review cycle, I am delegating to the deans the authority to approve the following actions for Academic Coordinator Titles and Academic Administrator Series: All actions you approve must be consistent with current systemwide and campus policies and must be reported to the Office of Academic Personnel within 30 days of…Continue Reading Redelegation of Authority for Academic Coordinator Titles and Academic Administrator Series

Ability to Update Files During Candidate Certification

We are happy to announce that analysts are now able to update/replace or delete documents while awaiting candidate certification. There is no need for the longer workaround of having the candidate certify and then returning the file to the prior level! Any changes made to the review file documents will re-trigger you to re-notify the…Continue Reading Ability to Update Files During Candidate Certification

Call for Annual Certification of Outside Professional Activities

DEANSDEAPRTMENT CHAIRSASSISTANT DEANSCHIEF PERSONNEL OFFICERS University of California policy requires that outside professional activities do not interfere with a faculty member’s full-time commitment to the University. All faculty are required to file an annual certification of outside professional activities each fiscal year, even if the faculty member did not engage in outside professional activities during…Continue Reading Call for Annual Certification of Outside Professional Activities

NEW! Dashboard View

We are excited to announce that the after much feedback, the ScholarSteps team has enhanced the dashboard view to be more flexible and accommodating to our many users! The table now displays your top recently updated reviews with filter capabilities (outline in red above), to allow you to customize your dashboard experience! You can switch…Continue Reading NEW! Dashboard View