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Faculty AffairsOverviewThe Office of Faculty Affairs coordinates a variety of activities associated with faculty life and academic programming on the Boulder campus. The Office is a branch of Academic Affairs and is administered by the Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs. The major functions of the Office of Faculty Affairs are summarized below.Recruitment, Hiring, and AppointmentsFaculty Affairs provides assistance to department chairs and deans throughout the recruitment, hiring, and contract preparation process. Faculty Affairs also assists departments, colleges, and schools deal with special circumstances associated with spousal employment needs and special opportunity hiring. Appointment of faculty to administrative positions is also processed by this office.Reappointment, Tenure, and PromotionReappointment, tenure, and promotion processes are described in subsequent sections of this handbook. Faculty Affairs is responsible for maintaining evaluation procedures consistent with the Faculty Handbook and the Regents' guidelines. Faculty Affairs also coordinates the activities of the Executive Vice Chancellor's Advisory Committee (EVCAC), the faculty committee which advises the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost on matters of faculty promotion and reappointment.Post-Tenure ReviewPost-tenure review is required of all tenured faculty at an interval of five years. These reviews are conducted by departments and dean's offices, and submitted to Faculty Affairs. Some financial support to facilitate the resulting professional plans is supplied to faculty by Faculty Affairs through the dean's offices. Faculty Affairs is also charged with annual reporting of post-tenure review results to System Administration.Leaves, Sabbaticals, and RetirementThe Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs provides assistance to faculty and administrators who seek to negotiate leaves, sabbatical, and retirement agreements. Faculty Affairs also prepares retirement contracts at the conclusion of those negotiations. Faculty Affairs is also charged with the annual reporting of sabbatical activities to System Administration.Program Review Panel (PRP)Faculty Affairs coordinates the review of academic departments and programs on a regular seven year cycle, turning strategic information into planning recommendations. The process involves unit-level self-studies, reviews by faculty internal to CU, and by external experts brought to campus. All of this reporting together is considered by a campus-level faculty committee (PRP) who provide written recommendations to the provost that address hiring plans, undergraduate and graduate curriculum, and other matters of importance to academic units and the campus in total. The PRP process is described at this link. Planned changes to the process are described in this document (pdf file).Salary Equity Appeals CommitteeThe campus maintains a faculty committe for the resolution of salary grievances and oversight of the appeals process. The Salary Equity Appeals Committee (SEAC) is a committee of faculty members selected jointly by the Boulder Faculty Assembly Executive Committee and the Provost. The Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs chairs the committee. Director of Faculty RelationsThe Director of Faculty Relations seeks to foster a positive and productive working environment for faculty members and academic administrators by addressing issues of conduct and conflict. The DFR offers the following services to those holding faculty rank:
Agenda for the Board of RegentsFaculty Affairs serves as a centralized processing center for all appointments and proposals requiring action by either the President or the Regents. The most recent Regents' Agenda information can be inspected at http://www.cusys.edu/~regents/BoardMeetings/.Agenda for Personnel Actions Approved by the ChancellorFaculty Affairs serves as the centralized processing center for all salary adjustments, appointments, and other personnel actions in the Division of Academic Affairs that require approval by the Chancellor. Data for this agenda are submitted to Faculty Affairs from the various colleges and schools. Faculty Report of Professional Activities/Faculty Information SystemAnnual reports prepared by individual faculty summarizing their scholarly activities for the preceding twelve months (FRPAs) are used by chairs and deans in preparation for annual merit recommendations and are then processed by Faculty Affairs, which enters the information into the Faculty Information System (FIS). FIS is utilized to maintain faculty personnel records and is available to University officers in need of reports based on this database. The FRPA website is at : http://frpadb.colorado.edu/frpa/owa/forms.logon Junior Faculty Mentoring and ProgrammingFaculty Affairs coordinates the production of the Reference Guide for New Faculty, welcoming and training activities, and mentoring activities. Each junior faculty member who desires one can be assigned a formal mentor within their home department. Junior faculty who wish to consult with mentors outside their department on matters of faculty life including dossier and curriculum vita preparation, or teaching portfolios are encouraged to contact Faculty Affairs for assistance. The Faculty Teaching Excellence Program also specializes in services for junior and new faculty.Faculty Teaching Excellence ProgramThe Faculty Teaching Excellence Program (FTEP) provides workshops, seminars, colloquia, and one-on-one confidential consultation on matters related teaching and discipline-specific pedagogy. The FTEP also provides expertise to faculty on the effective utilization of technology in teaching situations. The programs and mentoring activities of the FTEP are described more fully in a subsequent section of this guide and at http://www.colorado.edu/UCB/AcademicAffairs/ftep/ on the Web. Leadership Education for Advancement and Promotion (LEAP)The newest addition to the Office of Faculty Affairs, LEAP provides faculty support and networking opportunities. Through a three-day workshop for junior tenure-track faculty, LEAP addresses skill building in the areas of time management and difficult conversations and an informal review of the tenure process. The workshops are small, up to 14 participants and are open to faculty across the campus. LEAP also provides workshop opportunities for associate professors and support for department chairs and directors. Faculty Benefits and ServicesThe Office of Faculty Affairs coordinates and develops a number of services and benefits designed to aid newly hired and established faculty, such as housing benefits, teaching consultations, and tuition benefits for dependents. Faculty Affairs Benefits and Service are summarized at : www.colorado.edu/facultyaffairs/FABSP.html
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