Faculty & Staff Resources

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Faculty Advising Resources                           

Advising Hold Release (login required)
Advisement & Registration UMD Resources
Swenson College Advising Forms
UMD One-Stop
Test & Transfer Credit Resources

Administrative Resources for Faculty & Staff

Swenson College Faculty Documents & Forms
Promotion & Tenure
Course Proposals & Scheduling
Employee Engagement Survey Results
Educational Technology Support for Faculty & Staff
Grant Support
Onboarding Resources for Staff
Programs (Majors & Minors)
P-card Procedures
Performance Appraisal Materials
Recruitment Process for P&A and Faculty Positions
UMD Chancellor's Office & Academic Affairs
Visiting Scholar Resources
Youth Events/Outreach

Teaching Resources

Alternative Teaching Resources - Compiled by the SCSE STEM Teaching & Learning Committee

Advisement & Registration UMD Resources:

• Advisor Connect
• Air Force ROTC
• Athletics Practice Schedule
• Athletics, Sports, and Recreation
• Honors Program
• Foreign Language Placement
• Mathematics Groups and Course Placement
• UMD Music Ensemble Times Fall 2017
• Preparation Standard Deficiencies - How to Fulfill
• Liberal Education Program Requirements
• UMD Catalog: Major/Minor Requirements

Swenson College Advising Forms:

• SCSE APAS Amendment Request (form available in Swenson College Advising and Academic Services office, Engineering Building 140)
• SCSE Major/Minor (Declare/Add/ or Drop) online form.  Paper form in Swenson College Advising office, Engr. Bldg. 140
• Declaring additional major or minor from another UMD college (CEHSP, CLA, LSBE, SFA)
• Registration Planning Worksheet (form available in Engr. Building 140))

UMD One-Stop:

• All forms A-Z

Commonly used student forms:

• Petition for academic policy or tuition refund for UMD students
• Class Addition and Adjustments (after the second week of the term)
• Class Time Conflict Approval (student completes electronic form, electronic response with expiration in 10 days)
• Changing College or Major
• Graduation: application, commence, checklist
• Incomplete Contract
• Multi-institutional registration 
• Retake a Course (or Equivalent Course)
• Student Reference Request Consent Sample Form (PDF)
• Term Overload
  
• UMD Transfer Course Evaluation

Student: MyU How To Guides 

Test & Transfer Credit Resources:

• Advanced Placement Credit Awards (AP)
• College Level Examination Program (CLEP)
• International Baccalaureate Credit Awards (IB)
• Minnesota Transfer Curriculum (MnTC)
• Transfer Credit

Swenson College Faculty Documents & Forms:

• 2019-2020 Annual Faculty Letter
• (Annual Activity Report is available via "The Works" and should be completed and submitted to the Dean's office by Feb. 15th)
• Form 25: Appraisals of Probationary Faculty or Form 25 editable version - evaluation of tenure-track faculty done once every year 
• Faculty Appraisals Process - How to produce an Annual Activity Report in Works for faculty.  For probationary faculty, Annual Activity Reports are due in the Dean's Office on the first day of the Spring semester.  For all other faculty, they are due on February 15th.
• Teaching Evaluation Agreement (pdf)-To be completed annually by all faculty members. Due to the Dean’s Office by Sept. 15th. The form must be amended whenever teaching assignments change.
• Appendix 1.7 Annual Workload Summary for 2019 - To be completed by the Department Secretary

Promotion & Tenure

• Promotion and/or Tenure Consideration Form (pdf)- required of probationary faculty & recommended for any tenured faculty who is not a full professor. Due to the Dean's Office by Sept. 30th of each year.
• Promotion and/or Tenure Readiness Form (pdf)
• CV Template for Faculty
• Table of Contents for Promotion & Tenure Faculty
• Table of Contents for Promotion Only Faculty
• SCSE Powerpoint Template
• Academic Affairs P&T Resource Page
• Adobe Acrobat Professional Download
• 7.12 Statements

Course Proposals & Scheduling:

• ECAS login (Electronic Course Authorization System)
• Room Scheduling (general purpose classrooms)
• Scheduling dates (when staff can submit their departmental course schedule)
• VCAA deadlines to change or propose courses

Educational Technology Support for Faculty & Staff:

• Research
• Alternative Teaching Resources compiled by SCSE STEM Teaching & Learning Committee

Employee Engagement Survey Results:

• 2018 Faculty Engagement Survey Results
• 2018 Staff Engagement Survey Results

Grant Support

• Chancellor's Small Grant Application - Due May 28, 2020 for Spring 2021. Details are listed in the application.

Onboarding Resources for Staff

Programs (Majors & Minors):

• PCAS login (Program and Curriculum Approval System)
• VCAA deadlines to change or propose new programs

P-card Procedures:

• University P-card Policies
• Swenson College P-card Procedures

Performance Appraisal Materials:

SCSE performance appraisals for Civil Service, AFSCME, Teamsters, and Academic P&As, including post-docs, are underway.

Completed reviews are due in the SCSE dean's office no later than March 27, 2020.

Performance Appraisal Memo
Timeline
Employee Input Form
Annual Performance Appraisal Form
Overall Rating Guide
Individual Factors Rating Guide
Mission Statements and Strategic Initiatives
Errors in Performance Appraising

For additional information on performance appraisals conducted at the University of Minnesota, check out this Performance Review Summary.  

Recruitment Process

• Checklist for Recruiting P&A and Faculty Positions

UMD Chancellor's Office & Academic Affairs:

• Academic Policies
• Academic Affairs Faculty Resources and Funding
• Campus Shared Governance Committees

Visiting Scholar Resources

• Visiting Scholar Instructions/Process (must be completed at least 3 months before arrival)
• Visiting Scholar Budget
• Visiting Scholar Letter J-1 (Template)

Youth Events/Outreach

• Safety of Minors Policy
• Safety of Minors Requirements Grid
• Register Your Event/Youth at the U