Faculty & Staff Resources

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Faculty Advising Resources                           

Advising Hold Release (login required)
Advisement & Registration UMD Resources
COVID-19 Emergency Fund Request Form for Students
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
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 Petition Request (online form to adjust APAS via petition with SCSE department approval)
• SCSE Major/Minor (Declare/Add/ or Drop) online form.  Paper form in Swenson College Advising office, Montague Hall 107
• Declaring additional major or minor from another UMD college (CEHSP, CLA, LSBE)
• Registration Planning Worksheet 

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
• Dual Degree (example BS and BA; two different degree types in same or different college)
• 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:

• 2022-2023 Annual Faculty Letter
• Annual Activity Report (AAR) is generated through Works. Please follow the SCSE AAR guidelines.
• Form 25: Appraisals of Probationary Faculty or Form 25 editable version - evaluation of tenure-track faculty done once every year 
• Teaching evaluation agreement forms are due September 15. These are department-specific and have been provided to your Department Head.

Promotion & Tenure

• Promotion and/or Tenure Consideration Form (pdf): required of probationary faculty and recommended for any tenured faculty who is not a full professor. Due to the Dean's office by September 30 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 xx, 2022 for Spring 2022. Details are listed in the application.

Onboarding Resources for Staff

• https://hr.d.umn.edu/new-employees

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:

Performance appraisals are to be completed by February 15, 2023 for the following groups Civil Service, AFSCME, Teamsters, and  Academic P&A, including Post-Docs. The appraisals will again be completed using the Performance Appraisal Tool (PAT) The review period is January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022.

Below are helpful links for navigating the Performance Appraisal Tool (PAT).

Employee Access Link

Employee's Guide

Navigating PAT for employees video

Supervisor Access Link

Supervisor's Guide

Navigating PAT for supervisors video

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