Academic Personnel Tools
Tools
Academic Job Code Attributes
A tool for checking the attributes assigned to Academic job codes. To use: choose the specific title from the drop-down; the attributes will be highlighted in orange.
| File link | Owner | Application | Target audience | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academic Job Code Attributes Reference | Ardaan Locht, College of Natural Resources | Online Tool | Academic Personnel Analysts | Ardaan Locht -alocht@berkeley.edu |
Cal Answers for Academic Personnel
CalAnswers is a powerful tool for analysing faculty data
| File link | Owner | Application | Target audience | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cal Answers Dashboards | AP Tools Committee | Academic Personnel Analysts | N/A |
Case Review Checksheet
Link to updated checklists of required items that need to be reviewed before submitting faculty merits, promotions, appointments, or other faculty cases
| File link | Owner | Application | Target audience | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case Review Check Sheet | APO | Academic Personnel Analysts | N/A |
Consent and Release Form for Faculty Candidates
Consent and Release Form for Faculty Candidates
| File link | Owner | Application | Target audience | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Consent and Release Form for Faculty Candidates | Julie Niedermayr | Academic Personnel Analysts | Julie Niedermayr - jln@berkeley.edu |
Excellence Review Flowchart
A flowchart depicting the steps involved in an Excellence Review for Unit 18 Lecturers. This tool might be useful when communicating with lecturers undergoing an excellence review to explain the process. To use: download file, print and keep handy.
| File link | Owner | Application | Target audience | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Excellence Review Flowchart | L&S Deans' Office | Academic Personnel Analysts | N/A |
Guidelines for Non-Senate Research Titles
A comprehensive overview of non-senate research titles, to aid the user in determining the correct title and understanding processing guidelines. To use: download to your desktop and keep handy.
| File link | Owner | Application | Target audience | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guidelines for Non-Senate Research Titles (Currently Under Revision) | L&S Deans' Office | Academic Personnel Analysts | N/A |
Lecturer Instructional Workload and Teaching Calculator
A tool for calculating the Instructional Workload Course (IWC) and semester pay for Unit 18 Lecturer appointments that are for an entire semester, or for less than an entire semester (teaching day basis).
| File link | Owner | Application | Target Audience | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lecturer Instructional Workload and Teaching Day Calculator | Ardaan Locht, College of Natural Resources | Online Tool | Academic Personnel Analysts | Ardaan Locht - alocht@berkeley.edu |
Monthly Task Calendar for Academic HR Analysts
An example of a tool that distributes department AP tasks into monthly assignments to help ensure that all tasks are completed on time. An AP analyst would use this to keep track of tasks and projects and deadlines throughout the year. Take note that units may have local deadlines. To use: download file to your local desktop and customize to departmental and unit deadlines.
| File link | Owner | Application | Target Audience | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly Task Calendar for Academic HR Analysts | Allison Covington, Department of Political Science | Excel | Academic Personnel Analysts | Ally Covington - allison.covington@berkeley.edu |
Redaction Job Aide
A step-by-step job aid for merit and promotion cases where a document such as the Ad Hoc report or External Letters need to be redacted to provide the information to the candidate without compromising the anonymity of the authors.
| File link | Owner | Application | Target Audience | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redaction Job Aid | Erin Blazick - L&S Social Sciences Dean's Office | Academic Personnel Analysts | Erin Blazickeblazick@berkeley.edu |
Review Period Example
This job aid is meant as a visual overview when assigning the correct review periods for threshold reviews. It also visually shows the most recent review period which should inform the size of the proposed merit action based on activities that have not yet been credited for a merit.
| File link | Owner | Application | Target Audience | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review Period Example | Erin Blazick - L&S Social Sciences Dean's Office | Academic Personnel Analysts | Erin Blazick - eblazick@berkeley.edu |
Tenure Clock Schedule Generator
A tool for creating a tenure clock schedule for junior faculty. Take note this is a sample and unique situations may require adapting it for your needs. It must be customized to match the specifics of the candidate. To use: choose the appropriate appointment start date and check the box(es) for semester(s) time off the clock (toc), as applicable to the candidate.
| File link | Owner | Application | Target Audience | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenure Clock Schedule | Ardaan Locht, College of Natural Resources | Online Tool | Academic Personnel Analysts and Assistant Professors | Ardaan Locht - alocht@berkeley.edu |
Academic Personnel Tools Team
With representation from academic departments and the campus Academic Personnel Office, the Academic Personnel Tools Project Team works to: 1) provide a campus-vetted set of tools, including templates, database models, and automated programs to share best practices, provide training materials and user guides, inspire the creation of new tools, and build efficiencies in the UC Berkeley academic personnel enterprise; and 2) build a sense of community among the academic personnel professionals on campus, and enable better communication and shared knowledge between units.
For more information about academic personnel tools identified and vetted by the AP Tools Project team, visit the Academic Personnel Tools Inventory.
Academic Personnel Tools Project Team:
| Name | Home Department | Role on Project Team |
|---|---|---|
| Marissa Dominguez | Physics | Co-Chair CS Oversight Group Liaison |
| Erin Blazick | Earth & Planetary Science | Co-Chair |
| Jessica Knowlton | Academic Personnel Office (APO) | Academic Personnel SME |
| Denise Schiller | School of Social Welfare | Academic Personnel SME |
| Teresa Gonzalez | College Of Engineering | Academic Personnel SME |
| Aaron Schiller | School of Public Policy | Academic Personnel SME |
| Jose Padilla | SHARE Region | Academic Personnel SME |
| Shamika Jones | Berkeley Law | Academic Personnel SME |
| Aimee Larsen | School of Journalism | Academic Personnel SME |
| Sarah Baughn | Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Program | Academic Personnel SME |
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