Archived Announcements

January/February 2022 Announcements

•      Congratulations to Lisa Joo!
•      OAA Staffing Changes/Updates
•      Update: Offer Letter and Letter of Invitation Templates
•      Update: Professoriate Appointment CV Requirements
•      Update: FSAT (Faculty Search Applicant Tracking)
•      New: Additional Clinician Educator A&P Committee
•      New: Additional Resources on Extraordinary Contribution Criteria for Clinician Educators
•      Update: Organization of Clinician Educator, Instructor and Clinical Scholar Actions
•      Update: Resource (Webpage) for FAAs working on Visiting & Short Term Faculty Actions
•      New: Professor of Practice Resources
•      New: Visiting & Short Term Faculty Resources
•      New: Leaves Process for Change Requests
•      Update: Clinician Educator Professional Development Leave (PDL) Change to Maximum Accrual

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March 2022 Announcements

• Update: Adjunct Clinical Faculty Letter of Invitation Template
• Update: Clinician Educators Overall Limit on Leave
• Reminder: Professoriate Appointment CV Requirements
• Reminder: New Method for Launching and Assembling Professoriate Long Forms
• Reminder: Call for Faculty Search and Applicant Tracking (FSAT) PageUp System Users
• Reminder: Additional COVID-related Assistance for Academic Council Assistant Professors
• Reminder: Organization of Clinician Educator, Instructor and Clinical Scholar Actions in OAA
• Reminder: OAA Coverage- Visiting & Short Term Faculty population (March 2022)
• Reminder: Academic Staff-Research Appointment Terminations

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April Announcements

• OAA Staffing Updates
• Reminder: OAA Coverage - Faculty Leaves and Short-Term/Visiting Population
• Reminder: March Roundtable- Interfolio Replacement & Intro to FSAT
• Reminder: Leaves Process for Change Requests
• Reminder: Revised University Handbooks  

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May Announcements

• OAA Staffing News: Amber Burke joins Professoriate Team
• Update: Extraordinary Contributions are now included criterion in the Clinician Educator referee solicitation letter
• Expectations for Summer A&P Approval Timing for the Professoriate
• Additional COVID Assistance for Untenured Faculty
• Resource Document Now Available: Policy for non-MD CE appointments
• Reminder: Department FSAT Training for Professoriate and CE Searches
• Reminder: Early release offer letter exception requests for CEs and Instructors to be submitted via Smartsheet
• Reminder: May 19^th Roundtable – Visiting & Short-Term Faculty: Best Practices

June Announcements

• Notice: The June 16th FAA Roundtable will feature the new Faculty Search Applicant Tracking (FSAT) system
• Update: Offer Letter and Letter of Invitation Templates
• Update: New OAA Homepage
• Reminder: “faa-peermentoring” Slack Channel
• Reminder: OAA Announcements Slack channel
• Reminder: 360 Evaluation Report
• Reminder:  It is time to submit your faculty’s additional COVID Assistance Term extension FASA’s

July Announcements

• OAA Staffing News
• Adjunct Clinical Faculty – Letter of Invitation
• Adjunct Clinical Faculty – Off-Site Location
• Reminder: Box Search Functionality
• Reminder: Transition Plans for Professoriate Searches
• OAA Website Updates/FSAT Admin User Guide Now Available
• Upcoming:  Annual Faculty Counseling Requirement

August Announcements

• OAA Staffing News
• Professoriate: New Search Waiver Categories
• Professoriate: 360 Reviews in Long Forms
• Visiting Scholar/Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar: Proof of Funding Increase
• Reminders and Updates: FSAT

September Announcements

• Update: SoM Professoriate: Departmental Allocations
• Update: New EEOC Language for Search Ads and Candidate Solicitation
• Reminder: FASI (Faculty Recruitment) System retired
• Reminder Academic Staff-Research Appointment Terminations
• FSAT: 
  • New Job Location Option for VAPAHCS
  • Search Authorization Numbers
• Reminder: 10/01/2022 Deadline for Status of Annual Faculty Counseling
• Reminder and Update: Visiting and Short-Term Faculty 

October Announcements

• Update: Remote Teaching Accommodations- New Guidelines and Documents
• October FAA Roundtable: FSAT for Professoriate Searches- Best Practices & Applicant Management
• FSAT Update: Ability to receive notifications of new applications now live
• Professoriate: Updated Guidelines to Voting in A&P Process
• Professoriate: Discontinuation of Interfolio
• Professoriate: New Office Hours
• Organization of Clinician Educator, Instructor and Clinical Scholar Actions in OAA
• Reminder: Please Confirm Status of Annual Faculty Counseling
• Reminder: OAA Coverage – Visiting and Short-Term Population
• Reminder: Impact of Winter Closure on OAA Processing Time
• Reminder: Background Questionnaire
• Reminder: Notification of Faculty Passing

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November Announcements

• Updated: Offer Letter Templates
• Discontinuation of Interfolio: Export Active Long Form Cases & Preserve Search Records
  
• FSAT Support: Please note Available Resources for Professoriate Searches
• FSAT Request: Please Update existing Job Postings
• Reminder: Impact of Winter Closure on OAA Processing Time
• Reminder: Organization of Clinician Educator, Instructor and Clinical Scholar Actions in OAA
• Reminder: Changes in Leave Submission Deadlines

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December Announcements

• California Pay Transparency Law
• 2023 FAA Roundtable Topics
• Interfolio: Discontinue Use
• FSAT: Maintain Up-To-Date Applicant Statuses
• Reminder: Impact of Winter Closure on OAA Processing Time
• Reminder: Updated Offer Letter Templates
• Adjunct Clinical Faculty Teaching Evaluations

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