Policies and Procedures

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Guidelines

Job aids

Forms, Documents and Miscellaneous

Academic Application - Word / PDF

Appropriate Terminal Degrees

Building Your Schedule

Certify

Department Chair New Faculty Review Checklist

Domestic Travel Authorization Form

Emeritus Faculty Recommendation Form

Executive Order 740, supersedes EO 661

Faculty Appt. Recommendation Form by Requisition and Equal Opportunity Summary

Faculty Additional Employment Request (2403): Adobe Sign Workflow

Faculty Recruitment: PageUp Log In for Search Committees

Faculty Recruitment: PageUp - Initiating a Recruitment Guide

Faculty Recruitment: Position Announcement Template (Word format)

Faculty Recruitment: Tenure Track Search Process Procedures

Faculty Recruitment: Faculty Recruitment Plan for Tenure-Track Faculty and Full Time Lecturers

FERP Request Tutorial (form available via AdobeSign workflow)/ FERP Frequently Asked Questions

Guidelines to Probationary Faculty Development

Hotel Exceeds Form

Instructional & Research Equipment Policy / Request

International Travel Authorization Form

J1 Departmental Request Information

J1 Research Scholars & Professors Handbook

Market Equity Application Form

Periodic Evaluation timelines and forms

Request to Initiate Recruitment: Adobe Sign Workflow

Request to Initiate Recruitment: Reference Guide

UAW Forms and Documents

Under the UAW contract, Teaching Associates ("TAs") and Instructional Student Assistants ("ISAs") must receive written notice of appointment or reappointment as soon as practicable after the hiring decision. Pursuant to the contract, the notice must contain certain particularized information. In addition, the University must also provide TAs and ISAs with job descriptions setting forth the specific duties of the appointment as soon as practicable. Below are TA and ISA Form Appointment Notices and Job Descriptions. They are primarily fill in the blank forms. However, both the TA and ISA Job Description forms have one drop down field each. For instructions on what to put in each field, press F1 while you are in the respective field.
*ISA Forms*	*TA Forms*
ISA Appointment Notice - General	TA Appointment Notice
ISA Appointment Notice - With Evaluation Notice	TA Job Description
ISA Job Description - General	TA Policy
ISA Job Description - Work Study	TA Description of Duties Form

In addition, below are sample evaluation notice documents. Under the UAW Contract, Article 8, "[i]f an employment evaluation is to take place, the employing department . . . shall communicate, in writing, evaluation criteria, schedule and procedures for written employment evaluations, to employees . . . within the first fourteen (14) days of the appointment period." Accordingly, if you want to evaluate a particular ISA or TA or a group during appointment, you can only do so if you provide notice to the employee within 14 days of the employee's start of employment of your intention to do so and you provide the employee with the criteria, schedule and procedures for the evaluation.
*UAW Sample Evaluation Notice Documents*
Evaluation Notice Letter
Student Evaluation Form
Evaluation Criteria

Finally, under the UAW contract, "[t]he University shall create and maintain a central website . . . and shall post information on it regarding open hire bargaining unit employee positions when these positions become available." In addition, the contract prescribes the contents of each posting. Accordingly, below is a form Job Posting for TA and ISA positions. TA and ISA jobs should be posted in the hiring department website. HR serves as the central website to access the posting through links to Departments. *All Unit 11 employees (TAs, GAs and ISAs) are required to sign the Oath of Allegiance.* *Please note Courts have found that the oath does not require a person to bear arms or engage in violence, and a pacifist may take the oath.*
*TA/ISA Job Posting*
ISA/TA Employment	ISA/TA Positions
Teaching Associate Positions at East Bay Art: 1 Biology: 16 Chemistry: 7 Communication: 5 Computer Science: 2 Earth & Environmental Sciences: 4 English: 7 General Education: 8 Hosp, Rec & Tourism: 1 Kinesiology: 2 Math: 15 Music: 2