(non-continuing appointment)
A temporary appointment may be made where there is a need for the temporary employment of a teaching faculty member and/or where only temporary or contingent funding for the position is available.
Types of non-continuing appointments are including:
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Term Teaching-Research Faculty Appointments Case
A term appointment may be made where there is a need for the temporary employment of a teaching faculty member and/or where only temporary or contingent funding for the position is available. For example:
Term Associate Professor
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1996-002 Personnel Files: Academic Employees (Non-Continuing) N/A |
Checklist for Term Teaching-Research Faculty Appointments
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Personal Data Form
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Proof of Highest Degree
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General Privacy and Confidentiality Agreement
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TD1-BC Form
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SFUFA Dues Form
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Performance Management Documents
As the temp appointment will go through biennial performance reviews
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VPA (& all below)
Visiting Faculty Appointment (where does this belong?)
A visiting faculty member must be a person who holds a position at the rank of Instructor, Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in a recognized university, or who holds an equivalent position in another appropriate organization. For example:
Visiting Faculty
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1996-002 Personnel Files: Academic Employees (Non-Continuing) N/A |
Checklist for Visiting Faculty Appointments
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Proof of Highest Degree
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General Privacy and Confidentiality Agreement
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Personal Data Form
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TD1-BC Form
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Post Retirement Appointment
A retired Member may be offered a full- or part-time post retirement appointment
Post Retirement Faculty
Questions:
- If it's an internal appointment (home department of the retired faculty member) wouldn’t this all be a part of their continuing faculty file?
- If it’s a cross-department post retirement appointment, wouldn’t it be part of their continuing employee file from their home department? Or would each department have an individual file structure for that person?
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1996-002 Personnel Files: Academic Employees (Non-Continuing) N/A |
Checklist for Post Retirement Appointments
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General Privacy and Confidentiality Agreement
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Personal Data Form
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SFUFA Dues Form
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Sessional Instructor Appointment
Sessional Instructor appointment is handled in faculties only, FR will not keep these documents. The folder can be labelled as the sample below:
Sessional Instructor
Note: SI appointments are handled in faculty and FR will not see these files
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1996-002 Personnel Files: Academic Employees (Non-Continuing) N/A |
Checklist for Sessional Instructor Appointments
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Appointment form (SI)
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Appointment Letter
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Curriculum Vitae
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TSSU Privacy Form
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TSSU Privacy Form
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TSSU Assignment of Wages Form
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TSSU Assignment of Wages form
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TD1-BC Form
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TD1 Federal Form
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Overload Teaching Contract
http://www.sfu.ca/faculty-relations/appointments/other/overload-teaching.html - this includes staff teaching on overload.
There are two categories of OTC:
- Those appointed as OTC 1 will be assigned tutorial and/or laboratory instruction.
- Those appointed as OTC 2 will be assigned the overall preparation and presentation of an academic course given by a department or program and in addition may be assigned tutorial and/or laboratory instruction.
- Approval from Department Chair (if applicable)
- Exception Memo (if applicable)
- Proof of Degree (if applicable)
Teaching and Research Faculty Appointments Case
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1996-004 Personnel Files: Academic Employees (Continuing) CY of termination + 60 years |
Checklist for overload teaching appointment for teaching and research faculty members
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Documents Checklist
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Document Retention
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Document Type
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Office of Responsibility (for viewing)
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Term Teaching-Research Faculty Appointments Case
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1996-002 Personnel Files: Academic Employees (Non-Continuing) N/A |
Checklist for overload teaching appointment for term teaching and research faculty members
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Documents Checklist
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Document Retention
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Document Type
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Office of Responsibility (for viewing)
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University Research Associate (where does this belong?)
The position of University Research Associate is intended primarily to be a full-time research position for a person having academic qualifications similar to those required for appointment to the faculty. The individual may attain project tenure but continuation of the position will be dependent upon the availability of funds. For example:
University Research Associate
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1996-002 Personnel Files: Academic Employees (Non-Continuing) N/A |
Checklist for URA appointment
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TD1-BC Form
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TD1 Federal Form
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Proof of Permanent Residency
/ Work Permit
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Chairs (and CRCs)
Apart from the continuing teaching rank of the Faculty member, he/she may have other appointments e.g. CRC. In this scenario, a sub section named "Canada Research Chairs" should be added under Recruitment & Appointment section
Canada Research Chairs
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1996-004 Personnel Files: Academic Employees (Continuing) Normal Retention: CY employment terminated + 60 years |
Checklist for CRC Appointment
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Documents Checklist
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Document Name in eTRACS
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Office of Responsibility (for viewing)
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Checklist for Chair Appointment
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Documents Checklist
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Document Name in eTRACS
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Office of Responsibility (for viewing)
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Previous package document for renewal
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(Renamed to Term Appointments as agreed by FERM working group members on Nov 3rd)
A term appointment may be made where there is a need for the temporary employment of a faculty member and/or where only temporary or contingent funding for the position is available.
Types of non-continuing appointments include:
Associate Member
Limited Term Lecturer
University Research Associate (URA)
Visiting Scholar
Grant Tenure Track
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