faculty-fundamentals-workshops

Merits and Promotion

This workshop, designed specifically for UC Davis Health faculty, will cover: 

• Criteria for advancement in your series
• Merits and promotions process
• Step Plus process
• Where to go for advice, help and training

Target Audience: UC Davis Health Faculty

Upcoming session pending.

Outside Professional Activities, and Conflicts of Interest in Research

In preparation for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Outside Professional Activities Annual Reporting, the Office of Academic Personnel and Office of Research are presenting an in-depth overview on policy and reporting requirements. This training is an in-depth overview of the Conflict of Commitment and Outside Professional Activities policies for faculty in the Health Sciences Comp Plan. The training will also be covering Conflict of Interest in research, regulatory and reporting requirements.

Faculty who attend this training will have a comprehensive understanding of the following:

• Academic Personnel Manual 671 and 025
• Threshold limits for time and income
• Management of reporting obligations
• Reporting requirements for research

Upcoming session pending.

This four-part Financial Planning Series, is led by a Fidelity Retirement Planner, and is offered twice annually.

Part 1: Make the most of your UC Retirement Program

Determine how much savings you will need to retire the way you want, understand how much you can save through the UC Retirement Savings Program, discover additional ways to save, and learn strategies to help you protect and grow your savings.

Part 2: Ways to Save Roth

This class discusses how Roth gives you the opportunity for tax-free income in retirement, who might benefit from Roth contributions, and how to start making Roth contributions.

Part 3: Understanding the Basics of Social Security

Understanding the Basics of Social Security class is designed to help you understand and learn about key Social Security claiming ages and how your benefit is calculated, so you can better understand the choices.

Part 4: Fundamentals of Retirement Income Planning

Introduction to key concepts, considerations, and resources for determining when you are ready to retire.

Upcoming session dates pending.

Please direct any questions to: ucdhsfacultydevelopment@health.ucdavis.edu

The Ombuds Office is an informal and confidential resource designed to help members of the UC Davis and UC Davis Health communities successfully navigate conflict. Our mission is to provide a safe place for all members of the UC Davis community to discover pathways for conflict management and problem solving in support of fair and collaborative professional and academic experiences in a diverse and changing world.

Visit the page for more details.

The UC Outside Activity Tracking System (OATS) is a web-based application through which all University of California faculty must report outside activities and income, in accordance with UC conflict of commitment policies. This virtual training is a hands-on overview of the OATS system.

After completing this training participants will be able to:

Complete the Annual Outside Professional Activities reporting in OATS
Submit requests for Category 1 approval
Track time and income limits
Manage outside activities and income in OATS
Easily check the status of reports and requests in OATS
For questions regarding registration or the training please contact Andrea Young at:
asyoung@health.ucdavis.edu

Target Audience: UC Davis Health Faculty and Administrators

OATS for Faculty and Administrators

Upcoming sessions to be announced.

This training provides a comprehensive overview of the Faculty Compensation Plan for UC Davis Health. This training will cover who is eligible to participate and specifics on how faculty are compensated including APUs, scales and the different salary components.

Faculty who attend this training will have a broad understanding of:

The goals of the faculty compensation plan as defined by APM 670
How the compensation plan is implemented
Different salary components including APUs and scales

Presented by:

Brent Seifert, J.D., Assistant Dean of Academic Personnel
Manuel Navedo, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Pharmacology

Target Audience: UC Davis Health Faculty

Upcoming session pending.