Tracking Faculty Events

This topic lists common elements and discusses how to track various faculty events.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Activities Page

EG_ACTIVITIES

Track employees' research activities by type of academic activity, date, sponsor, and organization.

Faculty Events -Administrative Posts Page

EG_ADMIN_POST_TBL

Set up administrative posts.

Track Events - Administrative Posts Page

EG_ADMIN_POSTS

Track administrative posts and appointments and titles that you do not want to track in the Job Data component. Before using this page, set up the Faculty Events - Administrative Posts page (EG_ADMIN_POST_TBL).

Presentations Page

EG_PRESENTATIONS

Track information about presentations given by employees.

Publications Page

EG_PUBLICATIONS

Track information about the employees' published works.

Student Advisement Page

EG_ADVISEMENT

Track information about any advisement activities.

Teaching Responsibilities Page

EG_TEACHING_RESP

Track faculty teaching responsibilities.

Field or Control

Definition

Average Grade

Enter an average grade, using letters or numbers. For example, 3.8.

School Code

Select a school code. When you press the tab key, the system automatically displays the school name, state, and country. If no code exists, enter the school name in the related field.

Maintain school codes in the School Table.

Country and State

Enter the school country and state if the system does not automatically display them.

If you select a different country code after you have already selected a state code, the system clears the value in the State field.

Use the Activities page (EG_ACTIVITIES) to track employees' research activities by type of academic activity, date, sponsor, and organization.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Activities page.

Activities page

Field or Control

Definition

Compensated

Select Comp if the employee was compensated for the activity, or No Comp if the employee was not compensated.

Organization

Enter the name of the department or external organization where the activity took place.

Use the Faculty Events - Administrative Posts page (EG_ADMIN_POST_TBL) to set up administrative posts.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Faculty Events - Administrative Posts page.

Faculty Events - Administrative Posts page

Field or Control

Definition

Administrative Post

Enter the name of the administrative post, appointment, or title, such as Chair.

(E&G, CAN) Stats-Can Responsibility (Statistics Canada Responsibility)

This data only appears in the Statistics Canada Academic Teaching Survey reports. Select a responsibility code. This field is for Canadian higher education degree-granting institutions only.

Use the Track Events - Administrative Posts page (EG_ADMIN_POSTS) to track administrative posts and appointments and titles that you do not want to track in the Job Data component.

Before using this page, set up the Faculty Events - Administrative Posts page (EG_ADMIN_POST_TBL).

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Track Events - Administrative Posts page.

Track Events - Administrative Posts page

Field or Control

Definition

Administrative Post

Select an administrative post.

Appointment Type

Select the type of appointment.

Revision Date

Enter the date the administrative post changed.

Reason

Enter the reason the end date changed.

Department

Select the department in which the post is held.

Organization

Enter the internal or external organization in which the post was held.

Use the Presentations page (EG_PRESENTATIONS) to track information about presentations given by employees.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Presentations page.

Presentations page

Field or Control

Definition

Presentation Type

Select the type of presentation the employee performed.

Use the Publications page (EG_PUBLICATIONS) to track information about the employees' published works.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Publications page.

Publications page

Field or Control

Definition

Date Format For PowerPlay and Date

Select to enter the publication date in the format MM/DD/YYYY. Deselect this check box to enter only the year in the Date field.

Use the Student Advisement page (EG_ADVISEMENT) to track information about any advisement activities.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Student Advisement page.

Student Advisement page

Field or Control

Definition

Student Name

Enter the student advisee's name in the following format: Last Name,First Name (no spaces).

Use the Teaching Responsibilities page (EG_TEACHING_RESP) to track faculty teaching responsibilities.

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This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Teaching Responsibilities page.

Teaching Responsibilities page

Field or Control

Definition

Course ID (course identification)

Enter the course ID, such as TF001 (teach).

Term

Enter the term in which the course is taught. For example, enter 2 to indicate that the course is taught in the second term.

Team Taught

Select if a team of instructors teaches the course.

Percent

Enter the percent of the course for which the employee is responsible to teach.