Faculty & Staff Resources

Here, find helpful information from your CoA+A Business Team regarding different business processes such as travel, purchasing, and hiring. Please use the Google forms below to initiate support from the Business Team and your Office Manager. When filling out the forms, please be aware of the following submission dates. Submissions outside of these timelines will not be accommodated without a memo/email from the Chair or Director approving the exception.

  • Travel: 3 weeks prior to departure
  • Field Trips: 10 weeks prior to departure
  • Hiring students and non-students: 6 weeks prior to the start date if they have never worked on campus in a previous role. If they are returning/continuing, 4 weeks prior to the start date to ensure timely processing and payroll deadlines.
  • Contracted agreements/service providers/guests: 7 weeks prior to the event or service


other faculty and staff resources

The following are forms, resources, and documents that are helpful to faculty and staff.

CoA+A Bylaws, Reappointment/Promotion/Tenure Process, Workload, Org Chart, and Culture Statements

Bylaws

Reappointment, Promotion, & Tenure Policies: TFPR Review File and File Systems Guidelines; RPT File System Guidelines; CoA+A; SoA; Art & Art History; Dance; Music; and Theatre.

Workload: CoA+A; SoA; Art & Art History; Dance; Music; Theatre.

CoA+A Five-Year Plan Guidelines for Faculty

CoA+A Organizational Chart

CoA+A Research Resources

CoA+A Culture Statement

Employment Forms and Human Resources

Visit the Office of the Provost for faculty and staff resources on academic personnel procedures, handbooks, hiring deadlines and forms, employment checklists, new hire training, and other useful employment links. For more general hiring information, visit the Office of Human Resources.

Faculty & Staff Specific Resources

Visit the Office of the Provost for faculty and staff resources and the Office of Legal Affairs for University Policies. See related links below.

Key Requests and Facilities Forms

For information on key requests, key returns, or key transfers, visit Facilities Management.

Financial and Travel Forms

To search the university’s list of useful forms, visit the Office of Financial Services. See specific related forms below.

Policy and Event Forms

Visit the Office of Legal Affairs for all University Policies. See specific links below.

Administrative and Organizational Resources

For Shared Admin Naming Conventions for Documents and Folders (for storing, sharing, searching), see these Administrative and Business forms. Click here for the Most Frequently Used Account Codes for Purchases and Services.

Faculty & Staff Support Resources

There are many individuals, offices, and procedures that you can reach out to for resources and support. UNC Charlotte’s Office of Human Resources offers information about benefit options, training opportunities, personnel policies/ procedures, and grievance procedures.

Consider sharing your need for support and resources or grievance procedures with the relevant unit head (chair or director). For the College of Arts + Architecture, you can contact Gretchen Alterowitz (Dance), Blaine Brownell (Architecture), Delia Neil (Theatre), Angela Rajagopalan (Art & Art History), Joe Skillen (Music), and Mary Welsh (CoA+A Dean’s Office). You can also contact the Assistant Dean for Inclusive Excellence (ADIE) who is also available to listen, document, and connect you with resources. Communications are confidential with exceptions for imminent risks of serious harm and mandatory reporting of sexual violence.

Office of Civil Rights & Title IX: You can report incidents of sexual and interpersonal misconduct, as well as incidents of discrimination and harassment to this office. This office takes active measures to create or restore a respectful, safe, and inclusive environment for community members that is free from discrimination, discriminatory harassment, and sexual or interpersonal violence.

Ombuds: The Ombuds program is a confidential, impartial, independent, and informal resource for faculty and staff to informally work through challenging workplace problems, dilemmas, and conflicts. They use coaching, facilitated discussions, and shuttle diplomacy to help prevent problems from escalating. Discussions are confidential with exceptions for imminent risks of serious harm.

ADVANCE Faculty Affairs and Diversity Office: ADVANCE FADO builds faculty diversity and promotes faculty success through research and programming on retirement, re-appointment, promotion, and tenure practices; policy reform; mentoring; leadership and career development. ADVANCE FADO offers training in inclusive hiring practices, leadership, reappointment workshops, mentoring, and writing groups.

Office of Identity, Equity, and Engagement: IEE’s mission is to provide faculty, staff, and students with an affirming and equitable environment committed to fostering a campus community that celebrates and supports expansion of identities through programs, workshops and dialogues. In addition, IEE offers SAGE (Sexuality & Gender Education Program) training.