Document Library

• COI Management Plan (adoption of textbook)
• COI Management Plan
• COI Management Plan – Employee as Student
• COI Management Plan – Employee with family member as student
• Outside Employment, Request for Approval of Additional Remuneration
• Request for Approval for Outside Employment

Request to Fill

• Faculty Request to Fill
• Staff Request to Fill

Position Description Templates

• Position Description Template (PDQ) - Classified Staff
• Position Description Template - Temporary and University Staff
• Position Description Template - Faculty
• Position Description Template - Faculty on an H1B Visa

Other

• Background Check Release
• University Staff Search Rubric
• Teaching Faculty Search Rubric
• Research Faculty Search Rubric
• Search Charge Document Template for Hiring Authorities
• Offer and Compensation Checklist for Hiring Authorities
• Acceptable Interview Questions - SC Guidelines
• Search Committee Checklist - PDF version
• Search Committee Checklist - XLS version

Family Medical Leave (FML)

• Family Medical Leave Request
• Foster-Adoption Form

Other Leave Forms

• Leave Bank Contribution
• Leave Bank Application
• Leave/Absence Request and Authorization, State of Colorado
• Leave Without Pay Request

Faculty Letters of Offer

• Clinical Teaching Track
• Clinical Practice Track
• Teaching Outside the Home Department (with Pre-Approval for Additional Pay)
• Dean and Faculty Member (Tenure at Hire)
• Instructor
• Lecturer
• Overload
• Research Faculty
• Secondary Administrative Appointment
• Tenure at Hire
• Tenure Track
• Visiting

Other Faculty Letters

• Notice of Intent to Continue (Instructor/Sr Instructor positions)
• Notice of Non-Continuation of Appointment (Instructor/Sr Instructor positions)

Classified Staff Letters

• 9 Month Temporary
• New Hire
• Reallocation

University Staff Letters

• New Hire
• Officer (VCs and Associate VCs - for a dean hire, go to the Dean and Faculty Member - tenure at hire - template under Faculty)
• 9 Month Temporary
• Memorandum of Understanding for Employees in University Staff Positions
• Reclassification

Staff Teaching a Course

• Teaching Outside the Home Department (with Pre-Approval for Additional Pay)

All Employees

• Amendment Template
• Change in Employment Template
• FTE Change Template

All Employees

• New Employee Checklist

Classified

• PERA Member Information
• SSA 1945

Faculty

• Faculty Election to Defer Receipt of Salary
• Faculty Pledge (Formerly Faculty Oath)

Additional Pay

• Additional Pay Form - UCCS
• Additional Pay Pre-Approval for use with Adobe Sign
• Additional Pay Pre-Approval Form (NO ADOBE SIGN)
• Additional Pay Request for Summer Sponsored Research

Other Pay

• Gift Card Authorization Request
• Hand-drawn Warrant
• Over-payment Notice
• Discretionary Pay - Temporary Pay - Classified Employees

Classified Staff

• Performance Management Program - Department Certification Form (Annual)
• Performance Management Program - Department Certification Form (Mid-Year)
• Performance Management Program - Dispute Form (pages 16 - 20)
• Performance Management Program - Planning & Evaluation Form for Classified Employees

Faculty

• Annual Performance Rating Form for Faculty

University Staff

• Annual University Staff Evaluation Form (includes employee self-evaluation and supervisor rating)
• Annual University Staff Evaluation Word Document (open document without form fields)
• Annual Performance Rating Form (rating sheet only)
• Performance Rating Rubric & Guidance - University Staff

Sabbatical

• Sabbatical Application
• Sabbatical Application for LAS
• Sabbatical Change Form
• Sabbatical Report

Other

• Professional Plan
• Tenure Clock Stop Request
• Tenure Track Review Schedule
• UCDF-7 Reappointment, Promotion & Tenure

• Check Out Reminders 
• Employee Separation Ticket
• IT Separation Forms
• Resignation Acknowledgement for Classified Staff

Letter Templates

• End of Sponsored Programs Funding
• Temporary Appointments

• ADA Request
• Religious Accommodation Request Form
• Alternate Work Schedule/Location Request and Agreement
• Colorado State Personnel Appeal and Dispute Form
• Person of Interest (POI) Worksheet
• Scope of Work (for Independent Contractors)
• Tuition Benefit Form for PPCC (must be certified by Human Resources)
• Vita Format
• Whistleblower Complaint Form
• COVID 19 Attestation Form
• Classified Employee Break Allowances

Complete HCM Document Library

• Adding a Person of Interest (POI)

  • This guide describes the process for adding a Person of Interest (POI). 

• Creating a Position With Funding

  • This guide describes how to create and update positions.

• Entering Job Changes

  • HCM lets you make changes to an employee’s job and position including: Appointment, Supervisor, Appointing Authority, Location, FLSA, Pay Group, Working Title, and Faculty Promotion. 

• Entering Separations

  • This guide describes the process for entering a separation.

• Maintaining a POI Relationship

  • This guide describes updating the sponsor, department or business unit, extending the planned exit date, as well as activating or inactivating a POI.

• Putting an Employee on Leave

  •  This form allows you to put an employee on Leave whether it is a Sabbatical, Paid Leave or a Short Work Break. 

• Running Queries

  • This guide describes how to access and run queries in HCM. 

• Transaction Pages and Action Reasons

  • This job aid will help you select the correct transaction you need to complete the task at hand.

Complete CU Careers Document Library

• ACE Set-up and Management 

  • This guide shows how to configure pre-screening questions using the ACE methodology to help identify top candidates. 

• Candidate Selection Workflow: Direct Hire

  • See how direct hire workflows work in CU Careers.

• Candidate Selection Workflow: Recruit

  • This job aid walks you through the workflow to hire a recruit.

• Creating Prescreening Questions

  • This guide describes how to create requisition-specific prescreening questions as well as how to add questions from the library of questions HR has created in order to make it easier to identify top candidates. 

• Dispositioning and Reverting Candidates

  • This document outlines the steps to disposition, revert or reject a candidate in CU Careers.

• Performing a Direct Hire without Posting

  • This guide describes how to hire a previously identified student or temporary employee using the Direct Hire without Posting candidate selection workflow (CSW). 

• Sending Correspondence to Candidates

  • This guide describes how to send correspondence either by template or from scratch.

• Viewing Requisitions and Statuses

  • See how to easily view statuses for all current requisitions or a single one.

Complete MyLeave Document Library

• My Leave for HCM Community Members

  • This guide provides HCM Community members instructions for how to log in to My Leave as an employee to edit that employee's timesheet and calendar.

• My Leave Basics: Setting Preferences and Entering Time

  • This guide describes basic features of My Leave.  The procedures in this guide can be used by all users of My Leave including supervisors and HCM Community Members.

• Selecting Earning Codes

  • The job aid below describes selecting earnings codes in My Leave.

• Juneteenth Personal Observance Day

  • This guidance, geared for the HRL's, PPL's and others that need more information regarding how to record the Juneteenth Personal Observance Day.

• Search & Hire Guide 
• Search Committee Guidelines
• Offer and Compensation Checklist for Hiring Authorities
• Formatting a Classified Staff Job Posting
• Formatting a University Staff or Faculty Job  Posting
• Candidate Care Timeline

Faculty & Lecturers

• Collaborative Research Affiliation Guidelines
• Rubric Template and Disposition Codes for Instructor Search
• Rubric Template and Disposition Codes for Tenure Track Faculty Search
• Reappointment for Lecturers 
• Return Lecturers From a Short Work Break
• Selecting Contract Dates for Lecturers

University Staff

• Job Code Matrix 

• Cherwell User Guide

  • This guide is designed for campus business partners and UCCS employees to access and utilize the Cherwell Web Client to include; accessing the portal, navigating the portal, attaching documents, abandoning a ticket, and adding comments to an existing ticket.

• Adobe Sign: Set up your user profile

  • Within this guide, you will find the recommended first steps for getting your Adobe Sign user account configured and ready to send transactions.

• Adobe Sign: Sending documents for signature

  • Adobe Sign makes it easy to send a document to others for signing. You can send to just one person or send to multiple people to sign.

• Adobe Sign Video Tutorials

  • Learn the basics, or refine your skills with tutorials designed to inspire.

• 2020 - 2021 Holiday Schedule
• 2021 - 2022 Holiday Schedule
• 2022 - 2023 Holiday Schedule
• 2023 - 2024 Holiday Schedule

All posted entry and approval deadlines must be met to update data that will be processed during a specific pay period. Please contact the Employee Services help desk at 303-860-4200, opt. 2, if you have questions.

Payroll production calendars are subject to change at any time. Please check the following link often for updates.

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Academic Affairs for Faculty Actions

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Academic Calendar for Students

The following calendar is maintained by the Office of the Registrar. For questions, please contact the Office of the Registrar at 719-255-3361.

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The University of Colorado Board of Regents meets in public session typically on one of its four campuses. The board follows all rules and regulations of the Colorado Open Meetings Law, or Sunshine Law, approved by voters in 1972.

Board of Regents Meeting Schedule 

Human Resources holds training, new hire orientation and quarterly PPL meetings. The following link can be used to find registration links for upcoming events.

HR Events Calendar