Academic Affairs Message from the Senior Associate Dean Meet the Team Departments by Analyst Chair Resources International Physicians Health Science Compensation Plan OATS Resources and FAQ FAQs, Resources & Training Academic Affairs Training Calendars and Deadlines Faculty Development About Us Monthly on Mondays Definitions of Series Merit & Promotions Faculty Research Mentoring Professional Development Wellness Faculty Academics Faculty Series HS Clinical, WOS and Volunteer Recall, Leave, and Adverse Actions Non-Faculty Academics Non-Faculty Academic Series Non-Faculty Academics Recall, Leave, and Adverse Actions UCI College of Health Sciences Faculty Assembly Faculty Academics The UCI School of Medicine is the proud home to a diverse pool of Faculty Academics who serve the school, university, and community through teaching, clinical work, scholarly research, creative activities, and public service. Home About Faculty Academics Faculty Academics On this page, you will find information for personnel actions relating to the different Faculty Academics series, including the following actions: recruitment, appointment, merit & promotion, and renewal. Faculty Series The UCI School of Medicine faculty series consists of Line, In-Residence, Clinical X, Adjunct, and HS Clinical. Learn More HS Clinical, WOS and Volunteer Faculty The UCI Health Sciences possess Without Salary and Volunteer faculty who work at our hospitals and affiliate institutions. Learn More Recall, Leave, and Adverse Actions The School of Medicine and UC Irvine has additional actions that include recall, leave, and adverse. Please see this page for more details and variations. Learn More Merit & Promotion Resources A merit increase is an advancement in salary step or to an above-scale salary rate without change of rank. A promotion is an advancement from one rank to a higher rank within this series. A change from a title in a non-faculty series to a title in the faculty series (possibly involving an increase in salary) is defined as an appointment. ScholarSteps System ScholarSteps is a system which routes academic personnel review files electronically. ScholarSteps can be used for all senate and non-senate review actions except Appointments, Career Equity Reviews, Non-Reappointments, Reviews representing split appointments (split titles or split schools/departments), Reviews for individuals that would require a surrogate Chair, Dean, etc. Voting Guidelines Use the vote grids below when assembling review files. Abstaining votes and votes against a specified review action must be noted in the comments. The grid must note whether the Chair votes with or separate from the department faculty. SOM Vote Grid SOM Vote Grid-Mid Career Appraisal (MCA) For reference, use: APP-1-14 Review Periods Merit and Promotion files must adhere to Review Period Guidelines. Academic Advisory Review Committees Academic Resources Advisory Committee (ARAC) Clinical X Advisory Committee (CXAC) Clinical Faculty Advisory Committee (CFAC) Non-Faculty Academics Looking for Non-Faculty Academics? Visit Page