Work Plan & FAR

Work Plan

Faculty: How to submit your Work Plan

1. Login to UofL Vitae and Select ‘Home’ in the left menu.
2. In the “Home” area you will see the following:
   
3. Click the arrow, which will take you to the ‘Forms & Reports – Activity Input Page’
4. Find the ‘Annual Work Plan: Summative’ section and make sure your percentages total 100%
   1. Set start date to ‘Spring’ ‘The Current Year‘
   2. Set end date to ‘Winter’ ‘The Current Year‘
5. Find the Annual Work Plan (SSE) section and enter details of your work into ‘Description of Plans and Goals’ for each section: Teaching, Research, Service and Administrative Work.
   1. Set start date to ‘Spring’ ‘The Current Year‘
   2. Set end date to ‘Winter’ ‘The Current Year‘
6.  Once you have completed both sections use the ‘Submit for Review’ button to forward the work plan to you chair.
   1. Note: Once you submit the work plan to your chair changes are still possible before the submission date by going to ‘Activities’ and editing the work plan sections. Once the submission date has passed or your chair has approved the activities they are locked.

Chairs: Review and Approve Work Plans for your Department

1. Login to UofL Vitae and Select ‘Administration’ in the left menu.
2. Select ‘Administration’ again. Then ‘Approve Faculty Input’ from the ‘Administration’ menu.
3. Look for Title ‘Speed School – Work Plan Creation and Approval’
   1. The count will show the total number of faculty in your department.
   2. You can send a reminder email to faculty from here.
4. Click on the eyeball to navigate to ‘Unit Approval’ screen.
   1. Click the eyeball again to navigate to the ‘Individual Faculty’ page.
   2. From here you can see who has and who has not submitted the Work Plan.
5. To view and approve or request changes to a work plan click on view and approve eyeball.
   1. Here you can approve or request changes. Dean of Faculty Affairs Note: Please remember to meet with individual faculty to discuss the work plan.
   2. If you approve the work plan a snapshot will be taken and it will be locked for the year.
   3. If you request changes you can add a email note with details about the requested changes.
   4. If you need to leave this screen click the ‘Cancel Button’ or you may end up in emulation mode. If this does happen click the ‘Exit Emulation button at the top of the screen and return to ‘Home’.