New Senate Faculty Handbook
Welcome to the College of Environmental Design and UC Berkeley!
Below you’ll find an overview of resources for getting started at Berkeley, as well as general information for new faculty. Please bookmark this page for future reference.
Jump to section: Getting Started | Getting Connected | Required Trainings | Payroll + Benefits | CED Resources | Academic Personnel + Human Resources | Senate Faculty Leaves | Teaching Information + Resources | Faculty Research Resources
GETTING STARTED
Employee ID Number (EID)
After you complete your new hire paperwork, you will receive an email with your Employee ID number (EID) and activation instructions. You must have your EID to complete any of the actions below, including setting up your email and getting your ID card. Please note that your EID will not be active until your first day of employment.
Once you receive your EID, the next steps are to set up your CalNet ID and passphrase and get your Cal1 Card.
CalNet ID and Passphrase
You should create your CalNet ID as soon as you have your Employee ID (EID). Your CalNet ID and passphrase play a vital role in your online identity; you will use them regularly to access most university systems, including email.
- Activate your CalNet ID at the CalNet Account ID Manager website.
- Enter your EID and click on the “Set Up My Account” button. Choose your CalNet ID carefully! When your campus email account is created, the CalNet ID followed by @berkeley.edu will become your new email address.
- An email will be sent to the email address you provided at your onboarding session with instructions on how to proceed.
- Set up CalNet 2-Step Verification to ensure are the only person that can access your CalNet account. ou are required to use 2-Step Verification as a second step to reconfirm your identify.
For more information or for assistance, contact CalNet Support or the 2-Step Help Desk.
Cal 1 Card
The Cal 1 Card is the official campus ID and is required for all faculty. Your Cal1 Card allows access to campus services and benefits and should always be carried while on campus. You will need your Cal1 card to access Bauer Wurster Hall on evenings and weekends and to access studio floors, computer labs, and other spaces at all times. (See below for building access after you receive your Cal1 Card.)
Visit the Get a Cal 1 Card website for full details on how to get your new card. There are two possible ways to receive services at the Cal 1 Card Office; by joining the Virtual Kiosk line or via a scheduled appointment. When visiting the Cal 1 Office to obtain a new card, you must bring a government-issued photo ID (e.g., Drivers License or Passport).
For more information, contact the Cal 1 Card office:
212 Sproul Hall
cal1card@berkeley.edu
510.643.6839
Getting Connected
- Set Up Email and Calendar
- Update Campus Directory and People Card
- Connect to Campus WiFi
- Activate VPN for Remote Access
- Set Up Voicemail
- Sign up for the WarnMe/ Nixle Emergency Alert Service
- Need Help? Contact Information Technology Client Services (ITCS)
- Ergonomics Resources
After you create your CalNet ID, your campus email (bMail) and calendar (bCal) will be setup for you using your CalNet ID as the handle of your Berkeley email. To check your email do these steps:
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- Go to bMail and login using your CalNet ID.
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- Log in to bCal using your CalNet ID to review your calendar (bCal).
To set up your bMail and bCal on a mobile device or email client, create a bConnected key on the Manage My Keys website.
Update your contact information in the campus directory. At a minimum, include your name/title, phone number, email, and home department.
You are required to update your UC Berkeley People Card to ensure your business phone number is up-to-date. If you do not have a business phone number, you should work with your department to get a departmental number to list.
To update your business phone number, please follow these simple steps:
- Log in to your People Cards profile.
- Click the pencil icon near your business phone number to edit.
- Enter your updated business phone number using a 10-digit format (xxx-xxx-xxxx). Do not add international phone numbers. Save your changes.
WiFi is generally available throughout most buildings on campus as well as in UC Berkeley-affiliated buildings located off-site.
If you have not created your CalNet ID, CalVisitor provides a basic level of WiFi with no passphrase required; to access, select CalVisitor as your WiFi network.
Once you have your CalNet ID, you should use Eduroam as your secure WiFi connection. To connect to Eduroam:
- Use your CalNet ID to login to the Manage My Keys website and follow the instructions provided to create an Eduroam Key.
- Configure your device/computer: Select Eduroam as your WiFi network, and log in with your CalNet ID using your Eduroam Key as the passphrase. After the first time, your device should automatically use Eduroam whenever you are within a service area (inside almost all campus buildings). Detailed configuration instructions for various device types can be found here.
A VPN is required to access most UC Berkeley systems/applications when off campus. This allows users to connect to the UC Berkeley network from outside of campus and encrypts the information sent to the network.
Get started on the Berkeley Information Security Office website.
To set up your voicemail:
- Dial 3-5530 from your campus phone and enter your 7-digit extension.
- Enter the default security code* (your 7-digit phone number).
- Enter a new security code, then re-enter to confirm.
- Record your name and personal greeting.
*Note: If your 7-digit phone number does not work when entered, call 510.642.8500 (1, 1) for assistance.
To access Cal Voicemail remotely:
- Dial 510.643.5530 externally or 3-5530 from any campus phone.
- Enter your 7-digit phone number and your security code.
Tip: To call outside the university, dial “9” first; when calling within, only the last 5 digits are needed.
Learn more about Berkeley’s voicemail and messaging services.
WarnMe/Nixle is Berkeley’s emergency notification system; it’s activated to send alerts when there is an immediate threat to the health and safety of the campus community.
Go to the Berkeley Warn Me website and click on “Update Your Info (UC Berkeley Affiliates).”
Campus IT is available to assist you with your computer and device set-up needs, including ethernet and WiFi connections, printer installation, and “bConnected” applications (Google mail, calendar, etc.). They can also help with the selection, purchase, and set-up of new computer equipment, peripherals, and devices.
Contacting ITCS
- 510.664.9000, option 1
- itcsshelp@berkeley.edu
- Create a service ticket
The Be Well at Work – Ergonomics Program promotes healthy campus and at home work environments through worksite assessments, workshops, consultation and resources. Our goal is to help fit jobs to people in office and non-office environments. When working on a computer, it’s important to remember that having ergonomically designed equipment and making proper adjustments to your computer workstation are important no matter where your “office” may be.
Required Trainings
Most trainings are offered virtually through the UC Learning Center. Log on and navigate to the Learner Dashboard to view your assigned trainings. Required and recommended trainings for new faculty are listed below.
- Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
- Cyber Security Awareness Training
- Ethics Briefing for New Employees
- Workplace Safety Training
- Accessibility
UC Berkeley is making continuous efforts to prevent sexual harassment and violence on the campus. New and continuing faculty are required to receive prevention training, including obligations to report sexual violence. The training is designed to encourage behavioral change to help reduce violence, build a culture of trust, and increase the safety for all.
You will receive an email soon with instructions on how to access the training. It should take approximately 45 minutes and must be completed within six weeks of your hire date.
Each member of the campus community has a responsibility to safeguard the information assets entrusted to us. Phishing attacks and stolen CalNet credentials remain the top threats to online security. Greater vigilance is needed to reduce exposures to the security and privacy of our data.
You will receive an email soon with instructions on how to access the training. It should take approximately 50 minutes and must be completed within six weeks of your hire date.
All UC employees are expected to conduct work in accordance with the University of California Statement of Ethical Values and Standards of Ethical Conduct. While not mandatory, we strongly recommended you review the ethics briefing presentation within the first six months of hire.
As stewards of a public institution, we all must operate under these established parameters.
California state regulations require every employer to establish and maintain an effective injury prevention program. The campus- wide Workplace Safety Program serves as the central program for creating a safe and healthful work environment.
Learn about work-related injuries/illnesses, analyzing hazards and applying controls, and what to do in a campus emergency.
Log on to the training on the UC Learning Center website.
CED is committed to accessibility. Please review the compliance guidelines on the Faculty + Staff Resources page.
Payroll + Benefits
- Establish Your UCPath Employee Portal Account
- Enroll in Health & Welfare Benefits
- Elect your Retirement Choice Plan
- Learn About CalTime
- Review Parking & Transportation Options
- Check Out Perks
UCPath is an HR, payroll, benefits and academic personnel portal for all University of California Employees. For most tasks, select “Employee Actions.” For help, contact the UCPath Center at 510.855.7284.
Log on to UCPath
- View your Employee ID
- View your earnings statement(s)
- Update your home address and phone number
- Update your W-4 tax withholding elections
- Enroll to receive your W-2 online
- Establish your Emergency Contacts (via Edit Profile)
- Sign up for Direct Deposit (As your direct deposit is being setup, your first paycheck may be a paper check mailed to your home address on file.)
Benefits options are determined by the eligibility of your position/appointment. Eligible employees must take positive action for benefits during the 31-day period of eligibility (includes weekends/holidays). Failure to do so will prevent you from enrolling yourself and/or your eligible family members until the next Open Enrollment period and could result in penalties under the ACA regulations.
- Review the benefits package.
- Go to UCPath and select “Employee Actions > Health and Welfare >>Enroll in Benefits” to enroll.
For help, contact Berkeley’s Benefits and Leaves Team at: 510.664.9000, option 3
UC offers an array of retirement programs.* You are required to choose between two plans (Pension Choice or Savings Choice) Your election period is 90 days; if you don’t make an election, you’ll default to the Pension Choice; a permanent election. You will also not start accruing retirement service credits until your choice is made.
- Go to the UC Retirement System web page.
- Choose a plan and name a beneficiary.
- Change investments.
- Optional: enroll in Retirement Savings Program
If you do not enroll in a retirement plan you will default into our pension plan after 90 days. If you do not wish to lose retirement service credit, we encourage you to make a retirement election as early as possible.
Fidelity offers financial planning consultations to review your retirement plans.
*Note that UC pension plan participation is available only if you meet the benefits eligibility requirements.
Faculty who will be supervising staff (including GSIs and GSRs) should familiarize themselves with CalTime, Berkeley’s electronic timekeeping system. CalTime training tutorials for employees and supervisors/delegates are available online.
Visit the UC Berkeley Parking and Transportation website to review your options and plan your parking and transportation needs.
WageWorks is a pre-tax commuter benefits program. Benefits include pre-tax annual parking permits and annual Clipper Card, among other non-UC parking and vanpool fares benefits. For help, call 877.924.3967.
Campus bus shuttle service information.
Alternative Transportation
If you are traveling from around the Bay Area, the Downtown Berkeley BART Station is just one block from the west end of campus. You can sign up to have funds directly loaded onto your Clipper Card and receive a subsidy on purchases over $30. Please visit the campus’s BART resource website for more information on transportation within the Bay Area. View public transit options.
If you are using micro mobility devices, there is a secure bike and scooter parking space in the Law Building Lot. This is a covered facility with parking attendants on duty on weekdays. In order to gain access to this space, in addition to the two other spaces in the Bancroft and RSF lots, please fill out this form to receive your personal code. Spots in these spaces are held on a first-come, first-served basis. There are also multiple uncovered bike racks outside CED, but they are less secure. If you choose to park your bike at one of these racks, please make sure that you have a high-quality lock for maximum security.
With your Cal1 card, you can get free or reduced admission to campus museums, performances, athletic events, and more. You can also get a free digital subscription to The New York Times.
Visit the Perks page for a full listing.
CED Resources
You can also find information about services and resources specific to the College of Environmental Design on the Faculty + Staff resource page.
- Card Key Access
- Computing + Printing
- Website + Communications
- Fabrication Shop, Digital Fabrication Lab, and Materials Store
- Faculty Technical Support
- AudioVisual Equipment
- Environmental Design Archives
- Room Reservations
- CED Staff
Card-Controlled Classrooms
For You: If you are listed in the schedule of classes as an instructor for a class that’s roomed behind a card-controlled door in Bauer Wurster Hall, CED-IIT will attempt to grant you card access to that door one week prior to the start of instruction. Please try your card first, and if it doesn’t open the door, submit this form or take your Cal 1 Card to the Student Tech Center (STC) starting the Wednesday before the first day of classes for the new term.
For Your Students: Similarly, CED-IIT may have already granted card key access to the same door(s) for some or all of the students in your class, depending on their degree program. Ask your students to try their card first, and if it doesn’t open the door, direct them to submit this form or take their Cal 1 Card to the Student Tech Center (STC).
Computer Labs: 24/7 card key access to the computer labs (rooms 214 and 479) is included with a CED Computing + Printing Account. Note, however, that the labs are only open for general use when they’re not reserved for classes. View the lab schedules »
Exterior Doors: By default, card key access to the building’s exterior doors is included with access to other doors in the building.
While classes are in session, the exterior doors of the building are unlocked Monday–Friday, 8 AM–10 PM and Saturday–Sunday, 9 AM–10 PM.
If you require card key access to the building outside of these hours, and don’t already have it, then submit this form or take your Cal 1 Card to the Student Tech Center (STC) in room 477 starting the Wednesday before the first day of classes for the new term.
Resources in Labs and Studios
Computers, printers, and scanners deployed in Bauer Wurster Hall’s learning spaces are managed at the college level by CED’s Infrastructure and Information Technology team (CED-IIT). For assistance with these resources:
- Send an email.
- Submit a ticket to the help desk.
- Search the knowledge base.
- Visit in person: Student Tech Center (STC), room 477 (4th floor, south), Monday-Friday, 9 AM-12 PM + 1 PM-5 PM, except on administrative holidays
A CED Computing + Printing Account is required to log into the computers and print to the printers in our learning spaces, including our two computer labs (rooms 214 and 479) and all studio floors (3rd through 9th; on the north side of the building).
Faculty who are teaching during the current term may request an account at no charge by submitting this form or by visiting the Student Tech Center in room 477 (4th floor, south), Monday-Friday, 9 AM-12 PM + 1 PM-5 PM, starting the Wednesday before the first day of classes for the new term.
Students enrolled in your course(s) may or may not have their own accounts. Some CED degree programs include it in their fees and some don’t. Learn more>
By default, when you use your account to print in our learning spaces, the cost is deducted from your personal PaperCut account, not your department’s. See your department’s support staff if you need to print using department funds.
Links:
- Submit a ticket to the CED Help Desk or search our knowledgebase »
- Log into your PaperCut account » (after activating a CED Computing + Printing account; requires university Wi-Fi or VPN connection)
- View print prices »
- View a list of printers in CED labs and studios »
- View a list of software included on CED computers »
As part of your onboarding process, your department manager will send you a faculty profile form to set up your faculty page on the CED website. You may either submit a headshot with the form or request an appointment for a photo. Please allow two weeks for your page to be published.
If you have any subsequent edits or updates to your profile page, please complete a Web Edit Request form.
For digital letterhead, please contact your department manager,
On the Faculty + Staff resource page, under Communications, you will find links to:
- Department logos
- CED Zoom backgrounds
- UC Berkeley email signature format guidelines
- Web edit request form
- Request for event promotion form
The Fabrication Shop, Digital Fabrication Lab, and Materials Store are located in 277 Bauer Wurster Hall.
Access to these facilities by undergraduate students requires that they pay a Miscellaneous Student Fee (MSF). Some students are eligible for MSF waivers – students should check with Undergrad Advising for eligibility and application process. Graduate students pay for access as part of their supplemental tuition fee (PDST).
In order for students, faculty, and staff to use the Fabrication Shop the following four requirements must be met:
- Pay Shop fees.
- Complete the Waiver of Liability, Assumption of Risk, and Indemnity Agreements.
- Complete the Fabrication Shop orientation.
- Have a valid access tag on your Cal1 ID card.
It is strongly encouraged to let the shop know in advance of large projects. In addition, the Materials Store can place orders on your behalf and provide guidance about what materials work best with our machines.
Our in-house materials store is a nonprofit service that buys materials and supplies commonly required by CED students, and sells them only to current UC students at or near cost. The store is located in Bauer Wurster Hall, so no need to rent that Zipcar for transportation!
Faculty Technical Support
CED-IIT: Contact us with questions about CED-specific computing resources in Bauer Wurster Hall, including ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro. We also support instructors’ personal devices when used for teaching. Our operating hours are Monday-Friday, 9 AM-5 PM. If we can’t help you, we can usually refer you to someone who can.
- Send an email.
- Submit a ticket to the help desk.
- Search the knowledge base.
- Visit in person: Student Tech Center (STC), room 477 (4th floor, south), Monday-Friday, 9 AM-12 PM + 1 PM-5 PM, except on administrative holidays
Berkeley IT Client Services (ITCS): Contact ITCS for help with university computing resources or with your personal device, for example: Wi-Fi (“eduroam” and “Berkeley-Visitor”), CalNet ID, Adobe Creative Cloud accounts, Google Workspace (Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, etc.), bCourses (a.k.a. Canvas).
- https://technology.berkeley.edu/contact-us
- (510) 664-9000 (press 1)
- itcshelp@berkeley.edu
Software @ Berkeley: “Our unit facilitates software licensing and distribution across the UC Berkeley campus of commonly used software for staff, faculty, and students.” Popular examples include Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, and VMWare Fusion.
Audio-Visual Equipment
A variety of AV equipment is available at CED’s AudioVisual Resources. To reserve equipment or services, please fill out the CED help desk ticket.
The AV Loan Office and Audio/Visual Services are located in 103 Bauer Wurster Hall.
- The loan office provides audio-visual equipment, chalk or board markers, lights, laser pointers, cables, monitors on a cart, etc.
- Reserve assistance/equipment via the Help Desk.
- In general, the AV Loan Office is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during fall and spring semesters.
- CED has laser projectors in some rooms. Please read posted instructions prior to use; contact AV if you need help.
See section on department detail for equipment which may be available through individual departments.
The Environmental Design Archives holds more than 100 collections documenting the built and landscaped environment. These records span more than a century, 1890-1990, and contain primary source materials such as correspondence, reports, specifications, drawings, photographs, and artifacts.
Access to the Environmental Design Archives is by appointment only. More detailed finding aids to many of the collections are available at the archives. The archives are located in 280 Bauer Wurster Hall.
Contact designarchives@berkeley.edu.
To view a list of reservable spaces, reserve a room, or view room reservation policies, see the Faculty + Staff resources page.
Please note that only CED events can take place in Bauer Wurster Hall. Bauer Wurster Gallery is primarily used for exhibitions and final reviews, which take precedence over any other event. Room reservations requests must be submitted two weeks in advance of the event. Requests with less than two weeks notice may not be accommodated.
To reserve spaces controlled by the CED Dean’s Office, complete this form.
Find a full list of CED staff on the CED People web page. See also the organizational chart.
Academic Personnel + Human Resources
- Outside Activity Tracking System (OATS)
- APBears
- The Berkeley Manual of Academic Personnel (BMAP)
- Relocation + Dual Career Services
- Office for Faculty Equity and Welfare
- Purchasing + Travel
UC OATS is a web-based application designed to streamline the required reporting and monitoring of Outside Professional Activities (OPA) and identify potential instances of Conflict of Commitment (COC). UC OATS empowers faculty to adhere to the University of California’s Conflict of Commitment policies, as outlined in the Academic Personnel Manual. Within UC OATS, faculty can report outside professional activities, seek prior approval for activities, document effort and income associated with these activities, and fulfill their annual certification requirements.
As required under Section 025 of the Academic Personnel Manual, all Berkeley Senate faculty members are required to complete annual reports concerning their recent compensated outside activities using the UC Outside Activity Tracking System (OATS). Additionally, they are required to obtain prior approval before engaging in compensated outside activities that have the potential to create conflicts of commitment.
Note: It is important that this information in OATS be accurate and kept up-to-date. If a faculty member unintentionally fails to disclose all of their outside activities and commitments to a federal sponsor, the federal sponsor’s concerns may be assuaged if the information has been previously disclosed to the University. Review the new clarification on Activities that Require Prior Approval and How to Identify a Non-U.S. Talent Recruitment Program (issued April 2024).
APBears, the Academic Personnel at Berkeley Electronic Achievement and Review System, a web application with two parts used for faculty advancement actions. The first part is the achievements database and the second part is the administrative actions for faculty merit, promotion and review actions. Enter achievements at minimum annually to prepare for scheduled merit and promotion reviews.
APBears helps faculty capture and store their achievements electronically in a systematic and consistent manner. It
- expedites the review process by electronically routing the online documents to specific reviewers
- minimizes paper waste associated with the review process by offering documents electronically
- standardizes and streamlines the review process
- increases review security by storing and routing critical review documents online
The Berkeley Manual of Academic Personnel (BMAP) is intended to serve new faculty who would like a broad understanding of Berkeley’s faculty review system. UC Berkeley adheres to the Academic Personnel Manual, which provides a common policy framework for all the University of California campuses; Berkeley’s own policies, processes, and practices concerning ladder-rank faculty are described in BMAP:
CALcierge
In an effort to recruit and retain the highest quality faculty, CALcierge services are offered through the Office for Faculty Equity & Welfare. CALcierge services are available to answer a variety of questions about:
- Locating housing, including rental housing, neighborhood profiles, and realtor tours
- Resources for families, including childcare, schools, and eldercare
- Employment support for partners and spouses
- Information about living and working in the U.S. for international faculty
To request CALcierge services, email ofew@berkeley.edu or call 510.642.1935 to set up a meeting either in person, by phone, or by Skype. Visit the Office for Faculty Equity & Welfare website.
Additional resources are provided online at Balancing Work and Life: Faculty Friendly Programs, Policies, and Resources and Work/Life: A Guide for the UC Berkeley Campus.
Visit the Berkeley Office for Faculty Equity and Welfare to review information on housing, benefits, families, partners/spouses, and international faculty.
Many of our travel and purchasing functions are managed by our BRS partner, ERSO. Review the Service tab before proceeding.
BearBuy is an online purchasing system offers a single point of entry where faculty and staff shop and manage payment for most of their campus-related purchases.
The Travel website offers information and guidance for travel needs including: using the Connexxus online travel portal to book airfare, hotels, and car rentals; charging airfare directly to the University using Berkeley’s Direct Bill ID system; requesting reimbursement after a trip using Berkeley’s Direct Enter; and understanding policy.
Senate Faculty Leaves
- Leaves Information + Forms
- Governing Policies for Leaves
Prior Approval in OATS for Leaves
As required under Section 025 of the Academic Personnel Manual, all Berkeley Senate faculty members are required to complete annual reports concerning their recent compensated outside activities using the UC Outside Activity Tracking System (OATS). Additionally, they are required to obtain prior approval before engaging in compensated outside activities that have the potential to create conflicts of commitment.
Note: It is important that this information in OATS be accurate and kept up-to-date. If a faculty member unintentionally fails to disclose all of their outside activities and commitments to a federal sponsor, the federal sponsor’s concerns may be assuaged if the information has been previously disclosed to the University. See the attachments regarding the new clarification on Activities that Require Prior Approval and How to Identify a Non – U.S. Talent Recruitment Program (issued April 2024).
Short-Term Leave (7 business days or less)
Please complete the Short-Term Leave Request form at least one week before an anticipated short absence (or as soon as possible after you learn of a need to be away).
CED Faculty Long-Term Leaves: General Information
If you envision any sort of semester- or year-long leave during the upcoming academic year, please contact ced-personnel@berkeley.edu and fill out a Leave Request Form as soon as possible.
Leave request forms are due back, for chairs’ review, no later than the middle of January, before the beginning of the spring semester
We need to know your sabbatical, research, or industrial leave requests by January each year in order to meet tight deadlines for course scheduling and temporary academic staffing budget decisions.
Leaves requested after the deadline are subject to a much higher probability of refusal due to course staffing and other considerations. In addition, faculty members requesting leaves after the deadline must provide a suitable replacement to teach their classes.
Sabbatical Leaves: Accruing and Using Credits
One semester of sabbatical leave credit is earned in each semester that a faculty member is in academic-year service at 50% time or more. This means that if you go on 50% (or less) Research or Industrial Leave, you still earn a sabbatical leave credit for that semester. But going on Research or Industrial leave at 51% (or more) means you do not earn a sabbatical credit. Semesters spent on any percent of sabbatical leave do not earn sabbatical leave credit.
To take a sabbatical leave uses up accrued sabbatical leave credits. View this table showing the number of sabbatical leave credits required, under UC Academic Personnel Policy, for ladder-rank faculty members (assistant professors, associate professors, full professors) for various lengths and percentages of sabbatical leaves. Lecturers SOE and PSOE, please note that a type of leave equivalent to sabbatical is provided for in UC policy for this teaching title. The leave is called leave-in-lieu-of-sabbatical, and the rules for accrual of credits and their use for leaves of varying percentages, are identical to those for sabbatical leaves in the professorial series (since 2014).
Anyone who wishes to take a sabbatical leave (or leave-in-lieu-of-sabbatical) that would use fewer sabbatical leave credits than have been accrued may request deferral of unused credits. If the request is approved, the unused credits will remain available for use the next time a sabbatical leave (or leave-in-lieu-of-sabbatical) is taken.
Generally speaking, the minimum sabbatical leave in CED is one semester at 67% salary. The 44% and 56% levels are only used if the faculty member has no more than four or five sabbatical leave credits accumulated. Note that, depending on whether/what other supplemental funding sources may be utilized to augment the sabbatical pay, the 44% level may require the individual to make arrangements for continuance of his/her UC benefits coverage (self-paid basis).
In all cases, sabbatical leave is applied for, and applications are reviewed/approved by the chair and the dean based on departmental academic staffing and other considerations. The application requires a sabbatical Program Statement, which must accompany sabbatical leave paperwork.
Upon return from sabbatical leave, a brief Sabbatical Report must be filed with the department, giving a “statement of progress on the project described in the sabbatical application.”.
Your Pay During Sabbatical Leave
University policies preclude faculty members from receiving additional compensation while on sabbatical leave (e.g., from a host institution) except for nominal honoraria or travel reimbursements. The only exceptions to this rule are that faculty may receive research funds from UC Berkeley–sponsored research projects (if they will be working on these projects during the leave). This is often used during a partial salary sabbatical to bring the level of salary up to 100% (e.g., a 67% salary sabbatical may be supplemented by 33% salary from ERSO research funds available to you). Salary may also be supplemented up to 100% by a host university when a faculty member is engaged in a research or teaching project at a foreign university (if this has received prior Category I approval in OATS and complies with Activities that Require Prior Approval and How to Identify a Non–U.S. Talent Recruitment Program). Here is additional important information on Sabbatical Leave’s effect on pay and benefits, and medical plan benefits when living away from home.
Leaves Without Pay
Going on a Research Leave or other forms of leave can involve a Leave Without Pay from your faculty appointment. If your faculty appointment level drops below 50%, you can lose your UC benefits. At any level, Leave Without Pay reduces your retirement service credit accrual. If you are considering a period of Leave Without Pay status, contact ced-personnel@berkeley.edu Also, review the UC Benefits Leave Without Pay Fact Sheet (pdf).
Leaves of 7 business days or less.
Leaves under APM 730 (Vacation)
Leaves under APM 758 (Other Leaves with Pay, e.g., for jury duty, bereavement leave):
Leaves under APM 759 (Other Leaves without Pay)*
MEDICAL Leaves under APM 710 (Sick Leave/Medical Leave) and APM 715 (Family and Medical Leave)
Leaves and other actions under APM 760 (Family Accommodations for Childbearing and Childrearing)
SABBATICAL Leaves under APM 740-sabbatical. For titles covered by APM-025, approval to engage in Category I outside professional activities must be secured in UC OATS prior to the approval of the leave.
Teaching Information + Resources
All faculty should consult the Teaching page regularly for important information and resources.
Faculty Research Resources
Find important information about research opportunities and protocols on our Research page.