Faculty Load and Compensation Questions and Answers

The contract letter does not need to be signed to assign the course, however, the Instructor cannot be paid until it is signed and returned.

You may enter the position and suffix information in SIAASGN as soon as the course has been assigned to the Instructor in SSASECT.

Yes.  It is included on their acknowledgement page.

The course of action depends upon where the assignment is in the FLAC process.  Please review Making Changes To A FLAC Record.  You can also wait until closer to the deadline if you think a course might get cancelled.  

"No, you are not notified when the Instructor acknowledges their record; however, you are able to run a report in INB (PWPFNAK) that lists those records that have been locked but not acknowledged.  Additionally, on the Employee Status Summary page the "Date Acknowledged" column is populated when the Instructor does so."

Non-instructional assignments must be processed via the Electronic Personnel Action Forms (EPAF).

When an Instructor leaves a comment the department is NOT notified.  For that reason, faculty should be instructed to not acknowledge their assignment and to contact the department directly if there is a problem.  The email notification the Instructor receives also specifies this course of action.

Yes, the comments are internal and are not seen by the faculty.

No.  You will only send the contract at initial hire.

Yes, faculty notification emails are sent to their official @kent.edu email address.

The information is stored in FLAC (by term) and can be printed or downloaded into an Excel spreadsheet.  You can download by department or individual.

Yes, FLAC access is determined by organization, so as soon as new department users have been added to FLAC security, they will be able to view historical data.

You must select the Contract type that best fits for that period.  Please note, we prefer not to pay Instructors before their course starts.

No, you will need to let your reviewer know there are FLAC records ready for review.

No, the course information on SSASECT is not affected, however the Instructor will NOT get paid, until the assignment is acknowledged.

Additional information can be found on the Academic Personnel webpage at https://www.kent.edu/provost/academic-personnel.