The SEOEp provides support for department training and development programs that enhance employees' job skills and prepares them for career advancement. The following is a list of the requirements and selection criteria for vice chancellor/ departmental proposals for funds.

The due date for 2009-2010 proposals is Friday, April 24, 2009.

Application requirements:

• The proposed activity must benefit at least 3 individuals (Collaboration between departments is allowed.)
• The proposed activity must occur during the period of July 1, 2009, through June 1, 2010. (13 department proposals were funded in 2008-2009.)

To apply:

• Submit 1 complete proposal (PDF) (Word file) to Equal Opportunity/ Staff Affirmative Action, Mail Code 0923 by Friday, April 24, 2009. Limit your proposal to 5 pages.
• Attach a sample/ draft copy of your program's participant evaluation form to your proposal. Ask specific and measurable questions of your program participants, including:
  • Identify your personal goals relative to this program.
  • What skills were obtained and valued in relationship to the personal goals identified?
  • What one thing would you change for next year?
• If your program was awarded funds last year, submit a preliminary 2008-2009 program evaluation, along with your 2009-2010 proposal. (See the committee's request for year-end program evaluation information below.)
  • Note: The SEOEP committee may ask units/ departments to provide a brief presentation to the committee if more information is needed about the program.

Year-end requirements:

• Submit program evaluations and documentation of awarded fund expenditures by June 15, 2010, for reimbursement by June 30, 2010.
• In the program evaluation, the committee asks the instructor or program coordinator to:
  • Link the career goals of the participants directly to the training or program provided.
  • Analyze the participant evaluations.
  • Identify successful aspects of the program as well as improvements that can be made for the next year.
  • Provide a list of program participants' names and employee ID numbers in order to track their career progression at UCSD.

Selection criteria:

During the review process, the committee considers the following factors:

• Are there sufficient anticipated openings to allow reasonable chance for promotion or transfer of the participants?
• Is the proposed program part of an attainable career plan for promotion or career change of the participants?
• What supplemental funding sources or resources will the department contribute for training the participants?
• Have funds been awarded in previous years to the department? If so, the required program evaluation from the funded year will be considered.

The following is an example of a previously funded training program: A laboratory technical training center received funding to help employees become more competitive in laboratory technical level positions upon completion of the program. The funds enabled 8 to 12 individuals to attend this training without cost to them or their departments.

Questions? Contact Linda Olvera, (858) 534-6466.