Certified Approver UpdateGMUN Fall General Meeting

AGENDA• CA Community Update• 2014-15 CAAC Membership• Communities of Practice Subcommittee• Continuing Education Subcommittee• Best Practices Review Subcommittee• Risk Recalibration• Other Issues

CA Community Update

• 219 Active CAs• 185 Appointed CAs• Web site: z.umn.edu/cacop• Upcoming CE Offerings

– UG Sessions– CA User Group Fall Meeting

• Tentative Date: December 11, 9:30 am, STSS

2014-15 CAAC Membership• Chair

– Nicole Pilman, Civil, Environmental, and Geo- Eng• Communities of Practice

– Iris Wang, Family Medicine/Community Health– Wendy Willner, Surgery

• Continuing Education– Jennifer LaFrance, Electrical and Computer Eng– Jenny Nguyen, Pediatrics

• Best Practices Review– Heidi Huff, CLA– Theresa Matheus, Pediatrics

• Risk Recalibration– Denise Endicott, UMD

2014-15 CAAC Membership cont.

• REO Representatives:– Kristin Charles, Nicole Herbenson, David

March• SPA Representative:

– Judy Krzyzak• SFR Representative:

– Tonya Knutson

Communities of Practice• Subcommittee:

– Co-Chairs: Iris Wang and Wendy Willner– Members: Kieran Dhital, Jerian Lind, Megan Vimont 

• Objectives and Goals:– Review 2013-14 subcommittee final report and determine if there

are recommendations that carry forward into the current year– Serve as owners and moderators of the CA CoP, including the

discussion groups – Recommend new discussion groups and modify/eliminate

established discussion groups as needed– Identify possible topics for CE sessions based on discussion group

discussion strings– At end of year provide one-page summary of the subcommittee’s

accomplishments and provide recommendations for future work

Continuing Education• Subcommittee:

– Co-Chairs: Jennifer LaFrance and Jenny Nguyen– Members: Norene Corder, Alicia Krystofiak, Noel Schumacher,

Megan Vimont, Traci Woollum

• Objectives and Goals:– Review 2013-14 subcommittee final report and determine if there

are recommendations that carry forward into the current year– Provide continuing education events at least once per month– Establish a core curriculum that can carry forward into future years– Participate in the planning of the CA User Group Meetings and the

2015 Sponsored Projects Symposium– At end of year provide one-page summary of the subcommittee’s

accomplishments and provide recommendations for future work

Best Practices Review• Subcommittee:

– Co-Chairs: Heidi Huff and Theresa Matheus– Members: Maria Black, Linda Bullis, Peggy Larson, Edie Nelson,

Megan Vimont

• Objectives and Goals:– Collect and review best practices from across the University– Work with the CE subcommittee to collect information from CAs on

areas where best practices/job aids and educational opportunities are needed.

– Review current best practices in accordance with revised University Policies & Procedures and the implementation of Uniform Guidance

– Create a repository for best practice documents housed on the Certified Approver Communities of Practice website

– Standardize best practice documents

• Request:– Submit any available best practices and/or job aids

Risk Recalibration• OVPR Representative:

– Sarah Waldemar, REO

• CAAC Representative:– Denis Endicott

• Objectives and Goals:– Strategically evaluate and manage risk related to research

practices, policies and procedures– Support research infrastructure and practices that help faculty to

focus more on research and less on unnecessary administrative tasks

– Streamline and update research administration processes and systems to minimize cost and maximize efficiency

• Pilot Project:– REO will engage 2-4 units, resulting in a model that will serve to

facilitate collaborative review of policies and procedures

Other Issues

• New Justification Standards Job Aid• CE Credits for other initiatives• Uniform Guidance and ESUP

Questions???

• Nicole Pilman (npilman@umn.edu)– Uniform Guidance Implementation

Coordinator (Phone: 612-625-8636)– Department of Civil, Environmental, and

Geo- Engineering Administrator (Phone: 612-625-1880)