Certified Approver Update GMUN Fall General Meeting

1. Certified Approver UpdateGMUN Fall General Meeting

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 2014-15 CAAC Membership cont. • REO Representatives: • Kristin Charles, Nicole Herbenson, David March • SPA Representative: • Judy Krzyzak • SFR Representative: • Tonya Knutson

6. 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

7. Continuing Education • Subcommittee: • Co-Chairs: Jennifer LaFrance and Jenny Nguyen • Members: NoreneCorder, 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Other Issues • New Justification Standards Job Aid • CE Credits for other initiatives • Uniform Guidance and ESUP

11. 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)