application process for faculty associates · step 4: start the application process. the homepage...

ApplicationProcessforFacultyAssociateGototheSFUEducationwebsitetogetstarted:

http://www.sfu.ca/education/teachersed/fa-sa/faculty-associates/overview.html

Youshouldseeawebsitepagethatlookslikethis:

Step1:Select“FacultyAssociateOnlineApplication”tobegintheapplicationprocess.

Step2:Createanewaccountbyclicking“signin”orifyouhavepreviouslyapplied,loginusing

yourusernameandpassword.Youwillneedtohaveanaccountinordertosubmitanapplication.

Ifyouhavepreviouslyapplied,pleaseselect“startwithinformationfromapreviousapplication,”

thenclick“getstarted.”

Step3:Ifyouarecreatinganewaccount,fillinyourinformationincluding:yourname,email,

andthepasswordthatyouwishtosetfortheaccount.

a. Youcanchoosetoaddapictureofyourselfifyou’dlike,butitisoptional.

b. Under“ApplyingFor:”selectFacultyAssociate.

c. Oncecomplete,clickthe“GetStarted”button.Thehomepagewillopenandyouwillbe

abletostartyourapplication.

Step4:Starttheapplicationprocess.Thehomepagewilllooklikethis:

Step5:Thefirststepistocompletethe“FacultyAssociateApplication”,whichwillbelisted

underthe“Task”column.Clickthe“Start”buttonunderthe“Actions”column.

a. Fillinallofyourpersonalinformation(name,address,phonenumber,etc.).

b. Thenextsectionwillinclude3questionsthatrequireayesornoresponse.Ifyouclick

“Yes”,youwillneedtoprovideadditionalinformationinordertoprogressthroughthe

application.Ifyouclick“No”,youwillnotneedtoprovideanyotherinformation.Seethe

examplebelow:

c. Continuethroughtheapplicationandenteryourmostcurrent/recentemployment

information.

d. Youwillthenbeaskedtoinputadditionalemploymenthistoryinformation.Initiallythere

willonlybeonesectiontoinputemploymenthistory.Inordertoaddadditional

employmenthistoryinformation,besuretoselect“Yes”for“Doyouhavemoretoadd?”

atthebottom.Onceselected,anothersectionwillcomeup.Youcanadduptotwo

additionalsections.

e. Enterthenumberofyearsthatyou’vetaught;bespecificundereachsection.

f. Nextyouwillbeaskedtoenteryourhighestpost-secondarydegree,diploma,or

certificate.Youcanenterupto5degreesordiplomasaslongasyouclick“Yes”beside

“Addadditionaldegrees”.

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g. Next,you’llbepromptedtoselectthenumberoftranscriptsthatyouwouldliketoattach

toyourapplication.Ifyouhavemorethanonetranscriptdocument,besuretospecify.You

willbeabletocomebacktothispartoftheapplicationprocesstochangethenumberof

transcriptsifneeded.(NOTE:Onlyofficialtranscriptsorcopiesofofficialtranscriptswill

beaccepted.)

h. Next,youwillbeaskedtoprovidethenumberofreferencesthatyouwillbeattachingto

yourapplication.Youarerequiredtoprovide3references.(Morethan3willnotbe

considered.)

i. Tocompletethisportionoftheapplication,youmustconsenttoallowSimonFraser

Universitytocollectthisinformation.Inaddition,youwillneedtoprovideasignature.

Oncecomplete,select“SaveandExit”togobacktothehomepage.

Step6:Continuetoprogressthroughthetaskslistedintheapplication.Thenextstepwould

betoattachyourresumé.

a. Whenattachingyourresumé,createadocumenttitleforit,i.e.:“FirstandLastName–

Resumé”.

b. Click“ChooseFile”andyouwillbetakentoyourdocumentsonyourcomputer.

c. Choosethefiletobeuploaded,andselectthe“Submit”buttonwhencomplete.

d. Youwillthenbetakentoascreen,whichwillshowyouapreviewofyouruploaded

document.Toreturntothehomepage,selectthe“Back”button.

Step7:UploadyourTeacherQualificationServicesCard(mustshowyourcategory).

a. Click“Start”onthehomepage.Youwillbetakentoascreenthatlookslikethis:

b. Createadocumenttitleforit,i.e.“FirstNameLastName–TQSCard”.

c. Oncethefileisattached,click”Submit”.

d. Youwillthenbetakentoascreen,whichwillshowyouapreviewofyouruploaded

document.Sameasabove,clickthe“Back”buttontoreturntothehomepage.

Step8:Uploadyourtranscript(s).FollowthesamestepsasuploadingyourresuméandyourTQScard.

a. Ifyouspecifiedthatyouwantedtouploadtwotranscripts(inyourapplication),youwill

needtodoitseparately.

b. Onceyou’veuploadedyourfirsttranscript,gobacktothehomepageandclickonthenext

tasktouploadyoursecondtranscript.(Thisonlyappliesifyouareuploadingtwo

transcripts)

Step9:Fillintheinformationforyourreferences.Youarerequiredtoprovidethreereferences

foryourapplication.

a. Startwiththefirsttask,whichwillneedtobeareferencefromyourmostrecent

supervisor.Whenyouclickthetask,youwillbetakentoascreenthatlookslikethis:

b. Fillintheinformation(name,email,etc.)aboutyoursupervisor.Indoingso,anemailwill

automaticallybesenttohimorhertorequestarecommendationforyou.Theywillneed

tocreateanaccountonthesite(withausernameandpassword)todothis.

c. Oncecomplete,scrollallthewaydowntothebottomandclick“Submit”.

d. Followthesamestepsforthenexttworeferences.

Step10:Completethewrittenassignment.Thisisthelasttaskthatyouwillneedtocomplete

beforesubmittingyourapplication.

a. Thewrittenassignmentcontains5questions.Thefirst3questionswillbeonthefirst

page,andthelasttwowillbeonthesecondpage.NOTE:Youmustentersometextinto

eachboxinordertoaccessthenextpages.Clickthe“Next”buttontogotothelasttwo

questions.

b. Throughoutthewrittenassignment,youcan“SaveandContinueEditing”ifyou’dliketo

comebacktoitlater,orifyouwanttoensureyourworkdoesnotgetlost.

c. Oncecomplete,therewillbeanoptiononthesecondpageto“SaveandExit”.Thatwill

takeyoubacktothehomepagewhereyoucansubmityourapplication.

Step11:Tosubmityourapplication.Backonthehomepage,youwillneedtoscrolldownalmost

tothebottomofthepagetothe“Submit”button.

a. Ifyouhavenotcompletedalloftherequiredtasks,youwillnotbeabletosubmitasitwill

say“prerequisitesnotmet”.

b. Ifthishappens,youcanscrollupandchecktoseeifallyourtasksare“complete”or

“incomplete”(seeunderthe“Status”column).

c. Onceallyourtasksarecomplete,scrolldowntothebottomtofindthesubmitbutton.Ifall

thetasksarecomplete,itwilllooklikethis:

d.Itwillonlysayincompleteuntilyouhit“Submit”.Indoingso,yourapplicationwillbesent

throughforreview.