Policies & Communication

Access your time sheets, request sick and vacation time, and view your benefits on Workday.

Time Sheets

Time sheets are due every other Wednesday per the USC Payroll Schedule. Submitting them on time will ensure that you are paid on time.

Make sure that you submit 7.5 hours of work each day. When you submit your time sheet, your 'Regular' hours and 'Paid Time Off' (if you requested time off that week) should sum to 37.5 hours total for each week, with a sum of 75 hours for each biweekly time sheet submission.

Official University Holidays will automatically generate for you. You do not need to take any action for those days, they will be submitted along with the rest of your timesheet and should be reflected in the 'Other Paid' category.

Sick and Vacation Time

Per USC Policy, you accrue about 1 sick day and 1 vacation day every month. You can request time off or view your Paid Vacation or Paid Sick Time on Workday.

Slack is USC CAC's communication hub. You should check Slack as often as you can, at least daily, as this is where you will ask/answer questions, receive announcements from admin, share resources, and message your colleagues.

You can access Slack on your browser at sccac.slack.com, or you can download the Slack app on your phone/computer: slack.com/download

You can browse the various channels by clicking on 'Channels'. You can also create your own channel. Public channels allow any one to view and join them, while private channels can only be viewed by the channel's members.

You can set unique notification settings for each channel and for each device on which you use Slack. For example, you probably want to receive push notifications on your laptop and phone for #admin_announcements and direct messages.

Make sure to join all of the following channels:

• #admin_announcements
• #advisingquestions
• #decisionday
• #fafsa-dreamer_convos
• #opportunitiesforyouth
• #oppsforadvisers
• #scholarships

Dataquest

DataQuest is the California Department of Education’s web-based data reporting system for publicly reporting information about California students, teachers, and schools. DataQuest provides access to a wide variety of reports, including school performance, test results, student enrollment, English learner, graduation and dropout, school staffing, course enrollment, and student misconduct data.

UC Admission Data

Applicants, admits and enrollments by California high schools and California community colleges for freshmen and transfer entrants by source school, mean GPA, ethnicity and school.

CSU Admission Data

The CSU provides each California high school and community college that sends five or more students to the CSU system an Academic Performance Report tailored especially for that institution. These reports present summary information on the academic performance of students in their first year at the CSU. For freshmen from California high schools, that information includes grade point averages, mean SAT and ACT scores, persistence from first to second year, and performance on the EPT and ELM. Aggregate information for each institution is compared to system averages so high schools can compare their graduates' performance with that of graduates through out the state. For Community Colleges, information includes campus destinations, ethnic distribution, grade point averages, and continuation rates.

Community College admission data

Excel spreadsheets providing high school of last attendance for California community college students (first-time students only, from SB 12)

Race to Submit

The Race to Submit is a statewide campaign that aims to increase the number of financial aid application for California high school seniors who complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and California Dream Act Application. Filling out these financial aid applications is the first step towards college success and helps students qualify for federal and state aid to help pay for college. These efforts were modeled after the successful 2017-18 FAFSA and CADAA Completion Initiative in Riverside.

FAFSA Completion by High School and Public School District

Federal Student Aid is providing high schools with current data about their FAFSA submissions and completions so that high schools can track their progress and help to ensure that their students complete a FAFSA. A completed FAFSA allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine a potential student's eligibility for federal student aid–a key factor in families' college decisions.