ADJUNCT FACULTY UPDATE
Fall 2005
Deadlines
Please be
conscientious about meeting departmental deadlines for completing reports,
signing
your contract, submitting important information (your syllabus, schedule,
professional
development
packet, student perceptions, and grades) and reporting attendance. In general, music
faculty
should submit materials to Jackie Ingram.
All others should submit information to Kathy
King. You are expected to do a good job in the classroom
and to meet the deadlines for ALL
minor bureaucratic
hassles. Failure to do so threatens the
sanity of your supervisor and your
future
employment.
Important Dates
Transcripts (new faculty) and Information Sheets (all
adjuncts) due to Kathy King.
August 29 – September 2, 2005 Signed contracts, syllabi and
schedules due to Kathy King and Jackie Ingram. (Please return contracts
immediately to ensure that you will be paid in September.)
Administrative Matters / Bureaucratic Hassles
Attendance Reporting
It is imperative that you
keep an accurate record of student attendance because of the college,
department, and Developmental Studies Program attendance policies and because
of reports required by the Financial Aid and Veterans’ Affairs Office. Attendance
reporting is done through Web for Faculty. During the first week of classes you
will be assigned a username and PIN for accessing the system. You must report all students who have
attended class by
Class Rolls/Final Grades
The Records office does not
provide copies of class rolls; you must check and print your class rolls on Web
for Faculty. (Choose “class list.”) This list also shows student e-mail addresses
and phone numbers. Check the web roll
after the drop/add deadline and periodically throughout the semester against
your list of students who are actually attending your classes and note any
discrepancies. Do not add a student’s name to your roll simply because he or she is
attending the class. Send the
student to the Records Office to be officially registered. If a student’s name is not on the roll after
the withdrawal deadline, he or she will not receive credit for the course and
should not be allowed to continue attending class. Final grades must be submitted by
Final Exams
Classes will end on
Saturday, December 10. A final exam time
is scheduled for each class period between December 12 and December 15. All classes will meet as scheduled through
the exam period. It is not necessary in
all courses to give a comprehensive final exam, but you must meet the class at the exam period and conduct and a
meaningful educational activity.
Instructor Absences
If at any time you are
unable to attend a scheduled class, notify the program coordinator or
department head as far in advance as possible so that other arrangements may be
made. In an emergency, notify Kathy King
for Pellissippi campus classes or the main office at
Mail and E-mail
You will have a mailbox on
the Pellissippi campus or in a designated area at
All
adjuncts are assigned computer accounts for e-mail, word processing, and
Internet access. If you need
instructions and other information about your account, check with Information
Services (694-6537, e-mail: helpdesk). Be certain to check your e-mail regularly.
Office Hours/Space
your name; office location;
office hours; phone number; and email.
You will not be paid until a
schedule is on file in the department office. Check with Kathy King (MC240) or
the main office at the other campuses for adjunct faculty office locations.
Syllabus
All instructors are expected
to adhere to departmental syllabi and guidelines for each course. Master departmental syllabi for all PSTCC
courses are now available on the PSTCCC website:
http://www.pstcc.edu/departments/adv/syllabi/2004/index.html
The syllabus you give your students is a
shortened version to which you will add your own schedule of assignments and
activities for the course. These sections of the full syllabus must be
on the syllabus you give your students:
Course Description, Entry Level Standards, Prerequisite, Textbooks,
Course Objectives, Evaluation, and Policies on attendance, late papers and
make-up assignments. You should also
include the follow statement regarding students with disabilities:
“If you need accommodations because of a disability,
if you have emergency medical information to share, or if you need special
arrangements in case the building must be evacuated, please inform me
immediately. Please see me privately
after class or in my office. Students must present a current accommodation plan
from a staff member in Services for Students with Disabilities (SSWD) in order
to receive accommodations in this course. Services for Students with Disabilities
may be contacted by going to Goins 125, 127 or 131, or Alexander 105 or by
phone: 694-6751(Voice/TDY), 539-7153, 539-7091 or 539-7249.”
Finally, your syllabus
should also include your name, location on campus, and a phone number where you
can be reached. If you do not have a
campus phone and do not want to list your home phone, include the departmental
office phone number – 694-6475- so students can leave messages for you. When you have completed your syllabus, please
forward a copy to Kathy King.
Attendance
Reporting
Fall
2005
Must be completed by Wednesday, September 7th @
1. Get onto the
2. Click on “Web for Faculty” along the
top border and then click “Enter Faculty and Advisor
Services”
3. Faculty ID: Type your social security
number, no hyphens (or you may use your Campus Wide Identification Number).
PIN: Type your personal PIN (They will be e-mailed to new faculty. If you have forgotten your PIN or have not received a PIN, please contact Admissions and Records at 694-6561)
4. Click on
“Select Term” and then toggle to “Fall 2005.”
5. Click on
“Attendance Reporting.”
6. Select “Course Title” (there will be
one for each course you teach), then click “submit.”
7. Place a “Y” in the field after each
student’s name that has attended the class at least once. If the student has
never attended, just tab on and skip that one.
You should not report the
attendance of any student who has not attended your class at least once; doing
so creates a significant liability for the college and for the student.
8. When you are finished, click on “Submit
Attendance Report.” You may go back in
and look at it again if you like, or go on to the next class. If you make a mistake, you can change it by
following the directions on the top of the Attendance Reporting page.
9. If a student appears in the next few
days, you can go back into the screen and report that student as attending, or
if you are denied access after the reporting deadline, contact the Department
Head, Anthony Wise. He can report them
for you individually. Students who have
never attended your class will be denied Financial Aid.
or Anthony Wise at
694-6464.
_____________________________________________________________________You
must complete a monthly attendance report for veterans by the following dates: October
1, November 1 and December 1.