Faculty Instructional Responsibilities

X22B

Full-time members of the teaching faculty are required to report to campus one week before the opening of each term, and remain until one week after commencement. They are expected to use the time in professional improvement and preparation, or assisting with registration and student orientation and counseling.

X25P

All class periods in both day and evening classes, including those immediately preceding holidays and vacations, should be used in their entirety for instruction purposes. Early dismissal of classes disturbs others.

If for some reason a faculty member must be absent from a class, change the time or place of a class, and/or cancel the class for one day in the event of an emergency, he/she should inform the Department Chair and the Dean of the absence and of provisions made for the class.

X28K

Classroom assignments are made by the Registrar’s Office. Classroom changes are not to be made without approval from that office.

Faculty members should report any physical classroom needs to the building coordinator without delay.

Faculty members should enforce the University policy on smoking. Smoking is not permitted in the classroom at any time by either faculty members or students. Eating and drinking in classrooms are also prohibited.

Faculty members should maintain a complete and accurate record of the grades students earned (including tests, papers, field work, and final grade) in each course and, if requested, submit these records to the Chair, Dean or Provost/Executive Vice President.

X33N

Each full-time teaching faculty member is expected to maintain a schedule of office hours at least three days per week distributed so that students may be able to make convenient appointments. Office hours should be indicated, as well as regularly scheduled extra-curricular activities. Faculty members should post copies of their schedules on their office doors and identify office hours on their course management software.

X23C

Considered a part of teaching responsibilities, academic advising provides important opportunities to discuss course selection, choice of major/minor, and career opportunities.

Advisors are expected to give students individual attention when needed and to participate effectively in the advising program.

X25W

Students are not permitted to take final examinations unless their accounts are cleared in the Bursar’s Office. This is a policy statement by the Board of Trustees. Students who do not pay their accounts or make satisfactory arrangements may be disenrolled from class by a memo from the Bursar’s Office at the request of the Business Office. Faculty cooperation in this matter is necessary.