Policies Related to Teaching

Discussion with Associate Dean about Policies

Quick Links to Policies

College Resources Regarding Policies

• Registrar, Homerconnect
• Catalogs
  • Attendance, Removing a Student, Add-Drop
  • Grades, grade disputes
  • Academic Services Catalog text
• Academic Policies related to students
  • Student Conduct Code, also in Student Handbook
  • Academic conduct
  • Students with disabilities
    • Services for students with disabilities
  • Privacy: FERPA
    • FERPA implications for faculty
• Course packets:
  • Copyright policy
  • Library policy
  • Course reserves
  • E-resources
• Sexual Harassment Policies and questions
• Faculty Handbook
• Policies governing the entire campus community

 

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Associate Deans Resources

Links to these sources are on the right.

• Your associate dean is an invaluable resource (download a pdf at bottom on right.)
• Calendar issues: on Registrar page
  • Designated holidays: No exams on holidays or the calendar day following  Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. Dates are specified in the Academic Calendar in the Registrar's page.
  • Final examinations: Specific times related to the course meeting times. Do not give a final exam (or the equivalent) during the last week of classes. Exam schedule on Registrar's page
• The Undergraduate Catalog is online through the Academic page and also hardcopy each year. It is the source of many policies, including:
  • Attendance policy: all syllabi must include one, even if your policy says that attendance is optional.
  • Grading policies and  procedures in a dispute (see Associate Dean!)
  • We may remove a student from a course.
• Academic Misconduct:
  • Plagiarism policies are part of the Student Conduct Code in the Policy Manual and the Student Handbook.
  • Academic misconduct procedures are spelled out in 7.1.2.6 of the College Policies.
• Reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities are facilitated through Academic Support Services for Students with Disabilities.
• Faculty have significant responsibilities for maintaining privacy of student records, through F.E.R.P.A., the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. Implications for faculty are provided by the Registrar's Office.
• Course Packets are in the gray area of copyright law. The library provides information on copyright policy and will help make online reserves.
• Questions about sexual harassment can be explored in the college policy manual or by contacting Traevena Byrd, College Attorney and Director of Affirmative Action.
• The Faculty Handbook includes policies on faculty conduct
• Many other campus-wide policies are in Volume II of the college policy manual.