Performance Expectations and Standards of Employment • Respond to email and phone requests from students within a 24-hour period, except on weekends and holidays. Notify your students and the Distance Learning Office (DLO) if you plan to go out of town, or will be unavailable for an extended period of time, that would prevent you from responding to students and DLO within a 24-hour period. • Respond to emails and phone calls from the DLO within a 24-hour period, except on weekends. • Meet all reasonable deadlines for administrative paperwork set by the Distance Learning Office and Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ). This includes book adoption, attendance verification, final grades, and other deadlines. • Teach the course for the complete session dates, as specified in the course registration system. For example, if class is scheduled Sept. 3 – Dec. 20, 2002 , class should be conducted during that entire time period, and not be conducted outside of those dates. • Permit only registered and paid students to access your course account. You will be expected to check your class roster in Artemis at least every other day during the first two weeks of the session, and after each subsequent drop and withdrawal periods, specified in the College Calendar. • Maintain your faculty web page on the FCCJ server with the required information. • Ensure that you have access to a working computer and Internet connection. Have a back-up plan if your personal computer is not working. • Follow procedures of the DLO Alternate Site Testing program if your course requires proctored face-to-face testing. If you teach a course that requires a Florida state exit exam or FCCJ exit exam at the end of the term, you are responsible for administering the exit exam and following all exit exam procedures as defined by FCCJ Assessment Centers. • Participate in online adjunct mentoring activities throughout the semester, as announced. • Facilitate the administration of course evaluations and surveys for your students. • Follow the college course outline. • Uphold college academic standards and policies, and follow grading policy, specified in the College Catalog. • Submit a copy of the class syllabus to the DLO. • Make written agreements with each student assigned an Incomplete, and provide a copy of the agreement to the DLO. • Provide current contact information to the DLO for a period of one year from the end of the course. • Participate in an administrative evaluation of your course and instruction. Use of Master Course Shells • Use the Master Course Shell in its entirety. • Make standard changes to syllabus dates, faculty contact information, etc. • Use the Master Course Shell and the course materials solely for the purpose of teaching courses at FCCJ. It is considered the property of FCCJ. • Complete the Master Course Shell Evaluation form upon request. FCCJ encourages feedback on the shell content, format, and course activities. This information will be used to improve the specific Master Course Shell, and the overall Online Course Development Project and Online Adjunct Recruitment and Training processes in the future. |