Adjunct Faculty Toolbox

Welcome to Valencia Community College! We are so glad you have joined us as an adjunct this term. Each adjunct faculty member brings with them a wealth of real world knowledge, this knowledge is so important to our students’ learning. As we begin this term we have created this checklist to help you become more familiar with Valencia.

Administrative Issues

• Employment application completed
• Credential verification completed
• Become familiar with FERPA, HIPPA and ADA protocols
  • FERPA faqs and quiz
  • FERPA Safe Schools
  • Office for Students with Disabilities
• Know about parking, security, and access issues.
• Be familiar with procedures for reporting crime and emergencies
• Be familiar with faculty matters
• Proctored Testing--Please visit the following websites
  • Florida Distance Learning Association
  • National College Testing Association

Before You Start: 2 Weeks Out

• Review the Organizational Chart
• Get Your Faculty ID/Library Card through Student Development
• Get Your Parking Sticker
• Be Familiar with College and Campus Calendars
• Understand the college attendance, grading, final exam, and graduation policies

Before You Start: 1 Week Out

• Create Your Atlas Account
• Log in to Atlas (Please email your Dean once you are logged in!)
• Check Your Class Schedule
• Print Your Class Roles

Teaching and Learning: Just the Facts

• Course Enrollment and Drop/Add Procedures how to:
• Process No Show Students
• Withdraw Students
• Email your entire class
• Send an "interim progress" notification
• Process a below "C" notification
• Input your final grades
• Request a guest speaker
• Meet your class off campus--Now located in Atlas under Valencia Forms
• Classroom Issues
  • Student recruitment and retention guidelines
  • Grading protocols and final grade procedures
• Auxiliary Resources
  • Copies (Printing and Typing) for your class
  • Audio-Visual Procedures
• Review Valencia's Learning College Mission.
  • Learning Centered Reference Guide
  • Implementing the Learning College Concept: Challenges and Opportunities
• Get acquainted with Faculty Development Resources.
• Discover what Valencia's Associate Faculty Program can do for you!
• Know procedures for Conflict Resolution.

General Instructional Issues

• Valencia Mission: A Learning-Centered College
• Demographics, Lifestyles, Needs of Students Probable Class Size
• Course enrollment procedures
• Drop/add procedures
• Student Counseling protocols

Student Support Resources

• Library
• Computer Labs
• Tutoring services
• Office for Students with Disabilities
  

Information Resources

• College Catalog
• Meetings Calendar
• Newsletters: Bulletin, Forum
  

Department/Division/Program Specific Issues

• Role of assigned course in overall curriculum
• Acutal course syllabus, outline, standard learning objectives
• Office, storage space, work areas, meeting space with students
• Mailbox, distribution system
• Specialized facilities, equipment, resources
• Information resources: meetings and workshops
• Critical issues facing academic

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