FAQ – Faculty Asked Questions
2008-2009
FAQ – Faculty Asked Questions
2008-2009
a. What are Lifelong Skills?
b. What is assessment of academic achievement?
c. How does assessment impact my teaching?
II. Managing Courses
a. What information is required in my syllabus?
b. When do I turn the syllabus in?
C. What is required of traditional classroom courses and faculty?
D. What is required of hybrid courses and faculty?
E. What is required of online courses and faculty?
F. How do I order text books?
G. What is the College grading policy?
H. How do I enter grades or get my class roster?
I. How do I change a grade?
J. When are grades due?
K. When/where do I turn in my grade book?
L. What is a “no show” and how do I report it?
III. Managing Classrooms
a. How do I order A/V equipment?
b. Where do I make copies?
c. How do I get a key or a room unlocked?
d. Who is my Administrative Assistant?
e. What if I want a guest speaker?
f. What if I want to take the class on a field trip?
g. What are my office hours?
h. What is my responsibility to students with disabilities?
i. What technology is available to students with disabilities?
j. What if I am going to miss class?
k. What if I want a substitute?
l. What is the college policy on disruptive student behavior in class?
M. What is the college policy on plagiarism and cheating?
N. What is the college policy on children in class?
O. How can the college testing center help me with make up tests?
P. How will I be evaluated?
Q. What if a student can not speak English well enough to succeed?
R. What is FERPA and how does it affect my teaching?
IV. Instructional Resources and Support (outside the classroom info)
a. Where do I send my students for additional help?
b. What Library services does the college provide?
c. What if a student needs professional counseling?
a. What are my faculty development requirements?
b. What is the faculty development philosophy?
c. Where do I find faculty development opportunities?
d. How can I improve my teaching?
e. What are the conference attendance and travel guidelines at CCA?
f. What is mentoring at CCA?
a. How do I increase my pay?
b. When do I get paid?
c. Can I take a class for free?
d. What is “pro-rata” pay?
e. What is the payment policy for on-line courses?
f. Where do I find Human Resource information?
VII. Miscellaneous
a. How do I get my e-mail and voice mail set up?
b. How do I access college email & voice mail from Home?
c. What are the key phone numbers at the college?
d. What if the weather is bad?
e. How are courses cancelled?
f. What are the end of semester Check-out Procedures?
g. What if there is an emergency?
h. What is the number for security?
i. Where is my faculty mailbox?
j. What is the Teaching Overload Policy?
k. Maps of CentreTech and Lowry Campus
rev 5/21/2008
CCA staff have identified six “Lifelong Skills” foundational for teaching and learning at CCA as well as for students' lifelong learning: Communication, Critical Inquiry, Interpersonal Responsibility, Quantitative Reasoning, Technology, and Aesthetic Perception. The attainment of these skills is measured through CCA's Assessment of Academic Achievement strategy. (More information on lifelong skills can be found at http://www.ccaurora.edu/assessment/.) Faculty help students develop by identifying which skills are pertinent to class content, including the skills in the class syllabi, connecting teaching and learning in the course to particular skills, and assessing student success with these skills as part of the assessment of academic achievement.
What Is Assessment Of Student
Learning?
The assessment of student learning is a multi-faceted process that measures how well students are learning and developing lifelong skills in the classroom. Assessment allows us to engage in continuous improvement of education and to communicate with students, employers, and other stakeholders about how well learning is taking place at CCA.
Currently there are two parts to the CCA Assessment Plan:
1. Program Assessment – which measures student learning in a lifelong skill endemic to their program.
2. Institutional Assessment – which we refer to as “Assessment Across the Curriculum”. Each program measures student learning in a lifelong skill not endemic to their program (for transferability of knowledge). We also include assessment of our strategic plan as part of our institutional assessment package.
All college programs (and some clusters of courses), including the occupational programs, will assess the degree to which students in the program have mastered the six lifelong skills while at CCA. The lifelong skills include the following: Aesthetic Perception, Personal Responsibility, Critical Inquiry, Technology Skills, Communication and Quantitative Reasoning.
All college occupational programs will assess (in addition to the six lifelong skills) the degree to which students in the program have mastered the skills and knowledge required by that occupation. Regular and adjunct faculty collect data using direct and indirect measures. More information on assessment can be found at http://www.ccaurora.edu/assessment/.
How Does Assessment Impact My
Teaching?
Participation in assessment is
a requirement for employment. Most importantly, you are asked to engage in continuous improvement of the
teaching and learning process with special emphasis on lifelong and occupational skills. You may be asked by
your area’s program chair to use direct and indirect measures to collect data. For example, you may be asked
to conduct a pre/post test over course content; to add questions on an exam that measure a specific skill,
collect this information and turn it in; or to submit student papers for assessment of specific skills.
Adjunct faculty serve on departmental and college assessment committees, assist in developing and improving
assessment plans, and implement specific changes to teaching as requested by the department chair. Adjunct
faculty are paid at an hourly rate for their participation. The hourly time sheet can be found at
http://www.ccaurora.edu/assessment/AdjunctTimeSheet.doc.
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What Information is Required in my Syllabus?
Refer to the model syllabus located on the Faculty Teaching page on the CCA web Site: http://www.ccaurora.edu/facstaff/teaching/model_syllabus.doc. All the components on the model syllabus are to be included on your syllabus. The syllabus is to be available at the first class meeting for your students.
When do I turn the syllabus in?
Ideally, the syllabus should be submitted electronically to your administrative assistant prior to the first night of class. If that is not possible, give it to him/her the first day of the semester.
What IS REQUIRED OF traditional CLASSROOM courses AND FACULTY?
Every class at CCA is expected to use Blackboard Vista as a tool to supplement instruction. You are required to :
Place a copy of your syllabus online under the Syllabus and Schedule folder on the home page.
Make available the written handouts or lecture notes you deliver in class. This requirement is not meant to be prescriptive. Books, physical activities, and materials are excepted, but anything you write in Word can easily be made into a webpage and a copy placed in your online shell.
Maintain the online Grade Book tool that comes with the course. Students armed only with your syllabus and online grade book should be able to determine how well they are doing in the class.
If you prefer to expand your online presence past the minimum, students may also appreciate the opportunity to turn in work or contact you online.
What is required of hybrid courses AND FACULTY?
Hybrid courses are partially online and partially in class. A hybrid class should include the following BB Vista components:
Have a complete syllabus under the Syllabus and Schedule folder on the home page.
Have lecture notes and handouts, suggested problems, links to useful websites, or other instructor material in the learning modules and/or Course Materials folder.
Maintain the online Grade Book tool. Students armed only with your syllabus and online grade book should be able to determine how well they are doing in the class.
Make use of the internal Mail and Discussion tool. Since less face-to-face classroom time is available in hybrid classes, faculty should make liberal use of online Discussions to keep students engaged and involved in course content. Faculty should respond to email and discussion postings promptly.
Use the online Assessment and/or Assignment tool to assess your students knowledge. Some assignments may be in class, but most should be available for students to take at their convenience online. If you use an external tool the grades must be imported back into Blackboard Vista.
What is required of online courses and FACULTY?
Online courses must be academically rigorous and interactive. Online courses, at a minimum, shall include the following:
Have a complete syllabus under the Syllabus and Schedule folder on the home page.
Provide lecture notes and handouts, suggested problems, links to useful websites, or other instructor material in the learning modules and/or Course Materials folder.
Maintain the online Grade Book tool. Students armed only with your syllabus and online grade book should be able to determine how well they are doing in the class.
Use the online Assessment and/or Assignment tool to assess your students knowledge. If you use an external tool the grades must be imported back into Blackboard Vista.
Maintain an active hand in the class. Your students are taking the online course from you, not engaging in computerized training. Make your presence known.
Make use of the internal Mail and Discussion tool. Faculty should respond to email and discussion postings promptly.
Include formative assignments. An online class that consists only of reading the book and taking a monolithic test at the end is essentially a superbly expensive CLEP exam. Give your students value for their dollar. Have smaller assignments with rapid feedback, and/or craft and participate in class discussions.
Provide feedback in a reasonable amount of time. What is reasonable differs between disciplines, but in no event should be longer than a few days. Use what you would find acceptable as a student in a traditional class as a guideline.
Communication between instructor and students
The preferred mode of communication will be using the Mail option in the course management system, e.g. Blackboard. This allows all emails between the instructor and students to be time-stamped and archived automatically for each individual course.
If the course management system is not functioning properly, a secondary mode of communication will be via CCA email accounts.
Voicemails should only be used as a last resort because of the nature of the online course. There is likely to be a longer response time when a student leaves a voicemail, especially if the student calls in the evening and/or on weekends.
Expected response times from the instructor
Online instructors should check their online courses at least once daily during the week (Monday-Friday) during the course of the semester. This way, students can expect a response within a 24-hour time period during the week. Communication on weekends and over college holidays will not be expected on part of the instructor.
Grading assignments
Instructors should specify
turnaround time in the syllabus for all assignments.
Textbooks are ordered months in advance by the department Chair. If you have a recommendation for a text, please speak to your department chair.
What is the college grading policy?
Grades assigned by instructors:
For regular courses (course # greater than 100, E.G. MAT121):
A-Excellent or Superior, B-Good, C-Average, D-Deficient, but passing, F-Failure, I-Incomplete (prior arrangement must be made with instructor and work must be finished the following semester or the grade automatically changes to an “F”; and 75% of the course work must be completed to be considered for an “I” grade).
For developmental courses (course # less than 100, E.G. REA090):
S/A-Excellent or Superior, S/B-Good, S/C-Average, U/D-Deficient, U/F-Failure, I-Incomplete (as above)
Developmental instructors: explain to your students that their final grade will be preceded by an S for satisfactory or U for unsatisfactory
If a student is taking a class pass/fail: S-Satisfactory, U-Unsatisfactory.
CCA no longer allows Z grades for open entry or self paced courses. If a student does not finish by the end of the semester, they must take the grade earned. If at least 75% of the work has been finished, the instructor may consider an I-Incomplete grade (as above).
CCA does not work on a Plus or Minus system.
How do I enter Grades or get my Class Roster?
You first need your S# to log into the student information system. This is created for you when you are hired at any public college in the state system. You can get it from your administrative assistant, HR (Debbie or Dianda), Traci Fielden, or Enrollment Services. Then, to access Banner, go to our website at www.ccaurora.edu. Click on the "MyCommunity Education" link on the bottom right. Click on Login, and then type in your SID (The id mentioned above, not your social security number) and 6 digit PIN# (Usually your birth date in mmddyy format or the last 6 digits of your SSN until you change it). Click on Faculty & Advisor Menu, then Faculty Menu. You can access the roster from the “Summary Class List” or the “Detailed Class List.” Grades can be entered from the “Final Grades” menu. When entering a failing grade, you must also enter the last date of attendance and number of hours attempted.
Instructors must submit a Request for Grade Change Form available in Enrollment Services, at the division office, or the form is online at www.ccaurora.edu. Move your mouse over the Faculty and Staff tab, and then click on Fac/Staff Resources, and then Forms.
Grades are due the Thursday after your class is over (not necessarily at the end of the semester). Please enter grades by the due date because it affects students’ financial aid, graduation verification and transfer status.
When/Where do I turn in my Gradebook?
Your Administrative Assistant is required to keep an electronic copy of how you grade your students and their attendance. Submit your course records to them within one week after the end of class.
What is a “No Show” and How do I Report it?
A registered student listed on a class roster that never attends class is a NO SHOW. “No Shows” must be reported to Wes Geary at Wes.Geary@ccaurora.edu before the census date listed on the top of the roster.
If you are teaching at CentreTech Campus, most classrooms are equipped with a computer terminal and projector and some classrooms are equipped with a television and a DVD/VCR player. If you require additional media (or if the above components are not installed in your room) contact Scott Hostetter at 303.360.4789 or Scott.Hostetter@ccaurora.edu.
At Lowry, most rooms are equipped with computers and projectors. Please reserve additional equipment 48 hours in advance.
Bldg. 903, Pat Machledt, 303.340.7037 or Pat.Machledt@ccaurora.edu or Celia Miller, 303.340.7240 or Celia.Miller@ccaurora.edu.
Bldg. 859, Cindy Smith, 303.340.7070 or Cindy.Smith@ccaurora.edu.
You may make copies at the following locations: CentreTech Campus in rooms C-108, C-210, C-310, or F-103; Lowry Campus in building 903 in room 107 (computer lab) or building 859 in room 119. You must have an ID code for the copier you are using. The Administrative Assistant at each location can provide you with this.
How do I get a Key or a Room Unlocked?
To get a key, have your department’s Administrative Assistant complete a key request. If a classroom is locked, notify your Administrative Assistant or call Security at: CTC - 303.360.4727; Lowry – 303.419.5557.
Who is my administrative assistant?
| ASL, | ANT, | ECE, | AAA, | Dev Ed | ESL | AST, | MAT College Level | CRJ, | EMS | The Academies | Critical Incident Theatre | FVT, | ART, | BTE, | ACC, |
| DAN, | ECO, | EDU | COM, | ENG | BIO, | PAR, | MGD | PHO, | CIS, | BUS, | |||||
| LIT, | ETH, | ENG | MAT | CHE, | PED, | MGD, | CSC, | FIN, | |||||||
| HUM, | GEO, | REA | GEY, | PSM, | Bldg 901 | CWB | MAN, | ||||||||
| MUS, | HIS, | HPR, | MED | MAR, | |||||||||||
| PHI, | POS, | HWE, | REE, | ||||||||||||
| Languages | PSY, | PHY, | |||||||||||||
| THE | SOC, | SCI | |||||||||||||
| TRI | WST | ||||||||||||||
| Admin: Jodie Matheson 303-361-7428 | Admin: Cynthia Hungerford 303-360-4767 | Admin: Mary Graham 303-361-7369 | Admin: Mary Graham 303-361-7369 | Admin: Mary Graham 303-361-7369 | Admin: Mary Graham 303-361-7369 | Admin: Pat Machledt 303-340-7037 | Admin: Jodie Matheson 303-361-7428 | Admin: Cindy Smith 303-340-7070 | Admin: Cindy 303-340-7070 & Stephanie 303-340-7076 | Admin: Michelle Doucette 303-340-7215 | Admin: Cindy Smith 303-340-7070 | Admin: Veronica Sanchez 303-340- 7321 | Admin: Julie Predmore 303-340-7335 | Admin: Veronica Russell 303-340-7240 | Admin: Veronica Russell 303-340-7240 |
| CTC: CCLA 108 | CTC: CCLA 108 | CTC: CCLA 208/308 | CTC: CCLA 208/308 | CTC: CCLA 208/308 | CTC: CCLA 208/308 | LC: 903-206 | CTC: CCLA 108 | LC: 859-111 | LC: 859-111 | LC: 859-140 | LC: 859-111 | LC: 965 Entrance | LC 901, East End, Second Floor | LC: 903-203 | LC: 903-203 |
| Chair: Amy Rell | Chair: Geoff Hunt | Chair: Natasha Turner Start Date 09/14/09 | Chair: Scott Reichel | Chair: Ashley Moorshead | Chair: Chris Tombari | Chair: Martha Jackson-Carter | Chair: James Gray | Chair: Michael Carter | Chair: Patrick Schooler | Chair: Michael Carter | Director: Clinton Andersen | Frederic Lahey 303-340- 7322 | Chair: Patrick Loehr | Chair: Vacant | Chair: Benjamin Valdez |
| 303-360-7412 | 303-360-4825 | 303-340-7564 | 303-361-7406 | 303-361-7413 | 303-340-7504 | 303-340-7120 | 303-360-4743 | 303-340-7211 | 303-340-7217 | 303-340-7211 | 303-340-7068 | Sandra Gabrych 303-340-7336 | 303-340-7340 | 303-340-7240 | |
| CTC: C308H | CTC: F103G | CTC: C307A | CTC: C208 | CTC: C108C | CTC: 308A | LC903-213B | CTC: C208D | LC859-141 | LC: 859-154 | LC859-141 | LC 859-117 | LC901-223 | LC: 903-203 | ||
| Dean of Liberal Arts and Dean of CentreTech Campus: | Chris Ward | Dean of Science and CTE (Interim): | Instructional Dean and Dean of Lowry Campus: | ||||||||||||
| Ted G.Snow, Ph.D. | CTC: A200B | Martha Jackson-Carter | Victor Vialpando | ||||||||||||
| CentreTech Campus, C108A | 303-340-7514 | Lowry Campus, 903-112 | Lowry Campus: 903-203 | ||||||||||||
| 303-360-4828 | 303-340-7120 | 303-340-7243 | |||||||||||||
| Janet Brandau, Associate Dean of Instruction | |||||||||||||||
| C108D, 303-360-4735 | |||||||||||||||
| Bernice Harris, Vice President Instruction (VPI) | |||||||||||||||
| C108E, 303-360-4729 | |||||||||||||||
The above information is correct as of September 7, 2009
What if I want a Guest Speaker?
You may have a guest speaker for a portion of a class period so long as the subject is relevant to the course. Guest speakers may be paid an honorarium. This should be done in collaboration with your department chair. The honorarium form is online at www.ccaurora.edu. Move your mouse over the Faculty and Staff tab, and then click on Fac/Staff Resources, and then Forms.
What if I Want to take the Class on a Field Trip?
You may take your class on a field trip if it is approved by your Department Chair prior to the field trip. Each student must complete a field trip Waiver and Release form prior to going on the field trip. The form can be obtained also from the division Administrative Assistant.
Regular faculty members are to have established office hours posted on or near their office door and in their assigned division office. All faculty members, regular and adjunct, are required to provide students with a way to contact them outside of class—through either a college office phone number, the college's voice mail system or email. Also, all faculty members are encouraged to be available to meet with students before or after class. Office hours and contact information should be included on every course syllabus. Please see your division's Administrative Assistant for information about obtaining a voice mailbox and a CCA email address.
What is my Responsibility to Students with Disabilities?
Faculty are required to make reasonable accommodations upon receiving an “Instructor Notification Form” from the student (listing accommodations approved by the ASO). If a student has not yet provided you with this form, refer the student to the ASO before making accommodations. Also, your syllabus must include the required ADA paragraph directing students with disabilities requesting accommodations to contact the Accessibility Services Office (ASO) for services.
The student is to schedule adaptive software/equipment through the ASO or the Computer Access Center. If it has been scheduled but was not placed in the classroom as requested, please contact the Administrative Assistant for your building and forward that information to the ASO for follow up. If you believe the student will not successfully complete the class, refer the student to the ASO or Advising. For more information, contact Reniece Jones, Accessibility Services Coordinator, at 303.361.7395 or Reniece.Jones@ccaurora.edu. You may also visit our web site at http://www.ccaurora.edu/students/academic/accessibility/index.shtml.
What Technology is Available to Students With Disabilities?
Some of the available assistive technology include: CCTV - Enlarges graphics and text. DRAGON - Speak to the computer and it will type what you say. ERGONOMIC KEYBOARD with large lettering. JAWS - Keystrokes instead of mouse to control the computer. KURZWEIL - Scan material into the computer. Highlights words as they are read out loud. Students receive information visually and auditorially at the same time, which increases retention of material ZOOMTEXT - Enlarges graphics and text on the computer screen. COMPUTER ON WHEELS (COW): Cart with a computer loaded with adaptive software for students with disabilities. Can be moved to the student’s classroom.
Some of the services that are available are: Tutoring, quiz/exam accommodations, alternative format of textbooks, closed-captioned decoder for videotapes shown in class, FM assistive listening device system, sign language and oral interpreters, note taking assistance, physical accommodations, tape recording for lectures, closed captioning TV.
For more information, go to:
Teaching Tools for Students with Disabilities
What if I am Going to Miss Class?
If you are going to miss a class you must notify the division Administrative Assistant. You must also notify the Department Chair as soon as you have that information. At that time you can obtain the names of potential substitutes you could contact. It is your responsibility to find a substitute. Substitutes must be currently on staff. If this is a last minute absence, you still must notify the division so that students can be notified if time permits. Substitutes will be paid by the college at their current rate of pay, and your pay will be adjusted accordingly.
You may contact the division Administrative Assistant or the Department Chair to obtain the names of potential substitutes. Substitutes will be paid by the college at their current rate of pay, and your pay will be adjusted accordingly.
What is the College Policy on Disruptive Student Behavior in Class?
Students are not allowed to be disruptive in class. If a student is being disruptive in class, meet with him or her to discuss the issue and ask that it be discontinued. If the student continues to be disruptive, you have some options: give the student one more warning before seeking disciplinary action through Student Conduct, ask your Department Chair or Dean to meet with the student, or file a complaint with our Student Conduct Officer, Angie Tiedeman at angela.tiedeman@ccaurora.edu, or 303.340.7524.
FYI: Under serious circumstances, you can ask a student to leave class; then contact Angie or a college administrator immediately for an investigation. The Student Code of conduct discusses in more detail varying offenses and remedies at: http://www.ccaurora.edu/students/studentlife/additionalinfo/stuconduct.shtml.
What is the College Policy on cheating and academic dishonesty?
Cheating and academic dishonesty are prohibited in the college code of conduct for students. Janet Brandau, our Associate Dean for Instruction, will now be handling all cases of academic dishonesty. If you have evidence of a student cheating or plagiarizing, please contact Janet. She will send a letter to the student (and a copy to you) and will add the student's name to the academic dishonesty data base. If you have any questions, do talk with Janet or your dean. Janet can be reached at 303-360-4725; her email address is Janet.Brandau@ccaurora.edu.
What is the College Policy on Children in Class?
Children are not allowed in class. However, this is a guide, and the instructor has the flexibility to allow it if the child's presence will not disrupt the learning process.
How can the College Testing
Center Help me with Make-Up Tests?
If a student misses a test, our Testing Center can give and
proctor the exam for you at the CentreTech Campus in S202. All tests must be submitted with a completed test
administration form, available at the Testing Center, outside the Lowry One-Stop or at
http://www.ccaurora.edu/students/academic/testing/testform.doc. The Testing Center cannot accept or return
exams via fax, email or US mail.
Additional testing policies, hours, information, and forms are available on
CCA's Fac/Staff Resources page.
Evaluation occurs on several levels. A mentor will be assigned to each new faculty. The mentor will observe at least one class period, take a survey of student perceptions, and discuss the results with the new faculty. Student evaluations of each class are done once per semester and forwarded to your supervisor. The Coordinator, Chair or other faculty appointed by the Chair will periodically observe faculty classroom practices. The Program Coordinator, Department Chair or other faculty appointed by the Chair will regularly review the performance of each adjunct based on the adjunct faculty job description. Faculty are also required to participate in the assessment process, report “No Shows,” and turn grades in on time.
What if a Student Can Not Speak English Well Enough to Succeed?
Refer the student to an Academic Advisor in Enrollment Services. The student may be advised to take the LOEP test. LOEP places students in English as a Second Language (ESL) classes or ESL- student-friendly content classes until his/her English improves. FYI: free tutoring and other help is available to ESL students at the Tutoring lab on the Centretech campus in C-109. Additionally, the ESL department offers workshops on the Centretech campus in C-310 for ESL students
What is FERPA (and how does it affect my teaching?)
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) protects the rights of students and ensures the privacy and accuracy of education records. Directory information can be disclosed without the student’s permission and includes name, date of birth, major, dates of attendance, enrollment status, receipt or non-receipt of a degree, honors received, and officially recognized activities and sports. Other information requires the student's written permission before being shared with third parties. Do not discuss student records with parents unless the student gives his/her permission. Do not post rosters with Social Security numbers or student identification numbers, and do not leave graded student work in faculty mailboxes. Contact the Admissions & Registration office at 303.360.4701 if you have questions.
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Where Do I Send my Students for Additional Help?
Resources are available to help students with math, reading, English, and written
assignments in the Math and English Labs, located in the classroom building, room 109 at the CentreTech
Campus. Students can also receive additional tutoring assistance in many subjects. Tutoring is also available
at Lowry in Building 901, room 206. Please check the tutoring schedule for hours.
For more information visit the Academic Support page at:
http://www.ccaurora.edu/students/academic/tutoringlab.shtml or contact Patti Molai, at 303.340.7536 or
Patti.Molai@ccaurora.edu.
What Library Services Does the College Provide?
Library services are provided in the Instructional Resource Center on the second floor of the Student Centre at the CentreTech Campus. The IRC is the campus location for services of the Aurora Public Library (APL). There are several hundred reference books that can be used in the IRC or checked out for three days by faculty and staff. The IRC also holds over 1,800 videos, some audiocassettes and other A/V materials on a wide variety of subjects. CCA’s circulating books for academic use are shelved at the Aurora Public Central Library located near Chambers and Alameda; these can be delivered to the IRC so students or faculty can check them out. Students will need to show a school or State ID to check out resources. All CCA books and A/V resources are listed in the APL catalog (http://auroralibrary.org). See listings of CCA videos online at http://www.ccaurora.edu/ircguide/videos/.
CCA subscribes to several online research databases which provide full text articles from over 8,000 journals, magazines, newspapers and the Sanborn collection of historical maps of many Colorado communities over time. Links to these services are found on the IRC Online Services Guide page at http://www.ccaurora.edu/ircguide/ that also provides links to library catalogs and other helpful informational web resources. Directions for accessing CCA online subscription services from outside the CentreTech and Lowry campuses are in the “Off Campus Access” section of the IRC Guide page. For the current username and password required for off campus access, please contact the IRC at 303.340.7545 or the LRC at 303.360.4736.
What if a Student Needs Professional Counseling?
The Student Assistance Program at CCA helps students who may need occasional mental health support during their studies at the college. A student may discuss their needs with a licensed professional counselor at one of Aurora Mental Health Center’s two counseling centers in north and south Aurora. CCA will pay for one consultation session. This session is designed to assist in the natural problem-solving process.
Call the Aurora Mental Health Center’s main number at 303.617.2300 to request an intake counselor and to make an appointment. For more information, brochures are available at:
CentreTech Campus
· Learning Resource Center 303.360.4736
· Enrollment Services 303.360.4797
Lowry Campus
· One-Stop Student Services in building 903, 303.340.7093
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What are my Faculty Development Requirements?
All new faculty members must complete the New Faculty Orientation, including a 6-hour initial workshop, a 3-hour Mid-Semester Problem-Solving Workshop, and mentoring. Faculty must also complete Blackboard Vista training prior to teaching at CCA. Blackboard Vista is the online course management system where you will keep a copy of your syllabus, notes, and grade book. Pay advances require completion of additional faculty development credits.
What is the Faculty Development Philosophy?
Community College of Aurora is a teaching and learning institution. We specialize in student success. Because we are an open-enrollment institution, our student body is incredibly diverse in every way learners can be diverse. This requires CCA faculty to be more than subject experts; they must be effective, developing teachers.
Community College of Aurora believes each faculty member must maintain a teaching practice which includes continual development with regard to student success and teaching effectiveness. Community College of Aurora teachers must, in effect, be life-long learners.
As a result, faculty development activities at CCA are built around the following themes: pedagogy and methods, retention, diversity, assessment, and college and community life and leadership.
Where Do I Find Faculty Development Opportunities?
The Community College of Aurora has a faculty development program that can be used to improve your teaching and increase pay. Faculty development opportunities can be found online at http://www.ccaurora.edu/facstaff/training/. The schedule of programs develops over the course of the semester, so check back often. Each Fall and Spring semester we have new faculty orientation that focuses on classroom teaching and retention strategies.
Contact Peggy Norwood at Peggy.Norwood@ccaurora.edu for more information.
How can I Improve my Teaching?
General tips: Research indicates students make drop out decisions the first six to eight weeks of class for a variety of reasons. To help students get off to a good start, we encourage the following:
Attend faculty development meetings, and most importantly, ask your Department Chair or other faculty for advice on testing methods, homework ideas and teaching strategies. This sharing of information has been invaluable.
What Are The Conference Attendance And Travel Guidelines At Cca?
Contact your supervisor for approval of travel funds. You may submit your funding request online at http://class.ccaurora.edu/twt/FacDevGrantApp.htm. Because of the many varying policy/procedure issues surrounding travel, work with your administrative assistant for advice and next steps. Generally, a Travel Authorization Form is completed first for out of state travel prior to departure. You can also submit an Event Card Request to be issued a bank card to cover the approved expenses for hotel, car rental, or airline tickets. Upon approval, complete the Payment Request Form and attach registration forms or other documentation of expenses. These forms can be found online at http://class.ccaurora.edu/fiscal/accounts_payable.htm.
All new faculty are assigned a mentor. The primary role of a mentor is to orient newly hired subject-area experts to the world of teaching and learning at CCA. A mentor will:
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Adjunct faculty have three levels of pay they can advance through. Level three is the highest paid adjunct salary at any community college in Colorado. It is customary that adjunct faculty receive the same salary adjustments as regular faculty. For precise pay scale information, contact Dianda Coe in Human Resources at 303.360.4762 or refer to the pay scale at http://class.ccaurora.edu/hr/07F-adjunct%20faculty%20rate.xls.
Level One: An instructor stays at this level until completion of level two requirements (optional).
Level Two: Requirements: Four semesters of teaching experience at CCA, to include a minimum of twelve (12) credit hours or 180 contact hours, completion of New Faculty Semester, four hours of faculty development work, and Blackboard Vista Training, as approved by the division Dean and/or the department chair.
Level Three: Requirements: complete a minimum of an additional two semesters of teaching experience at CCA, to include a minimum of twenty- four credit hours or 360 contact hours. Completion of a Year-Long Project (must be approved by your Chair or Dean at the outset) or completion of 30 hours (15 in pedagogy and 15 in content area) of professional development.
Note: It is the instructor’s responsibility to speak to their chair to verify the number of semesters taught at CCA. The chair will send an email to Traci Fielden for faculty development verification. The chair will then email Dianda Coe in Human Resources for a pay raise. The pay level will increase the following semester. It is never retroactive. Faculty may request a transcript of professional development hours from Traci Fielden (Traci.Fielden@ccaurora.edu) or view an online summary at http://class.ccaurora.edu/asp/facdev.aspx.
How are MY FACULTY DEVELOPMENT HOURS tracked?
Go to http://www.ccaurora.edu/facstaff/resources/ProfessionalDevelopmentForm.pdf for the faculty development/credentialing form (MS Word version). This form, with supporting documents attached, is to be turned in to your Dean (it is advised to copy all documents before submitting them). The Dean signs the form and gives it to Traci Fielden who then enters your hours in a database. You can view a summary of your hours online at http://class.ccaurora.edu/asp/facdev.aspx.
When do I get Paid?
Adjunct faculty are paid every two weeks. The pay schedule can be found at http://class.ccaurora.edu/fiscal/payroll_calendars.htm. From this site, go to the Instructors form. The pay dates will be circled.
Adjunct faculty members are eligible to enroll in six credits per fiscal year. Credits must be taken during a semester when the instructor is teaching at CCA. The course must be job related, applicable to a degree, or career enhancing. Each enrollment must be approved by the employee's supervisor and processed through the Financial Aid Office. Although tuition is not charged, any fees associated with the class must be paid, and, if it is an online class, the difference between online and face-to-face must also be paid by the faculty member. The CCA Instructional Grant form can be found online at http://www.ccaurora.edu/students/financialaid/finaid%20forms/0708/
Pro-rata pay is when an instructor agrees to teach a class that has not reached the minimum class size of 12 and the pay is based on the number of students enrolled. Pro-rata pay is no longer used at CCA for face-to-face classes. If a class is between 7 and 12 students, adjuncts will be paid the full amount. If classes are under 7 students they will be paid for Guided Independent Study (GIS) which is $56.65 per credit hour per student.
What is the Payment Policy for On-line Courses?
Minimum class size is 12 for full pay. Pro-rata pay may be offered for adjunct faculty with the following pay rates:
11 students = 92%
10 students = 83%
9 students = 75%
8 students = 70%
5-7 students = 60 %
1-4 students may be paid at the guided study rate ($56.65 per credit hour per student) with approval of the Dean.
Where do I find Human Resource Information?
The Human Resources Office is located at the CentreTech Campus in room A201 in the
Administration Building. If you have human resources related questions, please call Dianda Coe at
303.360.4762 or e-mail
Dianda.Coe@CCAurora.edu or Debbie Irvine at 303.360.4823 or e-mail
Debbie.Irvine@CCAurora.edu. You can also find information on the internet at
http://class.ccaurora.edu/hr/.
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How do I
Access College Email from Home?
Every faculty member is assigned a CCA email address. It is crucial to check your College
email box regularly to stay updated with CCA communications. To access email from home you must have your user
name and password. Instructions can be found on the web or contact the IT department Help Desk at 303.340.7539
or
helpdesk@ccaurora.edu if you need assistance. The website is
https://owa.cccs.edu. You will log in with the domain name first and user name (cca\firstname.lastname),
and then your password. The “domain” is “cca” and your user name is your first name.your last name (John
Henry would log in as cca\john.henry). If a “Security Alert!” box pops up,
answer “Yes” and proceed. To reply to email, do not double click to open up the
mail; right click and hit reply or use the icons on top to reply. Double clicking to open up the mail will
not open it up and will cause an error on reply. To open attachments, right click on the attachment and do a
save as (save to the desktop) and open up that way.
HOW DO I ACCESS COLLEGE
VOICEMAIL FROM HOME? Dial 303.360.4719. When prompted, enter your
mailbox number (extension) . During the outgoing message, press *. The system will ask for your pass code.
Enter your pass code and you will be able to access your messages.
See your administrative assistant for new mailbox numbers (extensions) and to get your
voicemail and pass code set up. Or you can contact
eduardo.peralta@ccaurora.edu
303.361.7433 for assistance.
What are the Key Phone
Numbers at the College?
The college main number can direct you to an office or
individual. Please call 303.360.4700. Directory information is also available online at
http://www.ccaurora.edu/college/directory/.
Please tune in to channel 2, 4, 7, or 9 for college class cancellations. We also contact AM
Radio 850. Each station also updates announcements on their web sites. Note: please do not call the college
(you will be competing with 5,000 students). We will have information to the news stations before 6:00 A.M.
the day of closure. As a reminder, the college does not often close due to inclement weather.
Courses are cancelled by the Department Chairs based on low enrollment. Normally, classes
are cancelled at least one week prior to the scheduled start date. This time frame allows students to find
another class.
What are the end of semester
Check-out Procedures?
Faculty are required to do the following at
the end of the semester:
What if there is an Emergency?
Emergencies such as serious health problems, serious malfunctions of equipment,
or safety hazards to staff or students should be reported immediately to security.
In the event of a medical emergency, call 911 first – then notify
Security, so that they can expedite the Fire Department personnel reaching the correct location. All security staff are CPR/First Responder qualified and knowledgeable in
crisis management situations. An oxygen-breathing tank is located in the Security Office at the CentreTech
Campus. A telephone and posted listing of security and emergency telephone numbers is located in the Faculty
Workrooms.
What is the Number for Security?
CTC Security Office,
CTC A-101 303.360.4727
Scott Hostetter, CTC A-103A 303.360.4789
Tom Wolf, Lowry Campus 720.858.2733
Brian Braham, Lowry Campus 720.858.2732
Lowry Campus cell phone 303.419.5557
Faculty mailboxes are set
up by the department’s Administrative Assistant. The location of your mailbox is based upon which campus and
building your classes are taught. On the CentreTech Campus, Faculty mailboxesare in room C210 and room F103J.
On the Lowry Campus, they are located in Bldg. 903, Room 110, and in Bldg. 859, Room 119. Check with your
department’s Administrative Assistant for your location. Faculty mailboxes are there for your students’
convenience as well as your own; if you teach at both campuses, you will have a mail box at each campus and
you’ll need to check both mailboxes regularly.
What is the Teaching Overload
Policy? State Board policy (BP
3-80) defines teaching overload for regular faculty as "a duty assignment (such as a discrete course) in
addition to the faculty member’s academic year teaching load." The policy advises that such assignments
"should be limited so as not to erode the professionalism of the faculty member." Therefore, at the Community
College of Aurora, overload assignments are given only in extenuating circumstances. The respective Dean shall
determine the need for an overload. Pay for an overload course assignment shall be at the regular faculty
member's part-time rate (i.e., summer session rate).
Adjunct faculty are allowed to teach up to 25 credits per academic
year (fall and spring semesters), and up to 10 credits in the summer. Overloads, beyond these credit limits,
are allowed only in extenuating circumstances. The respective Dean shall determine the need for an overload.
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CentreTech Campus Map: Lowry Campus Map From I225, follow
buildings 901, 903, and 905. For
access to building 859, follow Turn
For details, go to the maps page.
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updated 5/21/2008