Adjunct Faculty Orientation

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Adjunct Faculty Orientation

• Adria Belk, Director of Instruction
• Valley Rogers, Early Childhood Care and Education
  Program Director

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Overview

• Learning Styles Teaching Strategies
• Classroom Management
• Assessing Students
• Grades
• Attendance
• Campus Resources

• Syllabus Components
• Work Ethics
• Adjunct Faculty Responsibilities
• Banner

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The Brain

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Learning Styles

• Visual Processes what is seen not 20/20 acuity
• Auditory Processes what is heard, not hearing
  acuity
• Read/Write Processes what is read and written,
  not excellent reading and writing skills
• Kinesthetic Processes through involvement, not
  general physical movement

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Teaching Strategies

• Lecture
• Review Materials
• Use of variety
• Relevancy

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Classroom Management

• Rambling Wandering around and off the subject
  using far-fetched examples or analogies.
• Shyness or Silence Lack of participation
• Talkativeness Knowing everything, manipulation,
  chronic whining.
• Sharpshooting Trying to shoot you down or trip
  you up.
• Heckling/Arguing Disagreeing with everything you
  say making personal attacks.
• Grandstanding Getting caught up in ones own
  agenda or thoughts to the detriment of other
  learners.

Taken from "Getting the Most out of Your
AIDS/HIV Trainings East Bay AIDS Education
Training Center. Adapted from California Nurses
Association, AIDS Train the Trainer Program for
Health Care Providers (1988) cited on
http//honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/Fa
cDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htmbehaviors.
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Classroom Management

• Overt Hostility/Resistance Angry belligerent,
  combative behavior.
• Griping Complaining (maybe legitimate).
• Side Conversations May be personal or related to
  subject. Distracts group members and you.

Taken from "Getting the Most out of Your
AIDS/HIV Trainings East Bay AIDS Education
Training Center. Adapted from California Nurses
Association, AIDS Train the Trainer Program for
Health Care Providers (1988) cited on
http//honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/Fa
cDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htmbehaviors.
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Assessing Students

• Objective questions (Scantron)
• Presentations (Rubric)
• Essay (Good for critical thinking)
• Projects (Rubric)
• Performance Assessment (Rubric)
• Only assess what you teach
• Teach objectives well assess well

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Grades

• Sample Final Grade Breakdowns
• Tests
• Final exam
• Papers
• Projects
• Presentations
• Homework
• In-class assignments
• Work Ethics (must be 10)
• Total 100

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Grades

• Standard Grading Scale
• A 90 100
• B 80 89
• C 70 79
• D 60 69
• F Below 60
• Students must earn at least 75 to pass courses
  in
• Associate Degree in Nursing (NURS)
• Certified Nurse Assisting (NURA)
• Licensed Practical Nursing (LPNU)
• Medical Assisting (MAST)

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Attendance

• Students attend
• when they are invested
• when there is a reason
• when the class is organized
• when their learning styles are being met
• when class is relevant
• when they see a connection with grades

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Attendance

• Technical Studies Attendance Policy
• A student who enrolls in classes in the Technical
  Studies Division is expected to attend all class
  meetings.
• It is recognized, however, there may be
  situations that make it impossible to attend a
  class at the stated time. Therefore, absences
  and/or tardies may be excused by the instructor
  for the following reasons
• Illness
• Illness or death in immediate family
• Military duty
• Unusual work conflicts such as last minute
  overtime requirements or business emergencies
  not just routine work hours.
• Legal obligations (court appearances, etc.)
• Each unexcused absence will result in one point
  being deducted from your final average.
• Each unexcused tardy will result in one-half
  point being deducted from the final average.
• Faculty can develop alternative policies that fit
  their course design.

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Campus Resources

• Academic Resource Center
• Learning Support
• Library
• Special Populations
• Testing Career Development Center
• Computer Labs
• Scantron
• Technology Services

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Syllabus Components

• Instructor contact information
• Weekly schedule
• Purpose of the course
• Course objectives
• Textbooks and supplies
• Attendance policy
• Grading policy
• Work ethics
• Withdrawal statement
• Disability statement

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Work Ethics

• Attendance
• Character
• Teamwork
• Appearance
• Attitude

• Productivity
• Organization Skills
• Communication
• Cooperation
• Respect

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Work Ethics

• Sample Activities
• Emphasize Work Ethics in course content
  (discussing character, productivity, attendance
  etc. in your field)
• Students read lessons online and complete related
  assignments
• Guest speaker within your field of study
• Current news issues relating to Work Ethics
• Sample Assessment
• Check lists
• Graded web assignment (with discussion)
• Create rubric/grading system for web assignment

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Adjunct Faculty Responsibilities

• Week 1
• Print class roll each day and check attendance
• Week 2
• Enter attendance in Banner by the 6th day of the
  semester
• Upload syllabus
• Sign and return contract
• Week before Mid-Term
• Enter grades below C in Banner

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Adjunct Faculty Responsibilities

• Final Exams
• Must be administered on assigned dates
• Missed Classes
• Complete a Missed Class Form
• Final Grades
• Must be submitted by semester deadline
• Tests
• Submit copies of all tests to Technical Studies
  at end of each semester
• Maintain attendance records and gradebook for
  entire semester (Excel gradebook)

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Adjunct Faculty Responsibilities

• Adjunct Faculty Orientation
• All adjunct faculty must attend first session
• New adjunct faculty must attend future sessions
  to remain eligible to teach
• Use Bainbridge College email account
• Emergency procedures
• 24-hour campus security 493-0554 (Dean Whaley)
• 911
• Send student to main office or closest faculty
  member
• Adjunct Faculty Resources
• http//fsweb.bainbridge.edu/tsptfaculty/

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Banner

• Email
• Uploading syllabi
• Entering attendance
• Entering grades
• Checking student records
• Confidentiality

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References Resources

• Learning Styles
• www.vark-learn.com
• http//www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.htm
  l
• http//www.berghuis.co.nz/abiator/lsi/lsitest1.htm
  l
• Work Ethics
• http//fsweb.bainbridge.edu/techprep/WEactivitylis
  t.htm
• General Resources
• http//honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/Fac
  DevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm
• http//edweb.sdsu.edu/webquest/rubrics/weblessons.
  htm
• http//www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching
• http//www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
• http//www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
• http//www.knowyourtype.com/intro.html
• http//www2.bgfl.org/bgfl2/custom/resources_ftp/cl
  ient_ftp/ks3/ict/
• http//fsweb.bainbridge.edu/tsptfaculty/
• http//online.onetcenter.org/
• http//www.bls.gov/oco/