Information for Faculty, Adjunct Faculty and Teaching Assistants
Adjunct Faculty Appointments | University ID Card and Computer Account | Vehicle Registration | Blackboard | Book Orders | Copying Policies | Syllabus Requirements | Classroom Environment | Accommodations | Academic Honesty | Electronic Study Groups | Grades | Examinations | Academic Honesty | Grievance Procedures | University Ombudsman | Students with Disabilities | Human Subjects Research | Evaluation of Teaching | Vehicle Registration | Your Classroom | Class Cancellations | The Academic Calendar | IPC Guidelines (See also Promotion and Tenure below) | School Meeting Reports | Travel Support Request Form
The information below is for all instructional personnel in the school. Please review the information carefully and contact your director or secretarial staff if you have questions. Please see the directory tab at the bottom of this page for contact information.
Adjunct Faculty Appointments
Adjunct faculty will receive an offer letter from the dean's office prior to the beginning of each appointment. To indicate acceptance of the offer, one copy of the letter needs to be signed and returned to the dean's office. Additional forms must be completed for initial appointees and returned with the offer letter. Upon approval by the president of the university and verification of sufficient course enrollment, a confirming appointment letter is sent to the adjunct faculty member from the president.
Adjunct faculty will receive bi-weekly salary checks every other Wednesday. You may make arrangements for direct deposit with the Payroll Office or checks can be mailed to your home address or held in your mailbox. Please indicate your preference to the secretaries. You cannot be placed on the payroll until you have completed an I-9 form IN PERSON at the Payroll Office (Couper Administration Building, AD-405).
University ID Card and Computer Account
After confirmation of appointments adjunct faculty should obtain a Binghamton University ID card in order to access the many services available on campus (i.e. library access, and multimedia/audiovisual reservation through the Educational Communications Center) and to identify yourself as affiliated with the university should you be requested to do so.
Adjunct faculty will also need to obtain a BU e-mail account in order to use Blackboard to facilitate instruction. The Dean's office will assist you with this request.
Vehicle Registration
Visit Parking Services in the basement of the Administration Building to obtain a parking permit allowing you to park in the designated parking lots on campus.
Blackboard
Faculty in SOE are encouraged to use Blackboard, a Web-based application for instructional use.
Blackboard provides a powerful and easy-to-use suite of tools for instructors to build and manage virtual classrooms without programming HTML. Whether you are a faculty member or instructional designer, you can easily build an online learning environment for any subject. Best of all, instructors and students can access Blackboard Course Sites anytime, anywhere and from any Web browser.
To learn more about Blackboard and to sign up for Blackboard instruction, see Blackboard.
Book Orders
Book orders can be submitted online to the University Bookstore. See University Bookstore and Faculty Services for instructions.
Copying Policies in SOE
Material to be duplicated should be left in the Dean's Office copy room, AB-133, at least three working days before class.
Use of the copy machines in the offices must be limited to no more than 10 copies. If you have a project that requires more than 10 pages, request copying via a work order in the Dean's Office.
SOE cannot accommodate student copying. If additional copies of student work are requested by you, it will be the students' responsibility to copy the material at their own expense. Public copy machines are available on the ground floor of Academic B and throughout the library. Students can also use the University Copy Center, LNG-22, for personal copying.
Faculty who wish to have articles photocopied for student purchase can use the University Copy Center which will copy material and make packets available for student purchase. Please request Copy Center duplication via a work order placed with the secretaries.
You should be familiar with the current copyright laws and your requests for duplicated material for classroom use should be within the bounds of the copyright law.
The University policy on the duplication of copyrighted material can be found in the Handbook for Faculty and Professional Staff.
Faculty are referred to the memo from Dean Rose on Operating Policies in SEHD, effective August 1, 2002
Syllabus Requirements
A syllabus for each course taught in the School of Education should be submitted electronically to your secretary no later than two weeks prior to the beginning of the semester. Syllabi should be submitted as a word attachment or as a rich text format attachment. Syllabi will be posted on our Web site and be linked from the semester schedule pages. Students should print their own copy of the syllabus.
Faculty are encouraged to use Blackboard to post their syllabus, class assignments, etc. For more information, see Computing Services' page for Blackboard.
Your syllabus may vary from one or two pages to many. The intent is to give the student as accurate a representation of the course as possible. Thus, the greater degree of specificity, the better the indication the student has of the requirements. A note of caution: once the requirements are set, many students take them literally. You may wish to discuss the syllabus at your first class and formally modify it, if necessary.
A syllabus should contain the following:
* A heading including course title, course number, credit hours, days and times, semester offered, classroom number if available, your phone number and office number or other point of contact.
* Statements regarding classroom environment, accommodations for students with disabilities and academic honesty. The statement regarding students with disabilities should include the phone number and location of the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities. (Their phone number is 607-777-2686; their office is located in LH-B51.) See also Services for Students with Disabilities. The recommended statements are below. Note, these statements will be inserted into your syllabus before it is published on the Web if you choose to use these standard statements.
Classroom Environment
The faculty and staff in the School of Education are committed to serving all enrolled students. The intention is to create an intellectually stimulating, safe, respectful and enjoyable class atmosphere. In return, I expect that each of you will honor and respect the opinions and feelings of your students.
Accommodations
If you are a student with a disability and wish to request accommodations, please notify me by the second week of class. You are also encouraged to contact the Office of Services for Students with Disabilities (SSD) at 777-2868. Their office is at LH-B51. The SSD office makes formal recommendations regarding necessary and appropriate accommodations based on your specifically diagnosed disability. Information regarding your disability will be treated in a confidential manner.
Academic Honesty
“All members of the university community have the responsibility to maintain and foster a condition and an atmosphere of academic integrity. Specifically, this requires that all classroom, laboratory and written work for which a person claims credit is in fact that person’s own work.” The annual university Student Handbook publication has detailed information on academic integrity.
Binghamton University has obtained a license with Turnitin.com to facilitate faculty review for potential plagiarism of papers and projects in their courses, which they are encouraged to do.
“Students assume responsibility of the content and integrity of the academic work they submit. Students are in violation of academic honesty if they incorporate into their written or oral reports any unacknowledged published or unpublished or oral material from the work of another (plagiarism); or if they use, request or give unauthorized assistance in any academic work (cheating).” (SOE Academic Honesty Policies)
Neither plagiarism nor cheating will be tolerated in any class. Incidents of either will result in a failing grade for the assignment in question, which will most likely have a negative effect on the final grade. If you have any questions about what constitutes plagiarism or cheating, PLEASE ASK ME.
Academic honesty
* The course description
* The course objectives
* An outline of the teaching strategies and teaching methods you plan to use. Some common teaching problems you may want to address are pacing the time span to ensure student attention and responsiveness, integration of films and guest lecturers, participation of the class in group discussion periods and adequate preparation for weekly sessions.
* Required and recommended texts and materials. Designate clearly between required and recommended.
* Your grading policy. Include the specific written, participation and examination requirements for your course. The relative weight for each component towards a final grade should be stated, if possible.
* An outline of topics, by meeting date, with appropriate reading and written assignments indicated. In addition, any course that carries four credit-hours but meets for fewer than four contact-hours per week must have the outside requirements stipulated that warrant carrying more credit-hours than contact-hours.
Electronic Study Groups
It is possible to provide pre-assigned accounts for the students in your class and have an electronic study group (ESG) put in place for your course. An electronic study group is basically a listserv for easy communication to all members of the class with a single message. You may communicate from your own existing e-mail account, or you can have a special course account created for each course in which you are using an ESG. For more information see Computing Services Help Desk and information on listservs there.
See Computing Services for more information on faculty computing accounts.
Grades
See also the university policies stated in the Handbook for Faculty and Professional Staff. This document covers topics including incomplete grades, missing grades, changing grades and complaints concerning grades.
Examinations
Periodic examinations are given at the discretion of each instructor.
If you wish to give a final examination in your course, you should do so during the final examination period. No examinations, including unit or chapter exams, are to be administered during the final week of classes.
A memo from the registrar will be sent to you asking if you wish to have a final exam during the examination period. Examinations given during this period are scheduled by the registrar. Exams may not necessarily be scheduled for the same day and time as your class.
Exams, papers and other projects should be made available to students who wish to review them. It is also expected that comments or corrections will be explained to students who seek explanations. Graded work not returned to students should be kept for one semester following the end of the course to allow a means of evaluating the work of students who ask for a review.
Faculty can leave student work in the offices for student pickup.
Academic Honesty
All members of the university community have the responsibility to maintain and foster a condition and an atmosphere of academic integrity. Specifically, this requires that all classroom, laboratory and written work for which a person claims credit is in fact that person's own work. The annual university Student Handbook publication has detailed information on academic integrity.
See further information on Academic Honesty and Dishonesty.
SOE Academic Honesty Procedures.
For more information on plagiarism, please see What is Plagiarism? A Short Concept Lesson by Ted Frick, Indiana University. This site includes 10 self-test practice items.
Grievance Procedures
The School of Education strongly supports a range of efforts at mediating grievances before they are channeled formally.
SOE has a standing Grievance Committee that has membership from among the faculty, administrative, undergraduate and graduate student constituencies. It is this committee that acts as a hearing board for student-initiated grievances involving SOE faculty, administrators or students. This committee meets on a grievance or complaint only after attempts to remedy the grievance have been undertaken, first with the party who is the subject of the grievance, and then, if necessary, with the student's faculty adviser who will attempt to mediate the situation.
If the student has consulted with the party and the faculty adviser and has been unable to obtain consideration of and/or an acceptable remedy to the grievance, the student may next request in writing that the Grievance Committee be convened.
University Ombudsman
The university ombudsman provides impartial, objective and confidential assistance with informal complaint resolution, problem solving and communication. The ombudsman advocates, not for any particular individual, organization or position in a dispute, but for the fair, equitable and humane treatment of all parties. The ombudsman approaches each case without prejudice, and as neither advocate nor critic of any cause, but with a commitment to fairness, equity and the missions of the University. For more information, see University Ombudsman.
Students with Disabilities
The School of Education is committed to serving all students. Your syllabus should contain a statement regarding accommodations for students with disabilities. For information on accommodating students with disabilities, see Office of Services for Students with Disabilities.
Human Subjects Research
The Human Subjects Research Review Committee must approve all research projects that involve human subjects. The Committee meets monthly during the academic year and reviews protocols that involve research presenting some risk or threat to human subjects. An expedited review process provides a quick review for research projects that do not involve significant risk to subjects. The guidelines for Human Subject Review at Binghamton University, conforming to the requirements of such agencies as NIH, NSF, NIMH and the Department of Education, are available in the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs. Some Federal agencies require assurance of approval of the research protocol by the institution's human subjects review board before the proposal will be considered for funding. Questions regarding the review of protocols should be directed to the Chair of the Human Subjects Research Review Committee, Gale Spencer, 777-6003.
For more information see Human Subjects Research.
Evaluation of Teaching
All faculty need ongoing support to develop their competencies and to derive a sense of satisfaction from their teaching experiences.
Faculty are strongly encouraged to regularly gather input from students, both formally and informally. The Student Opinion of Teaching (SOOT) survey is a university-sponsored survey that asks questions about your teaching and classroom activities. You will be asked early in the semester if you wish to use this instrument. Administered after you have left the classroom and returned by a student, or completed by your students online via Blackboard, this survey will be tabulated and the results will be released only to you. This can be helpful feedback to you from your classes and can provide constructive suggestions for improving teaching methods. After reviewing the survey, you may choose to share this evaluation with your coordinator, director or the dean's office. To order SOOT forms, see the web page for the Office of Institutional Research. In addition to the SOOT form, faculty often find it useful to utilize their own course-specific evaluation form and are encouraged to do so as appropriate.
Vehicle Registration and Parking
All faculty, staff and students are required to register their vehicles driven on campus. Anyone parking on campus must display a valid University parking permit 24 hours a day, or must pay the required fee at parking meters, the visitors' paid lot or the parking ramp. For more information, see Binghamton University Parking Services.
Your classroom
Classrooms are scheduled by the Office of the University Registrar. If you have a problem with your classroom, please contact your secretaries. They will assist you if it is necessary to request a change in classroom.
For information on equipment in classrooms, see the Educational Communication Center Web site.
Class Cancellation
If it is ever necessary to cancel a class meeting, please notify your secretary so that a note can be posted on your classroom door.
Cancellation because of weather conditions is handled by the University’s senior administration. You should consider canceling your class because of weather only if you cannot safely reach campus due to the weather conditions.
Campus weather announcements are available by calling 777-SNOW (777-7669).
The Academic Calendar
The University Academic Calendar includes a schedule of classes, recesses and academic deadlines.
Promotion and Tenure
Tenure-track faculty members in the School of Education undergo periodic review for tenure and promotion. (Currently there is a formal review in year three and the promotion/tenure review in year six.) The policies and procedures for these reviews are outlined in the Binghamton University Handbook for Faculty and Professional Staff (see Section II. Faculty Governance, Faculty Bylaws, Article VII, Faculty Personnel Policies, and Section IV. Policies and Procedures for Faculty) and on the Web page for the Office of the Provost (see pages under Personnel Cases). The Provost’s Faculty Personnel Action Summary provides the organizational framework for materials prepared by the Initiating Personnel Committee and sent forward to the Provost’s office.
The Initiating Personnel Committee (IPC) of the School of Education has outlined the IPC’s review process to illustrate the steps SOE follows to implement the policies and procedures listed above. In addition, SOE has developed its own Guidelines for Renewal, Promotion and Tenure to provide examples of how faculty might address the three criteria established for promotion and tenure: teaching, scholarship and service.
Faculty being considered for promotion and tenure must provide a curriculum vitae that provides information corresponding to the promotion and tenure criteria. To assist faculty in meeting these expectations, the IPC has prepared a model vita. The candidate’s vita must follow this format. Each year, there is an information meeting hosted by the IPC that covers the procedures, explains which materials should be included and answers questions faculty members may have about the process.
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