Faculty Resources :: C&I E-Handbook

Procedures/Regulations/Schedules

• * Academic Calendar: http://www.unlv.edu/main/acadcal.html
• Class Rosters: Class rosters come from the Registrar's Office and are distributed when received in the C&I Office. Temporary class rosters are available from the C&I Office upon request. Please contact Marge Speer at 895-0889.
• Contracts: Contracts must be signed prior to the beginning of classes each semester. They will be available for signature at the Adjunct Orientation.
• Copies and Duplicating: The C&I Office Staff is available to help you with making copies. Do not copy class packets or multiple page articles for the entire class. Please provide materials to be copied at least one week in advance of when it will be needed. Do not copy personal materials or materials you need for your own graduate studies. The Publications/Reprographics service offers full-time and part-time faculty sale and reproduction of their classroom handout materials through the UNLV Bookstore. For additional information, call 895-3213 or contact Marilyn Thompson in the C&I Office at 895-3397.
• Copyrights: A copy of "Questions and Answers on Copyright for the Campus Community" is available for review in the C&I Office.
• Employee ID Cards: Employee ID cards will be available from Marge Speer upon signing your contract.
• Equipment: Equipment for class use between 7:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. can be scheduled with Marilyn Thompson in the C&I Office. Equipment for class use after 5:00 p.m. must be scheduled through Telemedia Services at 895-0701.
• Evaluations--faculty: At the end of the course, students will complete confidential evaluations on your teaching effectiveness. The packet containing the forms will be in your mailbox prior to the last class. You will select a student to be responsible for administering the evaluation and for returning it, sealed, to the Office Manager.
• Evaluations--student: The C&I Office requires student evaluations for each class that you teach. Packets, with instructions, will be placed in your mailbox before the last week of the semester.
• * Final Examination Schedule: http://www.unlv.edu/main/acadcal.html
• Human Subjects in Research: The University's policy on the use of human subjects in research projects may be obtained from the Office of Research, 895-4240.
• Mail Room: Each adjunct professor has a mailbox. Check your mailbox frequently.
• Mail Service: All outgoing mail is collected from the C&I Office twice daily. Personal mail is not picked up or delivered.
• Parking Permits: Parking permits are available at the UNLV Public Safety Department on Harmon Avenue with a valid Employee ID card.
• Payroll: Payroll checks are issued the last working day of each month. They are available for you to pick up in the Dean's Office, CEB 301.
• Sexual Harrassment: It is the policy of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, to maintain the University community as a place to work and study for staff, faculty, and students, free of sexual harassment and all forms of sexual intimidation and exploitation. For more information, contact the Affirmative Action Office, 895-3773.
• Study Week: The following policy concerning study week was approved by the Faculty Senate in 1987:
  *To ensure that students have the proper time to prepare for final examinations, the week before final exams shall be designated as a study week, in which classes will meet as scheduled but during which faculty members are encouraged to refrain from giving major tests (i.e., hour-long, sit-down, written exams). The policy shall not affect such assignments as laboratory finals, performance exams such as in Theater, Music, and Dance), short quizzes,term papers, final reports, and similar activities.
• Textbooks: Marge Speer places all orders for class texts. Contact her at 895-0889 for further information.
• WebCT Account: http://www.unlv.edu/infotech/Distance_Education/wctacct.html This site tells you how to apply for a WebCT account to use with your students.Workshops are available to help you learn how to use this tool with your classes.

Original Concept and Structure by Merrie L. Schroeder

:: Introduction :: Standards and Principles :: Performance Assessment Ideas :: * Ideas for Teaching w/Technology :: Resources for Part Time Instructors :: Content-area C & I Faculty-contacts :: * C & I Department Organization :: Procedures/Regulations/ Schedules :: ** Model Syllabus for C&I :: ** Syllabus Template and Guide :: ** Equipment Reservation/ Check-out ::

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