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New Faculty Orientation Administrative Items: (Must complete) • Parking pass request (free parking) - complete form today and return to Alisa - no designated parking for faculty/staff, can park in any non-designated zone • Safety - complete online readings, review with supervisor, return form to Alisa • FERPA - will complete tonight • Records Retention Requirements - Part-time faculty: A copy of final grades must be turned in to Alisa with student name and OSU ID number - Instructors duty to retain any exams or papers not returned to students for one term after completion, two terms for a Summer course • ONID sign-up - email to communicate with students and for Alisa to communicate with you - must have in order to login to computers and use Blackboard and Online Services • Handbook - read thoroughly, ask if any questions Administrative Items continued: • Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse - Effective January 1, 2013, Oregon University employees are included as “mandatory reporters” of child abuse. If you have “reasonable cause to believe” that any child with whom you come into contact has suffered abuse, or that any person with whom you come into contact has abused a child, you must immediately report the suspected abuse or abuser to local law enforcement or the Oregon Department of Human Services. The University requires you to also report this information to your supervisor. Please note that this legal obligation is personal to you, as an employee of an Oregon higher education institution, and applies 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and in any location; even if you are not on work time. • Smoking Policy - As a reminder smoking within 25 feet of OSU-Cascades building is prohibited. - Smoking is no longer permitted anywhere on the Oregon State University Corvallis campus. This includes inside personal vehicles. Classroom Items: • Code Sheet – Important codes for copier, computer, etc. – do not give out information to students • Classroom equipment instructions – tutorials can be done with Alisa – Copy of instructions inside your packet • OSU Syllabus requirements: http://oregonstate.edu/ap/curriculum/policies/S_syllabus.html • Classroom phone instruction – Located on the call strip you will see Media Services and 911 – For any problems with classroom computer please call Media Services • Final exam schedule – current schedule here: http://www.osucascades.edu/advising/class_schedules – follow as closely as possible, please ask if questions – see handbook for Finals Week Policies Classroom Items continued: • Entering grades and grade policy - Grades must be entered by you by specified date in Online Services; watch your ONID email for reminders - Please refer to the following link regarding entering grades in Blackboard https://my.oregonstate.edu/webapps/osu-faq-bb_bb60/view.jsp?id=994 - View class lists in Online Services also • Blackboard Information - Sources for “How to”: handouts, program leads, websites, OSU Helpdesk - Be sure you know how to use Blackboard and be flexible with students, if you or a student is sick. You can also communicate through email • Student Evaluations of Teaching - As of Fall 2011, SETs are now online - Refer to the following link for instructions and information http://oregonstate.edu/admin/aa/apaa/eset/home - You can access your Student Evaluation of Teaching through Online Services/Faculty & Advisors/Instructor Access to Student Evaluation (works best if accessed using the Mozilla Firefox internet explorer) Classroom Items continued: • Campus closures will be determined by 6am the day of and will be posted on our website and COCC’s website • In case of an emergency, the evacuation meeting site is in the Barber Library Parking Lot • During an emergency situation, faculty is not automatically “in charge” and does not determines whether students stay or leave the classroom or building. • No weapons are allowed in any OSU building. This includes Cascades Hall and Cascades Graduate and Research Center. A concealed weapons permit does not allow an individual to possess any kind of weapon. Pay Day Information: • Payday is once per month, on the last working day of the month. • The first check will be a manual check…..and it may be late. • Direct deposit will not be active for the first check, and perhaps not for the second check either. • Instructor salary is based on the working days in a month. Therefore, if the Fall term contract starts on 9/16, the September paycheck is for roughly ½ month. If you work 9 days in the Summer term, partially in June and partially in July, you will get paid on the respective payday for the working days in each month, again the first check will be late. • Payroll/HR contact: Susan Jett, [email protected], 541-322-3106 Miscellaneous Information: • Before purchasing anything, please check with Alisa Humphrey to determine if it is reimbursable or not. • Library Reserves: http://campuslibrary.cocc.edu/Library+Services/Reserves/Faculty/default.aspx • Other Library Resources: http://osulibrary.orst.edu/cascades/ • Enrollment Services located on 2nd floor of Cascades Hall for questions regarding registration. • Know your OSU-Cascades website resources: http://www.osucascades.edu , then go to Faculty/Staff tab