Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Spring 2013




MLK Day-School closed: Monday January 21st.

Spring "Precision Student Discount Day":
Tuesday, January 22nd from 12pm to 6:30pm at NRG campus in room 3112. They will sell inks, papers and other supplies. This is the only day Precision will offer discounts on basic supplies.

Department Repair Requests: If you are having issues and would like to submit work orders for phone/internet or facility repairs at NRG or SPS please send that request through Kat. It is necessary for requests to be submitted through our dept. office. Generally the college facilities department doesn’t notify the department when a request has been made by a faculty member.

Print Show will remain on Thursday:
Spring 2013 Print Show Thursday, May 9th 2013
Prints still due Monday last week of the semester
Judging Tuesday
Wednesday set up show
Show Thursday at 12 noon

Lori’s office moved to room 3122 her phone number will remain 223-4794

Hourly for 2013: will remain Cristine East, Kyle Pierce and Robert Gomez to help faculty with class needs. Hours available will be posted in the adjunct faculty office. Please contact them at 223-4463 or in room 3125 for general assistance.
Email:
Cristine East: ceast@austincc.edu
Robert Gomez: rgomez12@austincc.edu
Kyle Pierce: kpierce@austincc.edu

Lost and Found: Student lost and found will remain in 3125 office in the bottom black file drawer.  If you place items in the lost and found drawer, please note when and room you found the item and your name so we can do our best to locate the owner. PLEASE have your students put their names on their items.
Blog Page/ Blackboard: If you want to add a Blog or Blackboard page to your faculty page to the department website send Kat the link and she will add it.
Prerequisites: On your class roll make sure your students have met the required
prerequisites for your class.

Withdrawing Students: If students are withdrawn from your classes please send a note to corresponding lab/camera class faculty as well as Lori & Cristine so they can make sure any equipment checked out to that student is returned.

Equipment Checkout:  If you have a cameras class please have your students email you their student information. Once collected please group the information into one email to Lori (preferably alphabetically by student) so she has current contact information for equipment checkout purposes. Here is what is suggested- have students send you (the faculty) an email from the Gmail account the college generated when they registered. In the subject line put the name of the class and student name-(Fundamentals 1311- student name) In the message of the email put the following
Name:
Student ID#:
Email Address:
Phone Number:
Lab Class:
Lab Instructor:
Lori only needs to name, e-id, email, phone number. You keep lab class/instructor info in case a student drops and you need to let the lab instructor know.
Equipment check out start Monday, January 28th
Check-out Times:
Mondays 12-2 & 4-6 due back Thursday between 12-2
Thursday 12-2 & 4-6 due back Saturday between 9-11
Saturday 9-1 due back Monday between 12-2
Faculty Portfolios:  Update your faculty notebook that contains your "Portfolio" Details will be reviewed at the meeting. 
Lighthouse: Faculty please update syllabus if needed, supply lists, and end-of-course outcomes on their Lighthouse page. Outcomes are listed in your printed syllabus under the course description.

Syllabus Requirements: Please refer to link if you have questions about what is required by ACC and SACS  ACC syllabus requirements



TSI (Texas State Initiative) Compliance



Texas law has established the Texas Success Initiative which requires that students take an approved test before enrolling in college. Because of this faculty MUST do the following to verify TSI Compliance by their students:



1.    Log in to online services.
2.    View the Prerequisite Class Roster
3.    In the column marked “TSI Status”, look for students whose status is 
       “Not Complete” or have no status indicated (status is blank).
4.    Communicate with these students. Non-compliant students must
        immediately make an appointment with Advising regarding their TSI 
        compliance.
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Bill will review: 
·         Master Plan for 2013+
·         Recruiting for entry level classes
·         Standardize Testing