Faculty Expectations

 

  • In collaboration with your chair, you should establish 10 hours each week for office hours. Office hours should be included in your syllabus and posted on your door.  
  • Please plan to be on campus for a minimum of 10 hours per week. Consult with your chair if you have questions.
  • Program coordinators are expected to be on campus 15 hours per week. Please establish these hours with your department chair. 
  • You must meet your class (either online or face-to-face) during finals week. If you are teaching an asynchronous online course, you must administer a final (project or exam) during finals week. 
  • Every class MUST have a Blackboard component with the syllabus and grades (if you use Google classroom, post a link to your Google Classroom in Blackboard).
  • If you are teaching using Google Classroom, invite your chair to join the class as a teacher.  This is to ensure we have a backup, in case of an emergency. 
  • Remember that finals are scheduled at a different time than the regular class. Here is the link to the schedule: https://uca.edu/registrar/final-exam-schedule/ 
  • If you need to miss class unexpectedly, let your chair know as soon as possible. 
  • Please let your chair know when you have scheduled “no class” days. For example, if you are attending a conference and aren’t meeting your class. 
  • You must follow the approved mode of delivery for the class. (For example, You shouldn’t move face-to-face courses online.)
  • Plan to attend one commencement ceremony per academic year. 
  • Please do not come into the building if you are sick or running a fever.  Be prepared to move your class online (if you are feeling well enough to teach). If this happens, let your chair know.
  • Have a plan for students who test positive for COVID or are running a fever.
  • You must collaborate with your Department Chair when applying for external funding (i.e. grants/sponsorships). Please do not solicit gifts or money on behalf of UCA from any person, business, or other funder without first consulting your Department Chair and the College’s Director of Development.
  • All faculty should complete an annual self-evaluation in Watermark by January 15th of each year. Please refer to the College of Education Success Guide found at:
    https://uca.edu/ir/files/2021/11/College-of-Education-Guide-v5.1.pdf.  Please include information regarding teaching, service, and scholarship. Self-evaluations will be reviewed by the Department Chair and feedback will be provided by March 15th of each year.
  • Teaching should include scheduled teaching, course evaluations, academic advising, directed individual and group student learning, and curriculum development.
  • Service only includes the faculty member’s service where professional expertise is used in service.  Normally this would not include personal service activities.
  • Scholarship would include publications, presentations, grants, and contracts.