Office of Instruction - Faculty Handbook

2009-2010

Faculty Handbook Complete 2.2MB

Faculty Handbook by Sections

  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • note: each section below the Letter from the VP also includes a table of contents specific to that section.
  • INTRODUCTION
    • History of the District & Mission College
    • Statement of Purpose for Mission College
    • Expectations for Faculty
    • Shared Governance Model
    • Shared Governance Process
    • Shared Governance Plan
    • Sexual Harassment Grievance Policy
      • Complaints Against College Employees
      • Complaints Against Other Students
    • Discrimination Grievance Procedures
      • A. Informal Level
      • B. Formal Level
      • C. Timeline
      • Free Speech and Discriminatory Harassment
  • ORGANIZATION
    • Mission College/District Administration
    • State/District/College Relationships
      • State of California
      • West Valley-Mission College Community College District
      • District Support
      • District Employee Bargaining Groups
      • District Academic Senate
      • District/College Organizations and Committees
      • Mission College Academic Senate
      • Mission College Classified Senate
      • Mission College Instructional Administration
      • Curriculum Review Committee
      • Partnership for Excellence
      • College Goals
      • Mission College Organization Charts Exhibits 1 – 6
      • Mission College Cultural Pluralism Committee Philosophy Statement Exhibit 7
  • PROCEDURAL INFORMATION
    • Procedural Information
      • Emergencies
      • First Aid
      • Child Abuse Mandated Reporting
      • Safety Committee
      • Protocols for Locked Doors
    • Absences
    • Academic Calendar
    • Changes in Schedule: Room Changes/Canceled Classes
    • Class Hour
    • Class Breaks
    • Class Rosters
    • Conference Attendance: Forms & Procedures
    • Contracts
    • Course Outlines
    • Course Information Sheet
    • Policy on Cheating
    • Grievances
    • Credit by Examination
    • Dead Week Policy
    • Faculty Mailboxes/Voice Mail
    • Field Trip Excursions/Field Trip Insurance
    • Final Examination Schedule
    • Grading Policy
    • High School Student Enrollment
    • Instructional Supplies
    • Office Hours: Full-Time and Associate Faculty
    • Part-Time Faculty Center (PTC)
    • Parking Permits & Parking Rules and Regulations
    • Prerequisite Challenge Process
    • Telephone Office
    • Telephones, Mail Stop, and Office List
    • Academic Freedom, Faculty Ethics
    • Faculty Ethics: Expanding the AAUP Ethics Statement
      • I. Introduction
      • II. AAUP Ethics Statement
      • III. Expanding the AAUP Ethics Statement
        • A. Developing Scholarly Competence
        • B. Maintaining Honest Academic Conduct
        • C. Insuring Cultural and Gender Sensitivity
        • D. Encouraging Free Pursuit of Learning
        • E. Avoiding Exploitation of Students
        • F. Establishing Academic Standards
        • G. Maintaining Academic Freedom
  • INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT
    • Administrative Services
      • Bookstore: Textbooks, Instructional Packages & Text Requisitions
      • Mail Procedures
      • Custodial Services
    • Audio-Visual Services
    • Community Education
    • Copying/Duplicating Services
      • Quick Copying - 1 to 10 copies
      • Duplicating - 11 to 1,000
      • Copyright Handbooklines
    • Disability Instructional Support Center (DISC)
      • Emergency Procedures
      • General Considerations
    • Instructional Services for Students
      • Course Management System
    • Library
    • Media Materials
    • Publications
      • Graphics/Printing Requests
      • Selling Instructional Materials
    • Instructional Technology Services
    • Instructional Computers
    • Staff Development
    • Technology Center
    • Vocational Education
  • STUDENT SERVICES, STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES, GRIEVANCE PROCESS
    • Student Services
      • ACCESS
      • Admissions & Records Office
      • Assessment
      • Career/Job Placement Services
      • Career/Transfer Center
      • CALWORKS
      • Counseling Services
      • Disability Instructional Support Center (DISC)
      • Extended Opportunity Programs & Services (EOPS)
      • Financial Aid
      • Intercollegiate Athletics
      • Learning Resource and Tutorial Center (LATC)
      • Math Engineering Science Achievement (MESA)
      • Matriculation
      • Student Government and Activities
      • Student Health Services
    • Attendance Accounting Functions
      • Rosters
      • Positive Attendance Accounting
      • Student Adds
      • Student Drops
      • Schedule Conflicts--Students Enrolled at Concurrent Times
      • Audit Policy
    • Grade Reporting
    • College Catalog
    • Miscellaneous Information
      • Bookstore (Campus Center)
      • Cafeteria (Campus Center)
      • Owl Cove Café (HM Building)
      • Drug Free Schools and Campuses and Drug Free Workplace
      • Gender Equity
      • Sexual Harassment
      • Student Parking Fee
      • Faculty Parking Lot
    • Student Rights and Responsibilities
      • Affirmative Action
      • Student Assembly
      • Freedom of Inquiry and Expression
      • Student Participation in Institutional Government (ASB)
      • Exercise of Rights of Citizenship
      • Student Membership in Organizations
      • Student Production of Goods and Service
      • Vandalism
      • Drug-Free Schools and Community Act
      • No Smoking Policy
      • District and/or College Authority and Criminal Records
      • Care of District Property
      • Distribution of Literature and/or Soliciting Petition Signatures to Students on District Property
    • Discipline Process
      • Complaint
      • Chief Student Services Officer Hearing
      • Hearing Board Review
      • Appeal to President
      • Appeal to the Chancellor
      • Hearing Board
      • Discipline Timelines
    • Student Conduct Code
    • Sanctions
      • Exclusion, Suspension, Expulsion
    • Grievances
    • Grievance Process
      • Step 1: (Informal Meeting)
      • Step 2: (Formal Grievance)
      • Step 3: (Appeal)
      • Grievance Timelines