Teaching Expectations and Course Management
The minimum number of hours per week that a GI is required to set aside for student meetings, which should be indicated in the syllabus.
What is 2 hours?
A form used by USU faculty to report concerns about a student's academic performance and engagement, particularly when outreach efforts have failed.
What is the Student Academic Achievement Alert form?
A course that introduces key theoretical and pedagogical approaches to teaching composition including critical race and queer theory.
What is English 6820?
This policy requires all USU employees to set a positive example by avoiding behavior that could offend, intimidate, or humiliate others and mandates annual training on its prevention.
What is Professional Conduct in the Workplace?
Communication templates designed to help GIs in the appendix.
What are sample emails?
The maximum number of days after the due date by which a GI should grade and return thoughtful feedback on major writing assignments.
What is 1 week?
Where to report an academic integrity violation, sexual misconduct, and discrimination/harassment.
A monthly meeting designed to enhance skills, stay updated on trends, and support career growth.
What is Professional Development?
What is your USU email?
USU students with access to a campus are eligible to these mental health services.
What are CAPS, Thriving Campus, Fitness Facilities (HPER, ARC, Nelson Fieldhouse), SNAC, Student Health and Wellness Center, etc.?
What a GI is required to include in their syllabus, which should be maintained even if it does not affect grading and should remain unchanged unless the university says otherwise.
What is the Student Attendance Policy?
When to use the Student of Concern Report.
What is when you believe a student may be suicidal, the student may be a danger to others, the student needs non-academic resources (food, finances, healthcare, or mental health services), the student has been behaving in an inappropriate, disruptive, or dangerous manner?
A weekly, required meeting designed for GIs to share ideas and collaborate.
What are pedagogy groups?
These records of university employees are generally subject to disclosure, though certain information in them can be withheld under federal and state laws.
What are emails?
This portal is used for submitting travel authorization/travel reimbursement, graduate student advising forms (thesis), and various administrative requests.
What is ServiceNow?
The protocol for if students wish to join your course after the semester has started.
What is direct them to the Late Add Request process and to their academic advisor?
Necessary steps to take if a student has violated Student Code - Section VI (plagiarism, falsification, or cheating).
What is request a meeting with the student, meet with the student to discuss the incident, follow up with the DOC or ADOC and determine how the violation will impact the student's grade, inform the student how the violation will impact their grade, file an academic integrity violation report?
What are teaching observations?
This type of account should never be used to post about or communicate with students or colleagues.
What is a personal social media account?
To rent outdoor equipment or find discounted tickets you should check these 2 resources.
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The sequence of notifications you must follow when you need to cancel an in-person class on short notice.
What is the department head, the Director of Composition, your students, and prepare an online asynchronous class format?
A form used by students who believe an instructor has failed to upload responsibilities as outlined in the faculty code.
What is the academic appeal form?
This position mentors Graduate Instructors, helps plan the English 1010/2010 curriculum and can be a 2nd Year GI or a PhD student.
What is the Graduate Assistant Director of Composition? (Sydney's Job)
This board must approve any student project that involves more than minimal risk, protected populations, or will be submitted for publication ensuring ethical practices in human research subjects.
What is the IRB (Institutional Review Board)?
These three restaurant locations are NOT on campus but within walking distance.