Notification of Concern
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Tool used by faculty to alert a student, the advisor,
the department head, and the coordinators of
Teacher Education of any problems in these areas:
 Skills (especially communication skills)
 Content Knowledge
 Pedagogy or Performance
 Professional Dispositions
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Goal: Rapid resolution in collaboration with the filing
faculty member
This is an internal documentation system and is not
shared with those outside the university.
When Should I Use it?
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The NOC should be reserved for only those
situations that, if not corrected or addressed,
would be a significant barrier to success in the
teaching profession.
 The process involved with the Notification of Concern form
is focused on helping the student and may include
tracking concerns, and identifying and applying action
plans designed to alleviate the concerns. In some cases,
however, it may also be used to identify students who
should seriously consider changing majors.
 Also if there has been a pattern of skills, performance
and/or dispositions that you feel is concerning.
Should I Inform the Student?
YES! Faculty should complete this form
as completely and specifically as
possible and should involve the student
by reviewing the information about the
concern .
 This should not be a surprise to the
student because you should have
already talked to him/her about your
concern.
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Notification of Concern Ratings
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Low = alert status: student should take the initiative
to resolve; concern should be monitored;
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Medium = in need of remediation: faculty and/or
student develop a specific action plan for addressing
the concerns, including the identification of services
and resources, and a time line for completion
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High = serious action needed: immediate and
extensive remediation or behavioral change is
required; may warrant removal from the Teacher
Education Program
Filing an NOC
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From the main UNI webpage, click on
MyUNIverse, enter your CatID login information
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Find the Work@ UNI tab,
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Find the My Administrative Access Channel, and
click UNITED Instructor/Professor View (SW22) or
UNITED Advisor View (SW21)
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Click on Create NOC in the banner
 Search for Student
 Click on their Student ID Number
 Fill out the NOC and Save and Submit
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IMPORTANT: COMPLETE ALL DATA FIELDS. To set a
course number, click the “Edit” button under the General
Information section in the body of the page. Clicking the Edit
button will bring up a popup window that allows you to set a
course number on the form. Enter a course number including
a section number and click the “Save & Close This Window”
button. If you don’t see the window, your browser may be
blocking it from appearing. You need to allow popup windows
to open. See the “How to allow the web site to open popup
windows” section below to solve the problem.
Indicate area(s) of concern by clicking the corresponding
radio button in the concern area.
Using the text boxes: in the first box, describe your concern
and any actions you have already taken to address these
concerns. In the next box, describe in detail what actions
must be taken to resolve the concern. Include time
frames/due dates for successful completion. Be thorough.
What happens once I file the
NOC?
 The
student, advisor, department
head, Teacher Education
Coordinators and the faculty member
are notified via e-mail. The student
will have 5 class days to respond.
 The action plan is followed.
 Once the action plan is completed to
the satisfaction of initiator the NOC
can be resolved.
What happens if the NOC is Serious or
Unresolved?
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Can prevent a student from being admitted to the
program, being admitted to student teaching, and/or
being recommended for licensure following student
teaching
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Can lead to a 1 year suspension from the teacher
education program if a concern is severe enough or
if there are multiple notifications of concern
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Can lead to refusal to readmit a student following
suspension
Checking on the Status or
Updating the NOC
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Go to your My Administrative Access
Channel, and click UNITED
Instructor/Professor View (SW22) or
UNITED Advisor View (SW21)
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Click on View/Edit NOC in the banner
Search for Name or hit “Show all in
which I am the Initiator” Button
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Checking on the Status or
Updating- continued
At any time you want to update the NOC
feel free to do so.
 You can formally do it by adding a note.
 Department Head, Coordinators,
Students and Advisor can also add
notes
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How do I resolve the NOC?
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Find your NOC using the UNITED
Instructor/Professor View
 Add a note stating that you believe the
action plan as been followed.
 Hit the Resolved button in the upper left
hand corner.
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Any questions contact
 Chad Christopher 3-3157
(Chad.Christopher@uni.edu)
 or
 JD Cryer 3-2294 (JD.Cryer@uni.edu)