2/10/2016 3:31 AM
The following is a description of the job of the Laboratory Instructor for the 1506 Lab.
1) You will require that your students fill out the Student Feedback form on my web
site.
2) You must be present in your laboratory 10 minutes before the laboratory begins.
During this time you will check that the carts are loaded properly and all necessary
supplies are ready for the students use. If the cart is not loaded properly or other
necessary supplies are not available, you are responsible to get them. After the
laboratory notify your laboratory coordinator of the situation.
3) Laboratories must start and end on the scheduled time. You must plan your
presentation to last the entire allotted time. Add or subtract from your presentation to
accomplish this. Each laboratory period must begin with a 10 min presentation of the
day’s experiment and end with a 10-15 minute questions and answer period of the
day’s experiment. At this time you will seek discussion from your students to
evaluate their understanding of the experiment. You will answer any other questions
they may have about grades or other issues.
4) You must be present 10 minutes after the scheduled ending of the laboratory. During
this time, you will replace all items onto the carts and return all items borrowed from
the Prep room to the Prep room. You will verify that the requirements described in
the “Instructor Housekeeping Responsibility” shown in the Chemistry 6977 section
have been followed.
5) All laboratories must be covered. No classes are to be cancelled. If you need to miss
a laboratory, you must find your own replacement. However, you are responsible for
the actions of your replacement. There are no exceptions.
6) Grades must be submitted on the “Chemistry Instructor spreadsheets for 1506” shown
in the Chemistry 6977 section. On the first day of each month during the
semester, you will e-mail to Dr Moser, a copy of your grade spreadsheet for
approval. You will follow the “Directions for Submitting Grades” in the Chemistry
6977 section.
7) In the laboratory, students will work in groups of two. Each student is required to
complete their own experiment report for grading. It is not acceptable for groups of
students, working together, to submit one experiment report with all names on
it. Lab reports will be graded as shown in Appendix B (Answer Keys) In the
Chemistry 1505L Instructors Manual. If a student misses a lab for an
acceptable reason, the data shown in Appendix B will be entered onto a report
form. The student will then answer all questions on the report based on this
data. The maximum grade will then be 90%. Graded laboratory reports must be
available to the students during the following/next laboratory period. You will
answer all questions concerning the grading of these experiments. The students are
not allowed to keep these reports. They must be graded per the scoring system in the
“Instructor Manual for Chemistry 1506”. Your Coordination grade and your future in
the Chemistry Department at YSU will be evaluated on how well you adhere to the
above issues and what I and other faculty members hear from your students. Take
this seriously; your future depends on it.