Adjunct Faculty
Orientation
AUGUST 11, 2015
Mission & Vision
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Our Mission
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Florence-Darlington Technical College will provide a high quality education
that furthers the regional economic development, enhances the quality of
life in the region we serve and supports students' marketability in the global
economy.
Organizational Values
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Service Excellence
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Educational Effectiveness
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Financial Stewardship
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Quality Programs and Services
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Institutional Advancement and Growth
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Personal and Organizational Learning
Strategic Goals
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Service Excellence
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Educational Effectiveness
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Florence-Darlington Technical College will customize products and services that provide strategic value to meet customer
needs.
Institutional Advancement and Growth
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Florence-Darlington Technical College will have a fiscal base that enables the college to achieve its goals in a responsible and
efficient manner.
Quality Programs and Services
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Florence-Darlington Technical College will offer first class delivery customized to the businesses and/or students' needs.
Traditional lecture classes will be offered as well as customer-oriented learning environments emphasizing certifications, work
experience credit, competency-based outcomes, self-paced individualized instruction and the infusion of technology in all
programs of study.
Financial Stewardship
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Florence-Darlington Technical College will provide high-quality, efficient, customer-focused affordable programs and services
utilizing state-of-the-art delivery systems to all constituents, both internal and external to the College.
Florence-Darlington Technical College Educational Foundation will help FDTC reach its goals by building relationships, building
business for FDTC and seeking financial support from alumni, corporations, foundations, friends and other community resources.
Personal and Organizational Learning
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Florence-Darlington Technical College encourages professional development of all its board, faculty and staff through ensuring
that resources are provided and made available on an ongoing basis.
Academic Affairs Administrative
Team
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Suresh Tiwari, Vice President, Academic & Student Affairs
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Suzanne Jennings, Associate Vice President, Technical Education
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Marc David, Associate Vice President, Arts & Sciences
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Maureen Dever-Bumba, Associate Vice President, Health Science
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Derk Riechers, Director, Online College
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Nicholas Lyerly, Director, Evening & Weekend College and sites
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Lisa Ard, Director, Academic Services
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Genell Gause, Registrar
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Mamie Harris, Dean of Enrollment & Student Services
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Jeronell Bradley, Librarian
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Max Welch, Director, Veterans’ & Career Services
Academic Support Services
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Tutorial Services:
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Student Success Center – Provides on-campus tutoring to students in
Career & Technical Programs; located in 400 bldg
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Trio SSS – Provides on-campus tutoring to minority, low-income, firstgeneration students in multiple disciplines; located in 5000 bldg.
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Math Hub – Located in 7000 bldg., it provides tutoring to all math
students
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RISE – Located in 5000 bldg., it provides tutoring in multiple disciplines to
275 students who are minority, low-income, and enrolled in the RISE
program
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Tutor.com – An online tutoring platform, it provides tutoring to all FDTC
students in 44 disciplines, 24/7
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Advising Services: All full-time faculty serve as advisors
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Library: Located in 400 bldg., all students have access to library
resources
Expectations
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The Adjunct Faculty Handbook is a valuable resource
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Please become familiar with the Handbook. especially, pages 10-11.
Syllabus and other materials
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Follow the Master Syllabi on the web-site
(http://www.fdtc.edu/academics/programs/syllabi) to craft your
own syllabus.
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Make sure that you post your syllabus, grading policy, grade book,
attendance roster, and other critical assignments in D2L. Contact
Derk Riecher, Director, Online College to get a D2L shell.
Student Retention & Success
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It is a strategic goal of the college to promote student retention and
success.
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Over 70% of students have been leaving FDTC without earning a credential
within 3 years or 150% of time from first enrolling.
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Overall graduation rate is 13% and transfer rate is 9.9%; combined
graduation and transfer rate is 22.9% (source IPEDS 2013-14).
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Fall-to-Spring persistence rate was 76%.
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Fall-to-Fall retention rate was 47%.
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The 4th semester retention rate was 34%.
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6 semester later, or 150% of time, (in Fall 2014), 19% persisted.
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During the 6 semesters, 113 (9.4%) students graduated, 224 (19%) persisted,
and 759 (64%) disappeared.
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Over 10% of students (612) were placed on probation/warning/suspension
in Fall 2013; over 62% were minority female students.
Student Success Day (SSD)
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It is an all-day campus conference for students, filled with sessions that are traditional or hands-on
activities. All classes on this day are cancelled, but the students are required to come to campus
and attend sessions.
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The SSD sessions are meant to be extra- or co-curricular in nature. In other words, the information
provided during these sessions is necessary for students to succeed in their
classes/programs/profession, or for successful navigation through the college journey, but is not
readily available to them; certainly, it is not provided as a part of any curriculum at the college.
As you can imagine, an effort of this nature required an active partnership between all
administrative divisions of the college including Student Services, Business and Administrative
Services, the Foundation, and Academic Affairs. The bedrock of this partnership is the recognition
that we all contribute to and have an important role in student success. However, beyond the
college, we also rely on many community organization to provide crucial services to our students
and, so, the SSD is engaging some of them in providing appropriate information to our students.
The global objectives of this day are almost self-evident:
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Promote student development by giving practical tools so the students become acculturated in
FDTC experience.
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Help students learn about how to succeed through FDTC educational journey.
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In a subtle way promote/showcase career opportunities that the students may not have
considered otherwise (an internal marketing of some programs).
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Make students aware of all the programs/services that FDTC offers them for their possible success.
Faculty Development Days
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A strong faculty development is crucial to FDTC’s ability to stay current
and exceed student expectations.
At FDTC, most faculty development activities are organized through the
Center for Teaching & Learning (CTL). This Center, under the
directorship of Hattie Pinckney, is advised by a committee made up of
full-time faculty members and a few academic administrators.
CTL is located in 5000 bldg. on the third floor. It is developing a resource
library for all faculty.
Make sure that you pay attention to all CTL activities and also check
out the resources housed therein.
In the Academic Calendar, several days are identified as Faculty
Development Days. These are the days when CTL organizes activities for
faculty development. Classes are usually not held on these days in
order to allow faculty to attend the activities. Do attend these activities,
if you can.
Faculty Absence/Class Cancellation
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Please follow the policy/procedure indicated in the Adjunct Faculty
Handbook and report your absences accordingly.
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In addition, for the sake of students, indicate your absences at the
the following website: https://absence.fdtc.edu/. At this site, you
can indicate any work that you expect students to do on the
absence day. You can also indicate what they can expect on the
next class day. The purpose of this site is it allow students to avoid
the inconvenience (not to mention the gas expenses) of coming to
college only to discover that the class has been cancelled.
Remember our organizational value of excellence in service.
Student Complaint Process
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Please refer to Page 57, Appendix C of the Adjunct Faculty
Handbook.
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Remember that the students have the right to complain/grieve any
action by the college including actions taken by the faculty
members, adjunct or not.
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Make sure that you follow the procedures outlined in the flow-chart
in Appendix C.
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Also, be prepared to have your actions questioned by your
Department Chair, AVP, the VP, and the the President if a student
grieves your actions. The way to think about this is that we are all
accountable and must be prepared to defend our actions. Good
documentation of all student interactions is crucial.
Emergency System
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You never know when an emergency (of any sort) arises.
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FDTC has posted in every classroom, a booklet of emergency
procedures to cope with every foreseeable situation.
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Become familiar with this booklet and follow the appropriate
procedure in the unfortunate event of the emergency.