Compiled by Tina Starr, Senior Instructor of Management. If you have additional questions, please email Tina at tstarr@uoregon.edu, she will be happy to help!
Accessible Education Center (AEC) - although students may inform you they are working with AEC, AEC will contact you directly by email to let you know what accommodations a student may need, especially for exams instead of the usual classroom allocated time (e.g. 1.5 exam time) . You will need to answer the email fully, provide all exam info, delivery of the exam to the AEC (students take their exam at the AEC), return of the exam by the students, etc..
Athletes and absences – you may have athletes in a class, it is their responsibility to bring you a letter from the Athletics dept informing you of the dates of any class absences – these are considered excused absences. However, it is up to the student to get the assignments and work done while on the road, you will need to work out alternative assignments, due dates or other logistics. The athletic dept will proctor an exam on the road, but you must contact the person noted in the athletes’ letter and make arrangements directly with them. They’re great to work with and it is in the best interest of the student athlete to make sure they stay up to date with assignments and deadlines, it really helps to reduce the stress for them.
If a student misses an important deadline or exam, and informs you, or you think there might be bigger issues like mental health, family problems or whatever and you are concerned for the student, please contact Advising for help under ‘who’ section above.
Student hours - you must allocate at least 1-2 hours each week per class taught for dedicated drop-in student hours. It’s also a good idea to make sure you can be somewhat flexible for students who can’t make that time slot though because of scheduling conflict. Be prepared to be very busy after the results of the 1st exam are released to students, in fact you may wish to add more time for that session.
Student Evaluations
At the end of each term around weeks 9/10, you will receive an email telling you the dates that the on-line student evaluations for your class/course (and you as an Instructor) will be open and available for students to use. This comes out from the registrar’s office, and you don’t need to do anything, except remind students to fill out the feedback for your class and why it’s important. This evaluation process forms a part of your overall evaluation as an Instructor and faculty member of the LCB and UO.
For example, although we are currently using a more quantitative system of questions for students to respond e.g. on a scale of 1-5, etc…which may or may not be followed by any explanation as why you received the score you did albeit low or high, we are currently moving toward a more qualitative system that offers more specific answers that explain how or why students rated the class and/or you the way they did. In addition, the newer evaluations would come out both mid-term and also at the end of term. This is in an effort to make the evaluation process from student input more informed and also more of a professional development tool as the term moves along, not just at the end.
E.G. You could discuss the comments and areas given by the class/students, both positive and negative with the class as a whole. This would help you to hopefully understand their feedback and take away areas to improve as well as recognize areas that are already working well according to students. (In my opinion)The qualitative evaluation process will better help Instructors to understand and thus, tweak teaching methods, syllabus, classroom time and student engagement in general.