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Submit final grades to Web Advisor with a copy to by . At the same time, turn in a copy of all grades,textbooks, students’ final examinations, and other materials your department chair specifies.New adjunct faculty: Attend the college orientation session o’clock on . Location:Other responsibilities and/or comments:Adjunct curriculum faculty shall adhere to all SCC policies, procedures and guidelines as defined in the Adjunct FacultyHandbook and the SCC Policies and Procedures Manual.Faculty memberDateSupervisorDatePURSUANT TO SECTION 41‐1‐110 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AS AMMENDED, THE LANGUAGE USED IN THISDOCUMENT DOES NOT CREATE AN EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT BETWEEN THE EMPLOYEE AND THE COLLEGE.ORINGINAL TO EMPLOYEE YELLOW COPY – DEPARTMENT CHAIRPINK COPY – HRHR 4/20101.8 EMPLOYMENT PAPERWORK: All employment paperwork (for example, W-4, EmploymentEligibility Verification [I-9], request for official transcripts, etc.) must be completed prior to, or at thelatest, within three days from the first day of employment. SCC is an E-verify participant for employmentverification. The Human Resources Office hours are Monday - Thursday from 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM andFriday from 8:00 AM until 1:30 PM. Payroll checks may be held until personnel files are complete.Please call Human Resources, 592-4623, if you have any questions about employment paperwork.1.9 MAILBOXES: The College provides mailboxes for each adjunct faculty member. Please check yourmailbox regularly. Your Department Chair will show you where your mailbox is located.1.10 PAYROLL: Payroll is available by direct deposit to a bank account. Payroll Deposit Notification isavailable on the SCC Portal. Adjunct curriculum faculty are paid in equal installments as indicated onthe Adjunct Curriculum Payroll Schedule. The final installment will reflect any hours missed during theemployment agreement period. The Adjunct Faculty Payroll Schedule is shown below.The College will deduct normal withholdings such as FICA, federal and state taxes only. However,if you are an active member of the Retirement System, the College must report this information to thesystem and must withhold contributions based on your gross earnings.SPARTANBURG COMMUNITY COLLEGETemporary/Adjunct Curriculum Faculty Payroll ScheduleACADEMIC YEAR 2013-2014Fall Semester 2013August 19 – December 24 installmentsPay Dates% of Total ContractSeptember 16, 2013October 15, 2013November 15, 2013December 16, 201325% of total contract25% of total contract25% of total contract25% of total contract11

Spring Semester 2014January 8 – April 284 installmentsPay Dates% of Total ContractFebruary 17, 2014March 17, 2014April 15, 2014May 15, 201425% of total contract25% of total contract25% of total contract25% of total contractSummer Semester 2014May 19 – July 233 installmentsPay Dates% of Total ContractJune 16, 2014July 15, 2014August 15, 201433% of total contract33% of total contract34% of total contractPAY PERIODS MAY FLUCTUATE WHEN THE EMPLOYMENTAGREEMENT DOES NOT EXTEND A FULL SEMESTER.1.11 PARKING: You must have a current faculty parking decal displayed in front windshield, driver side,near the lower corner of any vehicle you drive onto the campus. You may get a parking decal fromHuman Resources. If you must temporarily drive a vehicle that does not have a current faculty parkingdecal, please inform the Campus Police Office by placing a note in the vehicle's window near the steeringwheel. The note should include your name and the program or course you are teaching.If you are teaching on the Central Campus in the East, West or Health Sciences buildings, please park inthe designated Faculty/Staff parking lot located between the East and West buildings. If this lot is full,you may park in the closest available marked parking space (with the exception of those spacesdesignated for handicapped or otherwise marked by signs as being reserved.) All other buildings havegeneral parking on a first come, first serve basis. Please remember to always use marked parking spacesto avoid being issued a traffic citation. If you are teaching on the Cherokee County Campus please park inthe Faculty/Staff parking area. There is no reserved faculty/staff parking at the Tyger River Campus atthis time. Downtown Campus faculty/staff should park in the lot on the Kennedy Street side of thecampus.1.12 SECONDARY STATE EMPLOYMENT: If you are a permanent employee of another state agency, youmust obtain the approval of your primary employer before you can be paid by another department of stategovernment. In addition, if you are an employee of another state agency, you may not be paid travelexpenses by any other department or institution without approval of the primary employing agency.12

Adjunct faculty members whose primary employer is an agency of state government must submitthe approved Request for Secondary State Employment (Figure 2) to the College prior to signing theTemporary/Adjunct Curriculum Faculty Employment Agreement (Figure 3).FIGURE 213

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1.13 OTHER TELEPHONE CALLS: Students often call the College requesting an instructor's home/cellphone number. The College cannot release faculty members' personal phone numbers. If you wish toallow your students to call you at home or work or email you, give the number and or email address toyour students during class and/or include it in your course materials. If students who call the Collegeleave a message, it will be delivered to your mailbox.1.14 OSHA AND ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS: The College is committed to being in compliancewith all OSHA and environmental regulations. The College's Campus Police Officer directs a generalsafety committee that reports to the President. Copies of the College's OSHA and environmental policiesand procedures are available to all faculty, staff and students. The policies and procedures are located onthe SCC Portal under the College Info tab. All materials that are designated under regulation ashazardous or infectious must be handled properly and disposed of according to state and federal laws. TheCollege provides hazardous materials training to all faculty and staff.You are required to enforce these regulations in classes, labs, and shops. You should immediatelyreport chemical spills or other accidents including injury or potential exposure to hazardous materials to aCampus Police Officer.If you need more information or have questions concerning OSHA or other environmentalregulations, call the Campus Police Office at 592-4911.Section 2CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES2.1 ACADEMIC FREEDOM: Faculty members are entitled to freedom in the classroom in discussingtheir subjects but should be careful not to introduce as teaching matter topics which have no relation totheir subjects. Faculty are free to cultivate an atmosphere of inquiry and scholarly criticism both in andout of the classroom.2.2 ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT: All forms of academic misconduct including, but not limited to,cheating on tests, plagiarism, collusion, and falsification of information call for discipline. If you observean incidence of academic misconduct, meet with the student privately to discuss the incident. Describeexactly what you observed—do not accuse or embarrass the student. After you have discussed theincident with the student, you should talk with your Department Chair and Division Dean to determinewhether a referral to the VP of Student Affairs is warranted. Do not discuss the incident with anyoneother than your Department Chair or other college official whose job it is to deal with thesematters. For more information, refer to the Student Planner & Handbook.2.3 ADD/DROP PERIOD: The add/drop period is the first five instructional days of the fall, spring andfull summer terms. The add/drop period for the FlexStart terms in the fall and spring and the summer isthe first two-three (2-3) instructional days of the term depending on the term. During the add/drop periodstudents may drop courses without academic penalty and students may add only courses that have not yetmet. Admittance to courses that have already met (including hybrid and online) is at the discretion of thedepartment chair. Students who register for a course but who do not attend a face-to-face class or email anonline course instructor before the published deadline will be dropped from the course for not attending.No grade will be assigned for courses dropped for no attendance and a full refund of tuition excluding theenrollment fee will be processed. Courses dropped during the add/drop period will not appear ontranscripts. Students may be reinstated in a class at the discretion of the department chair. During the first75 percent of the course, a student may drop a class through WebAdvisor or go to the student recordsoffice to complete a drop form. A grade of W will be awarded. A student or an instructor cannot initiate a15

drop during the last 25 percent of the course except in extenuating circumstances, with documentationapproved by the appropriate department chair and academic dean. Go to the SCC website to review thedrop procedure for students at x.2.4 ALCOHOL AND ILLEGAL DRUGS: The possession, use, or distribution of alcohol or any narcotics,dangerous or unlawful drugs as defined by the laws of the United States or the State of South Carolina oncampus or at off-campus affiliated sites or school sponsored activities is strictly prohibited.Information concerning activities and services that the college provides to assist students who mayencounter problems related to drug and alcohol abuse will be made available to each student.If a student is suspected of alcohol and/or drug use while in class, lab, or field trip, the followingguidelines for dismissal should be followed:1. Ask the student to leave class and inform him or her that this will count as an absence.2. Call or have someone call the Campus Police Office prior to the student leaving campus (forsafety reasons).3. If the behavior is such that the faculty member determines that the student should not return toclass, the student should be informed of this upon leaving. A written complaint must be submittedimmediately to the Vice President of Student Affairs so that additional disciplinary considerationscan begin. (No action will be taken by the Vice President of Student Affairs unless a writtencomplaint is received.) The Vice President of Student Affairs will initiate disciplinary procedureas determined by the Student Code.4. Notify the Department Chair and/or the Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, asappropriate if any of the above actions are implemented.2.5 ATTENDANCE (STUDENT): Students are responsible for punctual and regular attendance in allclasses, laboratories, clinicals, practica, internships, field trips and other class activities. The College doesnot grant excused absences; therefore, students are urged to reserve their absences for emergencies. Whenillness or other emergencies occur, the student is responsible for notifying instructors and for completingmissed work if approved for late submission by instructors.Tardiness - Students are tardy if not in class at the time the class is scheduled to begin. Students who aretardy are admitted to class at the discretion of the instructor. Course syllabi and, if applicable, programhandbooks reflect attendance and tardiness policies.Instructors maintain attendance records. However, it is the student’s responsibility to withdraw from acourse. A student who stops attending class and fails to initiate a withdrawal will remain on the classroster. A student who does not complete an assignment, test, or final exam in the course will receive azero for each missing grade and the final course grade will be calculated accordingly.2.6 AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT: For assistance, see your Department Chair or theEvening Services Office.2.7 AUDITING A COURSE: Anyone wishing to audit a course should register for it as an audit student.Faculty should not tell friends or students that they can "sit in" on classes without registering; onlyregistered students may attend classes. Once the add/drop period is over, a student cannot change his orher status from audit to credit or from credit to audit. Students who previously audited a course mustregister and pass the course in order to receive credit for the course. Students may not receive credit byexamination for previously audited courses. Students auditing a course pay the same fees as studentstaking the same course for credit.16

2.8 CELLULAR PHONES, PAGERS AND SIMILAR ELECTRONIC DEVICES: Cellular phones, pagers andsimilar electronic devices are not permitted to be turned on or used within the classroom. Use of thesedevices during classroom time will be considered a violation of the student code as it relates to “disruptivebehavior.”2.9 CHILDREN ON CAMPUS: Faculty and students may not bring children to the class or leave themunattended on campus. See SCC Procedure II-90.1, Children in the Workplace and/or Classroom.2.10 CLASS ROSTERS AND STUDENT WITHDRAWAL: The College uses class rosters to assist facultymembers in organizing and managing class sections and to communicate enrollment information.What to do if (1) The student does not attend during the first week (five days during regular terms or 2-3 days duringFlex terms) of class:Instructors are required to submit never attends during the first week of class (5 days) or the first 1-3 daysof class during Flex Terms. The never attends notification is done on the class grade roster. Instructions for completing Never Attends .CHECK YOUR ROSTERS CAREFULLYGo to the Grading Screen in WEB ADVISORCheck the “Never Attended” box for any students who did not attendSubmitThis will flag the student’s record as a never attend for the class.The student will be dropped and marked as Never Attends in the database allowingRecords to track for reportingThe process generates an e-mail that will be sent to the Registrar, the instructor and thestudent stating that the student was dropped as NAChanges to add back a NA will be the same as is being done now .a formmust be submitted. Do not go in to the grading screen and remove thecheck .Records staff will have to change the information in the databaseonce an add form is submitted.17

This will only work through WEB ADVISOR so you are encouraged to use WEB ADVISORfor grading.Please check your rosters very closely to insure that they are correct.It is very important to remember to submit the never attends on time because of billingand financial aid issues .Late never attends will be marked as done on the census date,but they will be tracked by the Registrar and the Business Office will be notified so theycan re-bill the students to fix billing issues .so please keep up with this information.(2) The student attends the class, but stops attending or withdraws during the Add/Drop period: Students are responsible for dropping classes. Students who wish to drop a class should be encouraged to access WebAdvisor and drop online. It is important for students to be aware of the deadlines to drop classes each term. If a studentstops attending class and does not complete a drop form to drop the course, the instructor willcalculate a grade at the end of the term which may result in a grade of F for the course. It is theresponsibility of the student to insure that a class is dropped. Students not dropping aclass by the end of the drop period will receive the grade they earn in the class. Note: “F” grades must be categorized as “Course Abandoned” or “Course NotAbandoned” on the Grading Screen in Web Advisor. If the last date of attendance is on or before the 75% withdrawal date for that course,check “Course Abandoned” and enter a last date of attendance under “Abandoned Date.” If the last date of attendance is after the 75% withdrawal date for that course, check“Course Not Abandoned.” Faculty/Advisor signatures are not required to drop a class Students will be allowed to drop classes through the 75% point of the term. The dropdeadline is based on the number of days for the term – in reference to the new terms. Drop forms must be submitted to the Student Records Office prior to the deadline fordropping classes. Drop forms will not be accepted after the deadline to drop classes. Additional information is available at www.sccsc.edu/resources/records or by calling (864)592-4681.(3)The student attends the class, but stops attending and does not withdraw prior to the drop deadline:Drop deadlines are posted on the date charts sent out by the registrar for each term. Follow instructions listed for number 2 above.Please note: Students are responsible for dropping classes. Students who wish to drop a classshould be encouraged to access Web Advisor and drop online. Otherwise, A SCHEDULECHANGE FORM (Figure 4) is required for all transactions involving class assignments —adding,dropping, section change, etc. Faculty should only initiate drops for never attends and underextenuating circumstances.18

How to Email Schedule Change Form1.Double click the ScheduleChange Form that is in the SCCPortal under the SupportServices drop down menu:Student Records. Select theSchedule Change Form listedunder the Forms Tab and clickSAVE on the ‘Open EmailAttachment’ message box.Choose where you want thedocument saved on your PC,then click SAVE. Open theSchedule Change Form that isnow saved on your PC. If youchoose to open the form from thePortal instead of saving it, theemail portion at the top of theform will not show. Do notpanic. If you are using Word2003, just go up to FILE /SEND TO / EMAILRECIPIENT or click on theemail icon on the StandardToolbar to show the email fieldsat the top of the document.a) If you are using Word 2007, youwill need to add the Send toMail Recipient icon to yourQuick Access Toolbar. To dothis, click on the down arrow toopen the Customize QuickAccess Toolbar and click onMore Commands19

b) Now go to the Choosecommands from drop down boxand select All Commands.c) Scroll down in the list until youfind Send to Mail Recipient,click on it and then click theAdd button. This will add theicon to your toolbar. Click OK atthe bottom to continue.d) You should now see the icon forSend to Mail Recipient in yourtoolbar. Click on it to bring upthe email options.2.3.4.5.6.The fields you will fill in are shaded in gray. The first field, Student Name, is highlighted whenthe form is initially opened. If the Student Name field is not highlighted, use the mouse and clickon it. Begin by typing the student’s name then press the TAB key on the keyboard to move to thenext field to complete the student’s information; Program and SSN/ID#.Enter the four digit year, then press the TAB key until the cursor has moved to the field before thesemester that you want to select. Type an ‘X’ in the field before the semester, then press the TABkey until the first field under ADD CLASSES is highlighted or use the mouse to click on the fieldyou want to use next.When you are finished filling in all the fields you need, check the TO: field in the top section ofthe form and make sure that the email address ScheduleChangeForm is there. If it is not there, goahead and type it in the field. If you want a copy of the form sent to someone else, type their emailaddress in the Cc: field.In the Subject field, be sure to type the student’s LAST NAME, FIRST NAME so Records willbe able to process the form properly.If you have any comments or special instructions, type them in the ‘Introduction:’ field – it is20

7.8.below the Subject field.When you are sure that you have everything filled in correctly, click the Send a copy button.Now you can either save a copy of the completed form to your computer – go to File and clickSave As – or close the form without accepting the changes. To do an Administrat

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