Delgado Community College
ADJUNCT FACULTY
HANDBOOK
Revised August 2011
Note:
This Adjunct Handbook is a work in progress and subject to change to meet the constant changes provided by our students, colleagues, and community.
This book was prepared with the assistance of the following persons: Mr. Patrick Conroy, Mr. Frank Smith, Mrs. Marian Ballard, Ms. Melanie Deffendall, Mr. Milton Vavasseur, Ms Patrice Moore, Mrs. Susan Tucker, Miss Kim Russell, and Ms. Willow Wilson.
There assistance and contributions were invaluable.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 1
Delgado Administration
Administration 6
City Park Campus 6
North Shore Site 6
West Bank Campus 7
Charity School of Nursing 7
Important Telephone numbers 7
College Mission Statement 8
Chancellor’s Strategic Focus Post Katrina 10 Professional & Education Requirements for Employment 11
Documents required 12
Contractual & Payroll Information 12
Hiring Practices 12
Mission of the Evening & Weekend Division 13
PART 2
Adjunct Responsibilities
Academic Freedom & Responsibility 14
Adjunct Attendance 14
BlackBoard Web Site 15
Campus Police & Parking 15
Change of Student Record
Official Add/Drop Period 15
Canceled Course Drops 16
Student Initiated Drops 16
Adds after Official Add Period 16
Administrative Changes 16
Reinstatement 16
Procedures for Transferring to Same Course at different Time 17
Instructor’s Action Form for Student Absences 18
Class Rosters 19
College Policies & Procedures 19
Computer Labs – Students & Faculty 20
Docushare Web Site 20
Duplication Services 20
Eating & Drinking 21
E-Mail 21
Emergencies - weather 21
Evaluation of Adjunct Instructors 22
FERPA 23
FORMS 23
Grade Books 23
Identification Cards 23
Keys 24
Library Services 24
Mailboxes 24
Media Services – Campus 24
Media Services – Evening & Weekend Division 24
Mentoring 24
Missing Class/Substitutes 25
Office Hours for Adjuncts 25
Orientation Meeting & Adjunct Faculty Meetings 25
Restroom Codes 26
Sexual Harassment 26
“Skinny” 26
Special Students 26
Auditing Students 26
Cross Enrolled Students 26
Handicapped & Students with Disabilities 27
Tech Prep Students 27
Senior Citizens 27
Syllabi Format 28
Suggested Items to be Included in Syllabus 29
Syllabus Check List 32
Americans with Disabilities Act 33
Academic Integrity 33
Non Payment Disclaimer 33
Syllabus Disclaimer 33
Cell Telephone Policy 33
Student Government 34
Telephones 34
Testing & Grading 34
How do Students Get Grades? 34
Midterm Grades 35
Final Examinations 35
Final Grades 35
Procedure for Entering Grades in Computer 36
“I” (Incomplete) Contracts 37
Grade Change 38
Instructor 38
Administrative Approval 38
Registrar’s Office 38
Time Limit 39
Student Appeal of Grades 39
Textbook Selection 40
Violence in the Workplace 40
Web Site for Adjuncts 41
Web sites of interest for Adjuncts 41
Summary of Responsibilities 42
Suggestions of things an Instructor could do at the First Class 42
General Information 43
PART 3 - -LIST OF FORMS 45
Part-time Agreement Form 46
Absence from Class Duties Request 47
Change of Personal Record Form 48
Change of Student Record Form 49
Clerical Support Request Form 50
Grade Change Form 51
Request for a Field Trip 52
Student Waiver for Field Trip 53
Key Control Form 54
Cross enrollment letter for reporting a Grade 55
End of Semester Checkout Form 56
Traffic Appeal Application 57
Traffic Request of Waiver of Parking Fine 58
Violence Incident Statement 59
Sample letter from Office of Disability Services 60-61
Request for Special Testing 62-63
Administrative Withdrawal Reinstatement Request Form 64
“I” Contract 65
Instructor’s Action form for Student Absences 66
Map of Campus 67
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES
Chancellor 762-3062
Vice Chancellor of 671-5420
Learning and Student Development;
College Provost
Vice Chancellor 762-3005
of Business Affairs
and Administrative Affairs
CITY PARK CAMPUS
Executive Dean 671-5055
College Wide Dean of Allied Health 671-6201
Counselors 671-6203
College Wide Dean of Arts & Humanities 671-6580
College Wide Dean of Business & Technology 671-6100
College Wide Dean of Communications
College Wide Dean of Science & Mathematics 671-6480
College Wide Dean, Library Services 671-5332
College Wide Assistant Dean, 671-5213
Evening &
Weekend Division
Student Government & Judicial Affairs 671-6007
North Shore Learning Sites
Dean of North Shore Learning Sites (504) 671-5100
Covington Learning Center (504) 671-6601
Slidell Learning Center (504) 671-6611
WEST BANK CAMPUS
Executive Dean, 762-3188
West Bank Campus LaRocca Building, Room 142
Dr. Henry Nebe, Evening Supervisor 494-0789
Glen Bruphacher, Evening Supervisor 258-0286
Charity School of Nursing
Executive Dean 571-1290
Dean, Administrative Services 571-1333
Dean, Learning & Student Development 571-1389
Work Force Development
Vice Chancellor (non credit courses) 762-3077
Martitime, Radar & Industrial Training Facility (985)624-4165
Martime, Fire & Industrial Training Facility 671-6200
TECHNICAL DIVSIONS
Executive Dean 671-6700
Jefferson site Blair Dr. 671-6700
Jefferson Site Manhattan Blvd. 671-6800
Slidell Site (985) 646-6412
OTHER IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS – CITY PARK CAMPUS
Orientation, Advising and Testing Center (OAT) 671-5156
Book Store (Barnes & Noble) 671-5440
Campus Police (City Park)
Emergency 671-6111
Non-Emergency 671-6112
Medical Emergencies before 4:30 p.m. 671-5620
Campus Police West Bank Campus 762-3130
Central Utilities (air conditioning & heating) 671-5459
Disability Services Coordinator 671-5161
Duplicator 671-5010
Enrollment Services 671-5012
House Keeping 671-5621
Identification Card Center 671-5461
Maintenance (before 3:30 p.m.) 915-6956
Media Services 329-4062
Payroll 762-3071
IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS – WEST BANK CAMPUS
Book Store 762-3235
Library 762-3246
Media Services 762-3116
(W.B.)
Campus Police 762-3238
IMPORTANT TELEPHONE NUMBERS – CHARITY CAMPUS
Campus Police Charity 571-1408
Media Services 571-1290
Mission Statement
History
For 90 years, Delgado has served the various educational needs of the New Orleans community. In 1909, a New Orleans businessman and philanthropist, Isaac Delgado, donated funds to establish a manual trades school for boys. Since Delgado’s opening in 1921 as a school for vocational education in the metal and woodworking trades, the school’s mission has changed dramatically. Today, the students are men and women of all ages who reflect the diversity of the New Orleans metropolitan area. Delgado is a comprehensive community college and a major institution of higher education in the State of Louisiana. It is a center for professional and advanced technology career education, education in the arts and sciences, and traditional occupational education. From its original location on City Park Avenue, in the heart of New Orleans, the College has expanded to numerous sites, including the West Bank Campus, the historic Charity School of Nursing, and the Northshore.
Vision
Delgado Community College is a diverse, dynamic, comprehensive community college committed to student success through innovative leadership, excellence in teaching and learning, and the cultural enrichment of the community it serves.
Core Values
At Delgado Community College, we value
· The worth of each individual
· Lifelong learning and the pursuit of knowledge
· Excellence in teaching in an accessible, learning-centered environment
· Meeting the needs of a changing workforce
· The cultural diversity of our students, faculty, staff, and administration
· Public trust, personal and professional integrity, and accountability
· Our responsibility to community, state, nation, and world
Mission Statement
Delgado Community College provides a learning-centered environment in which to prepare students from diverse backgrounds to attain their educational, career, and personal goals, to think critically, to demonstrate leadership, and to be productive and responsible citizens.
Goals for 2007-2012
Goal1: / Facilities – Recover and strengthenthe college’s infrastructure.Goal 2: / Faculty and Staff – Build the facultyand staff.
Goal 3: / Programs – Strengthen programs to meet students’ educational, career, and personal goals.
Goal 4: / Workforce Development Education – Lead workforce and economic development in the region.
Goal 5: / Funding – Increase organizational capacity to raise additional revenue.
Goal 6: / Strategic Plan – Update the college-wide Strategic Plan annually, complete the associated annual tactical plans, and implement all other tactical plans as needed.
Goal 7: / Public Relations – Strengthenmarketing efforts and buildpromotional publications.
Goal 8: / Diversity – Enhance efforts topromote diversity to achieve excellence.
Development of the College and the Campuses
The College
Delgado Community College is an institution of higher education managed by the Board of Supervisors for Community and Technical Colleges. Located in the center of the metropolitan area surrounding the City of New Orleans, the College serves more than 19,000 credit students each semester and another 7,000 non-credit students each year. With a full-time faculty of more than 450, Delgado is one of the largest institutions of higher education in Louisiana. September 2011 marked Delgado’s 90th anniversary.
The original benefactor of the College was Isaac Delgado, a nineteenth-century Jamaican immigrant who became a wealthy New Orleans businessman and sugar planter. Among the beneficiaries of his philanthropy were the arts, medicine, and education. In a 1909 codicil to his will, Mr. Delgado bequeathed the residue of his estate to the City of New Orleans to establish a manual trade school for young boys. With funds from this bequest, land was purchased for the current 57-acre City Park Campus adjacent to New Orleans Municipal City Park. The original building on City Park Avenue was constructed and furnished with the bulk of the bequest. In September of 1921, Delgado Central Trades School opened its doors with a program of vocational trades for 1,300 boys and young men. After thriving in the 1920s, Delgado was left without adequate funding during the years of the Great Depression. Revived during World War II by the need for technically skilled workers in aircraft construction and maintenance, and in the metal and woodworking trades, Delgado had a brief period of glory in the 1940s, only to once again fall into desperate financial straits during the 1950s.
In the mid-50s, under the leadership of Director Marvin E. Thames Sr., Delgado began to search for a new mission and adequate funding. In 1956-1957, Tulane University conducted a survey of Delgado’s role and scope in the changing local economy. Its recommendations included the following: Delgado should be expanded to a technical institute at the junior college level; its main function should be to provide post-high school educational programs for technicians; and the school should be properly funded. The recommendations were adopted by the Delgado Board of Managers and the New Orleans City Council. As a result, the name of the institution was changed to Delgado Trades and Technical Institute, and a technical two-year college program was implemented. In 1960, the first graduates of Delgado Institute received their college degrees.
By action of the Louisiana State Legislature and the New Orleans City Council, in 1966 Delgado Institute became Isaac Delgado College and then Delgado Vocational-Technical Junior College and was recognized and approved as a model multi-campus, comprehensive community/junior college for Louisiana. Dr. Thames became its first president. Four years later, in 1970, Act 446 of the State Legislature (based on a 1969 New Orleans City Council Resolution) transferred control of Delgado College from the City of New Orleans to the Louisiana State Board of Education. Delgado was accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in 1971; the accreditation was reaffirmed in 1975, 1986, 1996, and 2008. The College name was changed to Delgado Community College by Legislative act in 1980. In 1982 the central administration of the College was moved into a new building at 501 City Park Avenue, adjacent to the City Park Campus. Since the early 1970s, with state funding for students and facilities, not only has the original City Park Campus developed dramatically, but other new campuses and learning sites have brought Delgado Community College to all areas of metropolitan New Orleans.
The Locations
City Park Campus
Centrally located on City Park Avenue, the City Park Campus serves the urban area of the city of New Orleans. This campus is the original site of Delgado Community College and remains the largest campus, with approximately 11,000 students. Delgado offers 43 associate degree programs, and more than 70 certificate, diploma, and technical competency area options, and almost 200 non-credit courses in areas that include professional and workforce development, intensive services, and continuing education.
The City Park Campus consists of more than 14 buildings that house classrooms, laboratories, and support areas. Two major buildings were constructed and opened in 1970: the Francis E. Cook Building, and the Moss Memorial Library Building, which was demolished following severe damage from Hurricane Katrina and slated to be rebuilt within the next few years.
During the 1980s, many of the facilities on the City Park Campus were expanded and renovated. In 1981, the first phase of a complete renovation of Isaac Delgado Hall was completed. In this phase, a three-story structure was built to fill in the original building’s central courtyard, valuable lecture and laboratory facilities were added, and the south wing was renovated to include a splendid art gallery. In late 1984, renovations were finished on the east and west wings, and in 1987 all other Delgado Hall renovations were finished.
Until 1982, Delgado’s central administrative offices were in two buildings on the City Park Campus. In early 1982, a new administration building was opened on the periphery of the City Park Campus. This facility centralized the college’s administrative functions and freed considerable office and classroom space on the City Park Campus.
In early 1984, the Henry S. Braden Sr. Vocational Technical Center, located adjacent to Delgado Hall, was completed. This three-story technical shop complex contains the Adam R. Haydel Sr. Automotive Lab and other buildings used for College operations and services.
In the 1990s, extensive renovations were completed on the City Park Campus. A gymnasium in the Michael L. Williamson Building allows the Delgado basketball teams to play home games on campus. Additionally, the City Park Campus is a leader in telecommunications, with a fiber optic network that connects several hundred computers across the campus.
Responding to developments in higher education across the country, the success of comprehensive community colleges in workforce education, the documented success of community college graduates, and the need to manage physical and capital resources, in 1997 the Louisiana Legislature enacted legislation merging the Louisiana Technical College-New Orleans Campus and Delgado Community College. Subsequent legislation and a constitutional amendment created a community and technical college system which currently includes Delgado Community College and six other community colleges, two community and technical colleges, and one technical college with 40 statewide campuses under a new management Board of Supervisors, effective July 1, 1999. The purpose of the 1997 legislation, Act 917, was to merge the “Orleans Regional Technical Institute” (LTC-NOC) with Delgado Community College effective July 1, 1997, and to transfer “the funds, property, obligations, programs, and functions” of LTC-NOC from the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education to Delgado. The building housing the LTC-NOC and the property on Navarre and Orleans Avenues have been incorporated into the City Park Campus as Building 2. This building is a multi-functional classroom, laboratory, administrative, and faculty office building of more than 150,000 square feet, including centralized student services offices.