Professional Requirements

Professional Requirements

• Maintain office hours or be otherwise available to students
• Dress appropriately ( NO  T-shirts, sandals, or shorts )
• Be punctual and prepared
• Assign all required textbook material and cover the entire required curriculum
• Productively use the full allotted class time (minimum 50 min./hour); prepare extra “just-in-case” material
• NO WALKS .. substitutes are required; absences must be reported to department Chair;(in case of an emergency cancellation, call your campus, if the chair is not available).
• Maintain discipline/order in the classroom; enforce scholastic dishonesty penalty
•  Treat all students equally; reasonably accommodate students who have ADA paperwork
• Maintain a positive learning environment, free of harassment and disruptions
• Show your interest in the subject matter and the students’ work
• Expect sophomore level of college work   ( Do not pander, but do not expect PhDs.)
• PROOF tests, quizzes, and handouts thoroughly for grammar and punctuation
• Maintain professional distance: be courteous, but avoid being too personal
• Maintain objectivity (in instruction and testing), avoid excessive partisanship
• GRADE and RETURN all tests, quizzes, and homework especially if promised
• Create and enforce clear and well-reasoned policies, with incentives and disincentives;

            avoid chiding and arguing with student

• Honor thy syllabus (it is the class constitution); don’t make rules that are unenforceable
• Communicate; Return supervisors’ phone calls, check your mailbox, as well as HCCS

      e-mail address, and return paperwork ASAP.

• Read department memos’, please check your e-mail daily if at all possible
• Send   (via e-mail) syllabi and tests (minimally) to chair ASAP
• Set a high standard for critical thinking, both in instruction and testing
• Never stop thinking about how to be a good instructor; learn from your students

      and colleagues – revise and improve your class continually