This version of our CE/ED handbook is for faculty teaching open enrollment courses (those faculty being paid directly by PSU). The information in the section is specifically designed to introduce you to CE/ED's policies and procedures.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

• Emergency Phone Numbers
• Sexual Harassment Policy
• Equal Opportunity Statement

II. ABOUT CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE/ED)

III. MISSION STATEMENTS

• Continuing Education
• School of Extended Studies
• Graduate School of Education

IV. WELCOME TO CE/ED!

V. GOALS OF THE HANDBOOK

• Preparing for the Classroom
• Answering Questions in the Classroom
• Keeping Current

VI. FACULTY EMPLOYMENT

• Contracts
• Employment Forms
• Compensation
• Payroll Information
• Staff and Family Tuition Privileges

VII. PREPARING TO TEACH

• Foundational Information
  • General Graduate Guidelines
    • Graduate Environment
    • The Graduate-Level Course
    • Graduate Level Credit
  • Documenting Noncredit Coursework
    • Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
    • Washington Clock Hours
    • Human Service Certifications
    • CPD and PDUs
  • BA Exemption
    • BA Exemption Policy
    • Instructor Terminal Degree Exemption Form
  • Advisory Committees

VIII. DEVELOPING YOUR COURSE

• Course and Faculty Approval Timeline
  
• New Courses and Course Proposal Forms
  
• Guidelines for Preparing Syllabi
  
• Format for Course Proposals
• Course Proposal Syllabus
• Sample Syllabus
• Proposed Schedule of Classes
• Assessment of Student Learning

IX. COURSE DELIVERY, LOGISTICS AND SUPPORT

• Classrooms
• Textbooks
• Copyright Material Procedures
• PSU Copyrighted Print-Media Materials Use Policy
• Photocopying
• Media Resources
  • Audiovisual Equipment
    • Metropolitan Instructional Support Laboratory (MISL)
    • Other Campus Buildings
    • Off campus Courses
  • Periodic Use of a Computer Lab
  • Computer Lab-Based Courses
  • Miscellaneous Audiovisual Materials
• Putting Materials on Reserve
  • Reserve Library, Branford P. Millar Library, PSU
  • Metropolitan Instructional Support Laboratory (MISL)
• Student Class Lists
• Registration
• Faculty Class Absences
• Inclement Weather Cancellations
• Guidelines for Course Cancellation Due to Low Enrollment

X. COURSE COMPLETION

• Final Examinations
• Faculty/Course Evaluation Process
  
• Grading Guidelines
  
• Posting Grades
  
  • Definitions of University Grades
    
  • Grading Deadlines
    
  • Grading System
    
  • Grade Option (Mode) Changing
    
  • Grading Roster
    
  • Grade Changes
    
  • Guidelines for Supplementary Grade Reports (SGRs)
    
    • Completing the SGR
      
    • Reasons for using an SGR
      
  • Giving an Incomplete
    
  • Online Grading
    
    • Grade Quick for Faculty
      
  • Student Access to Grades
    
    • Grade Quick for Students

XI. STUDENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

• Academic Appeals Board
  
• Academic Honesty
  
• Confidentiality
  
• Deadline Appeals Board
  
• Registration Issues
  
• Religious Holy Days
  
• Scholastic Standards
  
• Student Complaints
  
• Withdrawals

XII. FACULTY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

• Care and Release of Student Records
  
• Faculty Responsibility for Accommodations for Students with Disabilities
  
  • Faculty Rights and Responsibilities
• Professional Standards of Conduct

XIII. FACULTY SUPPORT SERVICES

• Center for Academic Excellence
  
• CE/ED Marketing
  
• Computer Accounts
  
• Disability Services for Students
  
• English as a Second Language (ESL)
  
• Faculty Library Privileges
• Millar Library (PSU campus library)
  
• Parking
  
• Parking Structure 1
• Parking Structure 2
  
• Parking Structure 3
  
• University Center Garage
  
• Daily Permit Rates (subject to change)
  
• Security Escort Services
  
• WebCT/Blackboard
  
• Writing Center

XIV. APPENDICES

• Curriculum and Instruction (CI) Goals and Values
  
• Counselor Education Goals and Values
  
• CACREP Objectives
  
• Educational Policy, Foundations, and Administration (EPFA) Principles/Goals
  
• K-12 Administration
  
• Postsecondary, Adult, and Continuing Education (PACE) Guiding Principles and Values
  
• Program Learning Outcomes
  
• Special Education (SPED) Principles and Goals
  
• Philosophy Statement
  
• Guiding Beliefs
  
• PSU Calendar
  
• CE/ED Staff Listing
  
• PSU Map