Reading Department Office
Linda Papa, Secretary  email

Mary Unser, Adm Asst email

RETURN TO RDG HOME PAGE

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OVERVIEW

Welcome Page

JUST JOINING THE DEPARTMENT..
Moving to Albany

Setting things up

DAILY OFFICE LIFE

Office assignment

Security

Furniture

Computer

Keys

Parking

Supplies & equipment

Travel reimbursement

TEACHING
Assignment of courses

Independent studies

Teaching on campus

Teaching online

Course preparation

Requirements for syllabi

Course materials

Course management

E-Reserve

Student evaluations

Grades

Incompletes

Required student submissions

Teaching assistants

Student grievances

ADVISEMENT
Assignment of advisees

Program planning

Registering for courses

Dept database

Monitoring student progress

RESEARCH
Resources

Institutional Review Board (IRB)

COMMITTEES
Listing of Committees

Assignment to committees

EMPLOYMENT/CAREER ADVANCEMENT
Human Resources

Continuing appointment

Promotion & tenure

DSI

Sabbatical leave

UUP

Leave accrual/reporting

UA POLICIES
Academic Freedom

Privacy/Confidentiality

Academic integrity

Sexual harassment

Religious beliefs

Accommodating disabilities

OTHER
Not sure what...yet

New Pages to Review!

Supplies & equipment (10/2/06) --done

Travel reimbursement (10/2/06) --done

Keys (10/12/06)--done

Security (10/12/06)--just started

Office Assignment (10/12/06) --proposed policy/procedures

Parking (10/12/06) --just started

Incompletes (11/29/06) --done

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Overview of the Faculty handbook

Welcome to the Reading Department Faculty Handbook.

The handbook is divided into the following areas:

• Guidance for those just joining the department as a professor or lecturer (full-time, part-time, visiting), an administrative assistant, or advisor:

--moving expenses--payroll--computer equipment

--etc.

 

• Reading Department policies and procedures relating to:

--teaching on campus (course preparation, course syllabi, ordering books, ERES, evaluations, etc.)

--teaching online (SLN training, course preparation, course syllabi, managing online courses, evaluations, etc.)

--advising (MS, CAS, PHD)

--research and teaching assistants

--serving on Department, SOE & UA committees

--continuing appointment, promotion and tenure

--Discretionary salary increases (DSI)

--offices (e.g., phone, keys, supplies, furniture and equipment)

--reimbursement for expenses (e.g., travel to conferences)

--parking

• School of Education/University policies relating to Department faculty

--Privacy/Confidentiality, Academic integrity, Sexual harassment, Religious beliefs, Accommodating disabilities

--Institutional Review Board (IRB)

--SOE Awards

--University Awards

Use the menu to the left to navigate to each topic. Not all links are activated, however, and during the construction phase of this handbook, there may be significant changes in both menus and content.

I welcome your feedback! (email Sean Walmsley seanwalmsley@mac.com with "Faculty Handbook" in the Subject Heading)

Last Updated: November 29, 2006