COLLEGE OF BUSINESS FACULTY ORIENTATION CHECKLIST

New Faculty Name (please print):_______________________________________

Orientation given by:_________________________________________________

Distribution: file completed form with departmental personnel jacket; copy to faculty member and to Dean's Office.

	Resp+	Orientation Item	Information Source(s)*
	C	1. College mission	Current mission statement
	C/D	2. Professional expectations (tenure, promotion, post-tenure review, etc.)	Tenure and Promotion Policies & Processes; Faculty Handbook sec. II; various UPP
	C/D	3. Annual reports, evaluation, & merit pay	Faculty Evaluation & Merit Pay Process; annual report directions published each fall
	D	4. Teaching & service assignments	Assignment of Teaching & Service Workload Pro-cesses & Policy; department-specific procedures
	D	5. Course syllabi, including educational objectives	Faculty Handbook sec. III; General Bulletin/ Graduate Bulletin; BBA/MBA Educational Objectives; department-specific procedures
	C	6. Enforcement of prerequisites, junior standing, etc.	General Bulletin/ Graduate Bulletin; department-specific procedures
	C	7. Office hours	Faculty Handbook sec. III
	C/D	8. Meeting and conducting classes	Faculty Handbook sec. III; UPP Meeting and Conducting Classes
	D	9. Faculty absences from class, incl. travel, sick leave, jury duty, emergencies	Faculty Handbook sec. III; UPP Sick Leave
	C	10. Drink, food, and tobacco	Faculty Handbook sec. III; UPP Food, Drink, and Tobacco
	C/D	11. Appropriate faculty dress	Department-specific procedures
	C/D	12. Miscellaneous classroom practices	Faculty Handbook sec. III
	C/D	13. Final examinations	Faculty Handbook sec. III; UPP Final Examinations
	U/D	14. Students with disabilities	Information from Disability Services office
	C	15. Academic misconduct and academic complaints by students	Faculty Handbook sec. III; UPP Academic Appeals by Students; Cheating and Plagiarism
	C	16. Student assessment of teaching	Student Assessment of Teaching Process and Policies; UPP Student Evaluation of Faculty
	D	17. Grade reporting procedures	Department-specific procedures
	D	18. Assignment of WH grades	COB Withheld (WH) Grade Policy
	D	19. Textbook selection	Department-specific procedures
	D	20. Summer teaching	Department-specific Summer Teaching Assignments and Receipt of Grant Funds; UPP Summer Contracts
	D	21. Academic advising	Department-specific procedures
	C	22. Outside employment	Faculty Handbook sec. V; UPP Outside Employment
	C	23. Commencement	Faculty Handbook sec. V; UPP Commencement
	D	24. Travel requests & reimbursement	Department-specific procedures; Faculty Handbook sec. V; UPP Travel Request; Travel Reimbursement
	C	25. Faculty development funding	Faculty Development Process; annual announcement
	C/D	26. Faculty development leave	Faculty Development Process; UPP Faculty Development Leaves
	C	27. SFA research grants and mini-grants	Faculty Awards and Grants; annual announcement
	C	28. College excellence awards: teaching, research, and service	Faculty Awards and Grants; annual announcement
	U/C	29. Sexual harassment and equal employment opportunity	UPP Discrimination Complaints/Sexual Harassment
	D	30. Departmental communications	Department-specific procedures
	C/D	31. Building access and key use	Department-specific procedures
	C/D	32. Emergency Procedures	UPP Emergencies; Emergency Management Plan
	C	33. Excused Absences	Class Attendance and Excused Absences A-10
	C	34. Instructor Generated Materials	Instructor-Generated Materials A-22.1
	--	35. Other SFASU and COB policies	Faculty Handbook; UPP; COB WWW pages*

+Responsibility: in the event that separate college and department orientations are held, C = items covered at the college level; D = items covered at the department level. U = items also covered at the university level.

*Most documents are available at www.cob.sfasu.edu/process/process.htm. Those designated "UPP" are under the University Policy and Procedure Manual link.

Acknowledgment:

The above items were discussed with me on (date) ____________. New Faculty Signature_______________.

Rev. 11/11/99

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