Faculty Liaison/Mentor Responsibilities
The quality of the Early College Program is heavily dependent on the active participation of the faculty liaison. Â鶹´«Ã½AV academic department faculty liaisons will receive compensation per high school teacher they work with in providing curriculum oversight and support.
The primary responsibilities of the faculty liaison are as follows:
- Communicate department information each semester to high school teachers. Include high school teachers in department correspondence, listserv, academic notices and general information.
- Visit high school teachers on-site when first approved and at least every two years following the initial visit or work with teachers in on-campus department meetings.
- Communicate at least once per month via email or phone.
- Be available to make arrangements for presentation of discipline-specific lectures on-site to concurrent enrollment students.
- Provide guidance concerning grading policies of the department.
- Discuss the college experience with high school students. This may be done when faculty visits the high schools or when high school students visit our campus.
- Supply high school teachers with current sample syllabi, sample exams and other course materials.
- Supply high school teachers with desk copies of current textbooks, if available.
- Assist high school teachers/school districts in selecting department approved textbooks when asked for input.
- Request and review course syllabi annually.
- Plan and assist with annual Early College Program instructor (professional development) training at least every other year for in-service workshops on course integrity, grading standards and other appropriate topics.
- Submit Professional Development tracking form with agenda and materials for all professional development activities provided for ECP instructors to the Early College Program per NACEP requirement.
- Assist Early College Program with new course orientation when needed to orient new instructors to discipline specific course.
- Submit Professional Development tracking form with agenda and materials for course orientation provided for new ECP instructors to the Early College Program per NACEP requirement.
- Assist Early College staff with department tours when teachers/students visit campus.
- Submit liaison report forms on each of your assigned teachers to both the Early College Program and your immediate supervisor.
- Coordinate with department chair in guiding high school instructors on assessment of general education learning competencies.
Additional responsibilities for Faculty Liaison Mentors:
Faculty Liaison Mentors will have oversight for ECP instructors who are participating in the ECP Waiver Program (working on a Master’s degree in lieu of receiving a stipend for teaching dual credit courses). A Faculty Liaison Mentor will have the same responsibilities of a faculty liaison (as listed above) as well as these additional oversight and mentoring responsibilities to include but not be limited to:
- Minimum of 2 site visits per length of the course term
- Site visit reports for all site visits
- Monthly communication with the instructor during the course term • Participate in the discipline specific orientation of new instructor
- Approve course syllabi prior to starting courses