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Click any of the following questions to jump to the response. These are the most frequent questions we receive about student issues, but if your specific question isn't answered here, please contact us!
• What are the rules for taking attendance in my classes? • How many students can be in my class? • Can students sit in on my class until someone drops out? • How do I handle disruptive students? What is not allowed in the classroom? • How do I meet the requirements of students with special needs?
• What are the rules for taking attendance in my classes?
According to SCCC policy, you
are required to take attendance. It
has to be true and accurate, and you are responsible to show due diligence
in seeing that it is correct. Remember,
attendance records are legal documents and can be used in a
court of law.
Before the first week of class, you should get a roster of students that appears when you log onto the faculty web access. (Your username and password is the same as your username and password for your email.) Once you have logged on, tabs will appear at the top of the page. Click the tab that reads “Rosters” and you will see your classes (listed by course name and section number) for the semester. Under each section, click on “View Class Roster” to see a full list of students.
After the census period, a few
weeks into the semester, you will be
required to submit an enrollment roster
to the college. The enrollment
roster allows the college to check
the number of students actually attending
classes with the number of
students registered for classes at the
college. This is all census data and
it determines SCCC’s state aid. You
submit your enrollment roster
through the the faculty web access.
When it is time to submit your enrollment
rosters (and the college will
notify you via email), go to the “Rosters”
tab and view your classes. For
each section, you will see a button that reads “Submit Enrollment Rosters.”
Click this button and follow
the directions.
It is important that you keep a
record of attendance, for if you designate
a student as “T”—as having
been absent during the census period—you must provide the date
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• How many students can be in my class?
This varies from course to course,
from department to department, and
from campus to campus. While there
are upper limits for all classes, the
actual size may be lower than the
maximum depending on room size.
You may not add students
to your class unless a student
has been officially added to your section by the registrar. Check our “Class Size
Document” to find out what the
maximum class size is for your
course. The college also has class
size minimums to determine whether
or not the course will run. The
general rule of thumb is that the
course must have “double digit”
enrollment in order to run. Only
in very rare exceptions is a
smaller class size allowed to run. [back to top]
• Can students sit in on my class until someone drops out?
No. Students must be officially
enrolled in your course in order to
be present in the classroom. [back to top]
• How do I handle disruptive students? What is not allowed in the classroom?
All adjunct faculty should review
the “Student Code of Conduct” and “Student Conduct Process” before
teaching at SCCC. It describes, in detail,
prohibited activities and behaviors.
Also, in the online Faculty Handbook, there
are two categories of classroom problems: for the first category, call
security, and for the second, call the
Dean of Students on your campus.
It’s always a good idea as well to
speak to your academic chair first if
you’ve had a problem in class with
a student.
1. Call Security for:
• Life threatening emergencies
• Acts or serious threats of violence
• Abuse of college property
• Theft of college property or services
• Trespassing |
Phone Numbers
• Ammerman Security: 451-4242*
• Grant Security: 851-6777*
• Eastern Security: 548-2573* |
2. Call the Dean of Students for:
• Extremely disruptive classroom
behavior
• Interference with a faculty
member’s or a student’s right to
speak
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Academic dishonesty
• Other violations of the Code of
Conduct
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Phone Numbers
• Ammerman,
451-4737*
•Grant, 851-
6521*
•Eastern, 548-
2514*
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* from a campus phone,
dial just the last four digits |
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• How do I meet the requirements of students with special needs?
Students are responsible for notifying
the college about disabilities
they may have, or services or
accomodations they may need while
taking classes at SCCC. Upon enrollment,
they should meet with a disability
services counselor on their
campus and provide the appropriate
documentation to that counselor.
Counselors will then provide
these students with laminated sheets
detailing their special needs and
specifying any accomodations that
must be made, like extra testing time
or alternate testing formats. Student
Services provides
special
testing areas
and proctors for
students who require
separate
exams.
If students
bring their disabilities
to your
attention but do
not have the appropriate
documentation on them
specifying the accomodations to be
made, urge them to go to the Student
Services location on your campus:
Ammerman |
Ammerman Building Room 202 |
451- 4045* |
Eastern |
Peconic Building
Room 122 |
851- 6250* |
Grant |
Caumsett Hall Lower Level 20 |
548-2527* |
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