Your Gull Card gets you access to university buildings, sporting events,
cultural events, and can even be used as a pre-paid debit card. Many local
restaurants and retailers give Gull Card holders a discount. For a list of these
discounts and further instructions on the Gull Card, go to
http://gullcard.salisbury.edu/.
Individual departments may vary so check with your department chair. All SU
syllabi, though, should include the following elements: professor's name,
contact information, and office hours; expected outcomes for the course; a list
of any books or materials to be purchased for the course; a course schedule
(including test and assignment due dates); the grading policy; attendance
policy; and a statement explaining how the course meets the university's Writing
Across the Curriculum initiative (http://www.salisbury.edu/wac/).
In addition to these required elements, faculty are strongly encouraged to
include information about the Writing Center, Center for Student Achievement,
and the Student Disability Support Services.
If you know in advance that you will have to miss a class, you might schedule
an academic activity outside the class, or ask a colleague to cover for you. If
the decision to cancel class is sudden (due to illness or another emergency) you
should notify your students as quickly as possible. You can contact them via
email through GullNet by opening your class roster and hitting "contact all." In
addition, if at all possible you should contact your department administrative
assistant during regular business hours to request that a sign be posted in the
classroom notifying students that your class is canceled.
If SU is closing due to weather or some other emergency, the closing will be
announced on the SU website. The inclement weather policy can be found here:
http://www.salisbury.edu/info/Weather.html
Different departments handle this differently, so your best bet is to contact
your department chair. In general, adding students above the course limit is not
recommended.
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Q10.
A student in my class has a Memorandum of
Accommodation: what is my responsibility?
Students with documented disabilities work with the Office of Student
Disability Support Services (OSDSS) located in the Guerrieri University Center,
Room 242
http://www.salisbury.edu/students/dss/. A student needing an accommodation
must get documentation from that office including a specific list of
accommodations and present it to you. Federal law requires you to make any
reasonable accommodations for students, and the staff of the OSDSS will work
with you and the student to make plans to meet the requirements. The OSDSS
provides proctored space for students to take exams, write in-class essays, and
other activities that typically require accommodations. Should you have any
concerns that the listed accommodations would fundamentally alter the nature of
your class, please contact OSDSS to have a discussion about potential
alternatives.
Ideally, you should first take the student aside and ask that they discontinue
the disruptive behavior. If that fails, or if you believe that the disruptive
behavior is in any way threatening to you or the students, you should
immediately call University Police at 410-543-6222. University police can also
escort you to your vehicle if you are teaching at night and feel uncomfortable
walking back to your car.
If a student cheats in your class, you have the ability to issue a sanction
ranging from a warning to an F in the course. You must fill out an Academic
Integrity Violation Incident Report (available at the website above) and send it
to the Office of Academic Affairs. It is important to do so even if you are
simply giving the student a warning, as repeat offenders may face additional
university sanctions.
Although you are not required to have a final exam, per se, you MUST have some
sort of academic activity during the time scheduled for your exam. This is an
important part of our compliance with state regulations. You are not required to
move an exam for a student unless they have three exams scheduled for the same
day.
