GSE Instructor Handbook: Contents

1. Introduction

2. Goals of the Handbook

3. General Information

    GSE Leadership
    Emergency Phone Numbers

4. Faculty Employment

    Contracts
    Employment Forms
    Compensation
    Payroll Information
    Staff and Family Tuition Privileges

5. Preparing to Teach

If you are proposing and developing a course, see part VIII of CEED's faculty handbook (PDF) (scroll down to "Developing Your Own Course").
For off-campus courses information: (Coming soon.)

6. Course Delivery, Logistics, and Support

    Classrooms
    Textbooks
    Use of Copyrighted Materials
    Photocopying
    Media Resources
    Audiovisual Equipment
    • Metropolitan Instructional Support Laboratory (MISL)
    • Other Campus Buildings
    • Off-campus Courses
    Periodic Use of a Computer Lab
    Computer Lab-Based Courses
    Miscellaneous Audiovisual Materials
    Putting Materials on Reserve
    Reserve Library, Branford P. Millar Library, PSU
    Metropolitan Instructional Support Laboratory (MISL)
    Student Class Lists (PSU Information System/Banweb)
    Faculty Class Absences
    Inclement Weather Cancellations
For CE/ED (Continuing Education) Courses:
    Registration
    Guidelines for Course Cancellation Due to Low Enrollment

7. Course Completion

    Final Examinations
    Faculty/Course Evaluation Process
    Grading Guidelines
    Posting Grades
      Definition of University Grades
      Grading Deadlines
      Grading System
      Grade option (Mode) Changing
      Grading Roster
      Grade Changes
    Guidelines for Supplementary Grade Report (SGRs)
      Completing the SGR
      Reasons for Using an SGR
    Giving an Incomplete
    Online Grading
    • Grade Quick for Faculty
    • Student Access to Grades
    • Grade Quick for Students

8. Student Policies and Procedures

    Student Conduct Code
    Student Appeals
    Registration Issues
    Religious Holy Days
    Withdrawals
    Incompletes

9. Faculty Policies and Procedures

10. Faculty Support Services

    Center for Academic Excellence
    GSE Outreach
    Employee Assistance Program
    Computer Accounts
    Disability Services for Students
    English as a Second Language (ESL)
    Faculty Library Privileges
    • Millar Library (PSU campus library)
    Parking
    • Parking Structure 1
    • Parking Structure 2
    • Parking Structure 3
    • University Center Garage
    • Daily Permit Rates (subject to change)
    Security Escort Services
    Blackboard
    Writing Center

11. Field Experience Supervision

    Roles and Responsibilities
    Specific Responsibilities
    Field Experience Placements
    The Work Sample
    Students Who Have Difficulty in Their Placements

12. Advising

    Licensure Programs
    An Oregon Teaching License
    Licenses for Other Education Professionals
    Advising Students for Licensure/Endorsement
    Degree Programs
    Advising Students for the Master's Degree
      Important things to remember
      Office of Graduate Studies Forms
    Student Complaints and Appeals
    Registering for Classes
    Upholding Behavior and Performance Standards