FAQ's
- What are the official Adjunct College Center & Evening/Weekend Support Services hours?
- When do I sign my contract to get paid?
- What happens if I do not sign my contract by the deadline?
- How do I get my mail, messages from my students, and other college information?
- How do I sign up for a DCCCD e-mail account?
- When and how will I to get class rosters/grade rolls for the courses I teach?
- What classroom supplies are provided by this office?
- How do I get a locker?
- What is the procedure to get my classroom unlocked should I find it locked?
- Where do I get my copying done for my classes on the same day?
- Where do I get my copying done for my classes in preparation for another class day?
- What is our limit on duplication needs?
- May we request duplication on colored paper?
- How do I get e-Campus and/or e-Connect training?
- How to I go on-line to check my payroll account?
- How do I get AV/media equipment for my classroom?
- In case of an emergency and I am unable to meet my class, what procedure do I follow to let the students know?
- Am I obligated to give my telephone number to my students?
- Where do I call for inclement weather status?
- Who do I talk with about student behavior problems?
- How and where do I sign up for professional development workshops or courses?
- Where do I turn in my permanent grade rolls at the end of the semester?
- What is the policy/time line for students requesting a grade change?
- What is the procedure for changing a grade for a student, including an "Incomplete?"
- If a student becomes ill during class, what is the college policy?
- For what length of time is an instructor advised to retain student grades?
Our posted hours are Monday-Thursday, 7am to 9pm; Friday, 7am to 9pm; Saturday 8am to 4pm during Fall and Spring semesters and Sundays 12 noon to 4pm. During the summer we close at 9pm and we are open on Saturdays from 8am to 12 noon. During the Winter Term and May Term we are open from 7am to 7pm. Please check for hours during May term, spring break, and other times when classes are not in session.
Your contract will be generated by the academic division which hired you. The contracts are then forwarded to the ACCESS Center for your signature. You will be notified when to sign your contract. Be on the look-out for signs and notices posted in the ACCESS Center. You must sign your contract prior to the deadline to get paid by the end of the month.
You will not get paid until you sign your contract in the ACCESS Center and it is forwarded to the Employee Services Office for processing. It is your responsibility to remember to sign your contract.
We set up a mailbox for you in your division cart in the workroom when we are notified from the academic division office of your hire. Please also make a point to check you DCCCD e-mail account.
Complete the form provided at the front desk. A note will be placed in your mailbox once your account is established.
All grade rolls will be placed in your mailboxes. If you do not get yours with everyone else's, please notify our ACCESS Center staff.
Whiteboard markers, transparencies (limited to 5/day) scantrons, and scantron analysis sheets.
Complete the form available at the front desk. A note will be placed in your mailbox of your locker assignment. This is done at the beginning of each semester.
All classrooms should be unlocked for scheduled classes. If your classroom is locked, call Campus Police at 911 (dispatch) using an available wall campus phone. Give your campus location, your name, and the room to be unlocked. Campus Police will meet you at the classroom.
We provide free printing services. We will make up to 25 copies for you in the ACCESS Center on a walk up basis. If you need more than 25 copies on a given day, complete a duplication request form at the front desk for the Print Shop in S219, get a work order number, and ACCESS Center stamp approval. You then walk over to the Print Shop and turn in your order for walk-up printing services.
If you are requesting copies for another day, complete the bright blue request forms located on the back table in A110A, and place your order in the tray. We will process these requests and have them ready for you on the day requested (requires two working days).
We ask that no orders larger than 750 copies be requested on orders for the Print Shop. We limit walk-up printing in our office to 100 copies per day.
Our budget does not allow for colored paper. You may bring in colored paper, and we will run copies for you.
Sessions are offered at the district Service Center and on campus. Contact Roy Bond 972-238-6239, roybond@dcccd.edu.
Log on to e-Connect; you will need your employee ID number; go to faculty menu; payroll.
Call Media Distribution at 972-238-6085; they are located in B220.
Call the ACCESS Center, 972-238-6140. We will post a notice of cancelled class on the classroom door and provide any instructions for the students that you wish listed.
No. However, you must provide a way for students to reach you. You may list the ACCESS Center, 972-238-6140, and we will place messages in your mailbox, or you may give an e-mail address to your students. We DO NOT release faculty phone numbers unless you have authorized us to do so.
The number for employees is 972-238-6912; for students 972-238-6196. Information is available at 5:30am.
Tony Summers, Vice President for Student Development, A200, 972-238-6202.
A calendar of all professional development opportunities resides on the Thunderwater Organizational Learning Institute webpage.
You may register for sessions online. If you have questions related to professional development for adjunct faculty, please contact Dean of Adjunct Faculty Teaching & Learning Roy Bond at 972-238-6239, or stop by in person at A-110C.
You turn-in your permanent grade rolls (blue) to the ACCESS Center. You must adhere to the procedures we have established and the deadline set for all rolls to be turned in.
Students can request a change of grade or you may initiate a change of grade. It is your decision as course instructor. You have one academic semester following the semester you teach the course to complete a change of grade.
You complete a Change of Grade Authorization Form and submit it to the Associate Vice President of Instruction, Zarina Blankenbaker, or Andy Tubbs, Associate Dean, for signature. Your academic division supervisor can sign as well. We will forward the form to the Admissions office.
If the student requires medical attention, call the campus nurse at 972-238-6135 and/or the campus police at 911, give your campus, your name, and your room number.
Please make a copy of all the grade rolls of the courses you teach and retain your records for at least one academic year.
Please make a copy of all the grade rolls of the courses you teach and retain your records for at least one academic year.
The staff in the ACCESS is always available to help you with any of the above and to answer any other questions you may have.