First Week Checklist

Complete the trainings on the Professional Development page of the Resource Site

Complete the FERPA Agreement

Submit a copy of your FERPA agreement here.

Do not buy your own copy of the textbook!

If your course has resources that your faculty would like you to follow along with, please get in touch with your faculty member to get a FREE copy of the textbook and/or course resources. 

Questions? Reach out to your Point Person!

SI Session Time Survey 

Survey your students during the first week of classes to gauge their interest and availability 

• Check out this example session scheduling survey and the filtered results to see how you can implement this (contact the SI team if you're having issues setting this up)

Meet the SI Leader 

In-Person & Synch Online SILs

• Introductory Speech: Prepare a brief (2-3min) speech to deliver during the first class day

  • Ask permission from your professor before using class time to make your speech!

  • Here is an example of a speech

Asynch Online SILs

• Welcome email: Send your students an email to welcome them to their SI-supported course

  • Here is an example of a welcome email

• Introductory Video: Make a short video to introduce yourselves and share with your students 

  • Share the video with your students on Blackboard, via email 

  • Here is an example of a video 

Make sure to include:

1. What is Supplemental Instruction

2. Any positive experiences you had with SI

3. When the session times are OR a reminder to complete the session time survey 

4. Encourage student attendance early during the semester

5. Anything you want to share about yourself to make it more personal and welcoming

Turn your survey into a schedule

After surveying your students to determine what schedule works best for everyone, you will submit the SI Session Scheduling form once for each weekly session slot on your schedule (i.e. if you choose to host two 1.5 hr sessions each week, you will submit the form twice). 

The SI Admin Team will use the data from the Session Scheduling Form to create session slots in the SI Session Calendar. SILs will be updated with their session information once it is made available.  

Add your schedule to your sign-in form

Your unique attendance form, along with the associated spreadsheet, was shared with your employee email. Update the Session time options to reflect your new session schedule. Verify that the rest of the information on your attendance sheet is correct but do NOT change the order or format of any other questions. 

If something is incorrect, email supplementalinstruction@austincc.edu!

Use this guidance to complete your first timesheet.  If timesheets are not in on time, this may result in a delay in payment!