New Faculty Resources
Description of Various Resources Used by Faculty
Self-Service: Access to schedule, rosters, submission of grades, grade change forms, and Never Attended, as well as faculty personal documents such as earnings statements, tax information, benefits, stipend payments, and more (access this through our website, under EMPLOYEE).
CRM Advise: Location of retention alerts to contact success coaches about at-risk students (access this through our website, under EMPLOYEE, and under EMPLOYEE RESOURCES.
D2L (Brightspace): Our learning management system
Employee Portal: Location for work-related documents and forms
Additional Resources
Academic Resources and Policies
Instructional Assignments Policy
Instructions for Uploading Your CV to the college website
Professional Development (faculty usually are expected to complete 3 sessions per semester)
Computer Resources and Acceptable Use of Computers
Pay and Leave Policies
Travel Policy for Those Teaching on Multiple Campuses
Faculty Resources and Institutional Resources
Testing Center Cover Sheet and Cover Sheet for Multiple Exams (only accessible with TC Google account)
Academic Year Expectations for Faculty
Welcome Week--(Welcome Week is the first week before the semester starts. The first day begins with an Opening Session with all faculty and staff. Department and division meetings take place during this week along with opportunities for professional development.)
Required Trainings--(Faculty members are required to complete FERPA, Sexual Discrimination/Harassment training, Title IX, and accommodations training each year. These are usually offered online and are due partway through the first semester of employment)
No Show--(Each semester has a date set aside for a no show report. This involves keeping track of students who have not completed any work by that date).
Census--(Each semester has a date set aside for the census. This involves verifying your class rosters).
Grades Due--(Each semester has a due date for all grades. Usually it is noon the day after the semester ends. Pay attention to department policies regarding a printed or digital gradebook submission).
Commencement--(The spring semester commencement takes place at the Belton Convention Center. Faculty are expected to attend. Policy is linked.)
Student Support Resources
Circle of Support--resource for breaking down barriers for student success
Leopard Pantry--help for students with food insecurities
Title IX Office (also applies to pregnancy-related accommodations)
Faculty Tutoring (Faculty tutoring students in math, chemistry, biology, and English)
Tutor.com (Tutor.com is a free on-demand, 1-to-1 online tutoring service available to Temple College students 24/7 . Access to Tutor.com is available directly from students’ Desire2Learn (D2L) homepages.) How it works.
Scholarships and Loans Available through Temple College Foundation
Mental Health Resources
For information on mental health resources please go to https://www.templejc.edu/resources/mental-health-counseling/
Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 or text HELP to 741741
Local Mental Health Crisis Lines: 1-800-888-4036 (Temple); 1-800-841-1255 (Round Rock)
Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 or text HELP to 88788
COVID-19 Mental Health Support Line, 1-833-986-1919
Disaster Distress Helpline, 1-800-985-5990, or text HELP to 66746
Brightspace/D2L Sample Faculty Shells Videos
Want to see what other faculty members are doing on their D2L shells? Want to see how they organize their classes? Use best practices for teaching online (see class to the right) in their own classes? This playlist contains 7 or so short 5-minute videos showcasing some of our faculty D2L shells.
Click playlist link Here.
Brightspace/D2L Getting Started Playlist
(other videos provided on the D2L page on this website)
Best Practices for Teaching Online
Mountain View College (MVC) and the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) joined forces to design, develop, and promote a nationally recognized professional learning program that supports faculty and instructional initiatives. The first collaboration aims to incorporate universal standards into online teaching and learning while providing national recognition for faculty who successfully complete a series of openly accessible courses. The idea is to increase awareness of best practices at higher education institutions across the country and provide external recognition to online faculty at NISOD member institutions.
Access directions to this very valuable webinar are for Temple College faculty only. Available here.