New Faculty OrientationAugust 12, 2010

Office of

Academic Affairs

The College of The Bahamas (COB)

Established in 1974

Opened September 1975 with some 2,000 students

Baccalaureate degrees awarded as of 1980

Grant aided by Bahamas Government

241 faculty members (fall 2007)

341 administrators and staff (fall 2007)

The University of The Bahamas

Vision (draft)

A Bahamian national university which is respected locally, regionally and internationally for its excellence in teaching, research and service and for its ability to support sustainable

development and prosperity.

Mission

Support and drive national development through teaching, research and innovation and service

Our Commitment:

To promote high standards of teaching, scholarship and research

To establish and maintain sound partnerships with other institutions and community groups

To participate in nation building

To create and share knowledge and education for a better world

CAMPUSES

Oakes Field

Grosvenor Close

home of the School of Nursing and Allied Health Professions (SNAP)

Northern Bahamas (NBC) Grand Bahama

new campus has been constructed

CENTRES

Bahamas Tourism Training Centre (BTTC) home of the Culinary and Hospitality Management

Institute (CHMI) and Choices (dining room)

Centre for Continuing Education and Extension Services (CEES)

Exuma

Andros

International Languages and Cultures Institute (ILCI)

Organizational Structure

College Council

President

Executive Vice President

Vice Presidents Academic Affairs

Finance

Student Affairs

Research, Graduate Programmes and International Relations

Registrar

Associate Vice Presidents Outreach

External

Northern Bahamas Campus

Human Resources

Academic Units

Faculty of Liberal and Fine Arts (vacant) School of Communication and Creative Arts School of English Studies Performing Arts Centre

Faculty of Social and Educational Studies (vacant) School of Education (Dean Cleare) School of Social Sciences (Dean Carey-Baines)

Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences (Dean Brenda Cleare) School of Nursing and Allied Health Professions School of Chemistry, Environmental and Life Sciences School of Mathematics, Physics and Technology)

Culinary and Hospitality Management Institute (Remelda Moxey, Acting Executive Director)

Libraries and Instructional Media Services (Willamae Johnson, College Librarian)

Schools and Chairs

Business – Michelle Barr-Cunningham

Chemistry, Environmental & Life Sciences – Lionel Johnson

Communication and Creative Arts – Pam Collins

Education – Beulah Gardiner-Farquharson

English Studies – Marjorie Brooks-Jones

Mathematics, Physics & Technology, Carlton Watson

Nursing & Allied Health Professions – Patricia Miller-Brown

Social Sciences – Shane Brennen

Academic Programmes

COB offers:

6 bachelor degree programmes

63 majors

8 minors

3 associate degree programmes (variety of majors)

14 certificate programmes

MBA (Fall 2010)

Master’s degree programmes with offshore institutions

Academic Calendar

Fall Semester (last Monday in August – end of November) 14 weeks of classes

2 weeks of final examinations

Spring Semester (2nd week of January – mid-April) 14 weeks of classes

2 weeks of final examinations

Fall Semester 042010

August 23 – Classes begin August 24 & 25 – Late registration/Drop/Add October 7 & 8 – Mid-semester break October 11 – Public holiday October 22 – Last day to withdraw without

academic penalty November 26 – Classes end Nov 29-Dec 8 – Final examinations Dec 15 – Deadline for grades to Records December 25 & 26 – Public holidays

Spring Semester 01210(Subject to change)

January 7 & 8 – Late registration/Drop/Add January 11 – Classes begin February 25 & 26 – Mid-semester break March 12 – Last day to withdraw without

academic penalty April 2 – Public holiday (Good Friday) April 5 – Public holiday (Easter Monday) April 16 – Classes end April 20-29 – Final examinations May 5 – Deadline for grades to Records

Summer Session

Used for self-directed professional development, e.g., research, study, attachments

Faculty may opt to teach in the Summer for pay Summer Session 022010

May 10 – Classes begin June 11 – Last day to withdraw w/out academic penalty June 25 – Classes end June 28-29 – Final exams July 6 – Deadline for grades to Records

Work Day

College day runs from: 8:00 am – 10:00 pm

Morning 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Afternoon 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Evening 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Last class for the day usually begins at 6:00 pm

Normally, classes run: Monday and Wednesday (MW) Tuesday and Thursday (TR) Wednesday and Friday (WF) Some Saturday classes

Who are our students?(Fall 2008)

Full-time Part-time Total

Bachelor 1,757 972 2,729

LLB 68 4 72

Associate 416 291 707

Diploma 31 21 52

Certificate 66 86 152

College Prep 146 88 234

Undec/Upgrade 211 516 727

TOTAL 2,695 1,978 4,673

Student enrollment by campus(Fall 2008)

Female Male

Nassau 3,052 1,015

Freeport 458 101

Andros 25 6

Exuma 11 5

_____ _____

TOTAL 3,546 1,127

Student enrollment by age(Fall 2008)

Age Full-time Part-time Total

<18 12 13 25

18-20 1,417 417 1,834

21-22 569 407 976

23-24 229 245 474

25-28 180 241 421

29-35 132 282 414

36+ 156 373 529

TOTAL 2,695 1,978 4,673

Student Services

Athletics & Recreation (Kim Rolle, Director) Campus Life (Colyn Major, Acting Director) Campus Nurse Counseling (Theorah Ferguson, Director) Financial Aid (Cheryl Carey, Director) Housing (vacant) Wellness Centre (Bradley Cooper, Director)

Duties and Responsibilities of Faculty

Teaching

Research, Scholarship, Creative Work

Service

Teaching

Faculty:

are assigned 24-26 instructional hours over the two semesters (fall and spring)

are required to teach 12 – 14 hours per week (fall and spring)

may be assigned up to 4 courses per semester

Faculty are expected to:

Meet with classes at the regularly scheduled time in the scheduled location

Prepare, organise and present course materials at scheduled class times

Accommodate a range of learning styles

Challenge and engage students

Direct and assess students’ progress

Advise students of their progress and ways to improve

Seek student feedback

Mark and return student papers

Be available to students outside of class hours - at least 4 designated office hours per week

Submit final grades on time

Meet with members of the department to share information, ideas, strategies

Additionally, faculty should:

Distribute and use the Academic Board approved Course Outline

Maintain an attendance register

Maintain accurate records of student performance/progress (grades)

Observe academic policies, rules, regulations

Observe deadlines

Activate and use COB e-mail account

Communicate with students via COB e-mail account

Course Syllabus

Formal way of communicating expectations to students

Begins the process of goal setting

Helps students know how to organize themselves and their time

Models processes of goal setting and planning for students

Syllabus should include:

Course abbreviation, number, title

Course days, time, location

Instructor’s name, office, e-mail, telephone number

Instructor’s office hours

Additional reading and other materials

Attendance and participation requirements

Statement on academic honesty

Statement on how grades will be assigned

Assignments with due dates and expectations

Proposed semester plan indicating topics, readings, tests, quizzes, etc.

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Research, Scholarship, Creative Work

Research, scholarship, creative work in the faculty member’s field

Dissemination of such work through teaching materials, websites, publishing in peer-reviewed/professional journals, presentations, papers, exhibitions, etc.

Ongoing curriculum development and related support work

Publication of monographs, books, etc.

Support for research, scholarship, creative work:

COB’s Research Advisory Board Grants (seed money) available (scoakley@cob.edu.bs)

Time off with pay to attend workshops, conferences, etc.

Financial support to attend workshops, conferences, etc, after 1 year of service to COB

COB Research Journal - V. Ballance, Managing Editor (http://researchjournal.cob.edu.bs)

Directory of Open Access Journals (http://www.doaj.org)

Research Unit (Oakes Field)

Poultry Research Unit (Gladstone Road)

Gerace Research Centre (San Salvador)

Bahamas Environmental Research Centre (Andros)

Service to the College and Community

Administrative and committee work – minimum of 4 hours per week

Active participation on Department, School/Institute committees (curriculum, outreach, student enrichment)

Active participation on College-wide committees, task forces (Graduation, Library Advisory, Recruitment, Faculty Boards)

Active participation in professional organizations, government boards, etc.

Faculty are expected to:

Attend departmental and School/Institute meetings

Serve on departmental, School/Institute committees

Serve on college-wide committees

Attend general faculty meetings

Support College functions and activities

Be involved in their professional organizations

Regularly Scheduled Meetings

Academic Board – 1st Monday of every month

School – 2-4 pm, 1st Thursday of every month

Department – 2-4 pm, 2nd Thursday of every month

UTEB – 2-4 pm, 3rd Thursday of every month

General Faculty – 2-4 pm, 4th Thursday of every month

Faculty Assessment and Evaluation

Annual performance assessment of all faculty

Self-report (with supporting documentation)

Classroom observations for new faculty (2 per fall & spring semester; 1 announced & 1 unannounced)

Student feedback reports (completed by week 12)

Chair’s evaluation (Annual Faculty Evaluation Report)

Dean’s comments (AFER)

EVP, AA comments and signature (AFER)

Faculty are required to:

Submit Faculty Plan (goals & objectives for the year,

inclusive of plans/goals for the following summer) to the Chair by week 3 of the fall semester

Save materials, documents, etc. during the semester to be used as documentary evidence

Submit dossiers for review and assessment to the Chair/Executive Director by May 31st

Faculty Plan & Annual Faculty Self-Report Narrative summary of the 3 areas of responsibility Documentary evidence in support of summary

Academic Policies

Cross-moderation

Directed Independent Study (DIS)

Examinations

General Education

Grading Grade Reporting

Incompletes

Withdrawal

Grading System(taken from Policy on Grading)

Grade Range

A 90 – 100

A- 85 – 89

B+ 80 – 84

B 75 – 79

B- 70 – 74

C+ 65 – 69

C 60 – 64

C- 55 – 59

D 50 – 54

F 0 - 49

Grading System cont’d.

Some courses are designated:P - Pass

S - Satisfactory

U - Unsatisfactory

The following are assigned by Records only:I - Incomplete

W - WithdrawalXE - Extraordinary ExaminationAU - AuditT - TransferV - Exemption

Support Services

Blackboard (transition to Moodle underway)

Chapter One Bookstore (Sharon Bethel, Manager)

Copy Centre (T-05, 4339/4340)

Instructional Media Services (A-58, 4456/4460)

DVD players, laptops, multi-media projectors, projector screens, TVs, VCRs, video collection, etc.

Libraries (Willamae Johnson, College Librarian)

IT-CSC Help Desk (ITHelpDesk@cob.edu.bs)

Physical Plant Help Desk (pphelpdesk@cob.edu.bs)

Support Services

Turnitin available (request access through Chair)

Computer Labs (non-teaching, available to students) A-13 BTTC-07 T-04 GCC-120

Peer tutoring (Counselling Department)

Math Lab (A-80)

Language Resource Centre-LRC (Monique

McFarlane-Bain, Coordinator, F-8)

Additional Information

Consult: Faculty Handbook

Student Handbook

Secretaries/Clerk Typists

Coordinators, Heads of Departments

Chairs, Deans, Executive Director

www.cob.edu.bs

Questions?Comments?