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Office of Continuing Studies
Faculty Resources
How to contact us:
Address: Office of Continuing Studies
Carlton Center (located on the north triangle at Broadway & Jefferson)
1551 Broadway, 4th floor
Tacoma, WA 98402
Phone: 253-692-4618
Fax: 253-692-4627
Email: uwtpdctr@u.washington.edu
Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Friday
Staff Phone Numbers:
Alice Dionne, Director, Office of Continuing Studies - 253-692-4672
Michael McMillan, Administrative Coordinator - 253-692-4682
Brian Tetreault, General Student Services - 253-692-4692
Kristin Wolle, Faculty Support - 253-692-4604
Marife Llavore, Receptionist - 253-692-4618
Blackboard – If you are interested in using Blackboard for your class contact Michael McMillan, Administrative Coordinator at 253-692-4682 or mcmilm@u.washington.edu. After receiving permission from our office, for assistance using Blackboard contact Darcy Janzen – 253-692-5731 or email janzen@u.washington.edu at the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology.
Class Lists – Class lists will be provided prior to the first class. Only students who appear on your class list are allowed to attend class. If students attend who are not listed, they must show you their receipt (from our office) and may be added to your list. If they do not have a receipt, please obtain their full name, address, email and phone number and report this information to our office as soon as possible. We will follow-up with the student and a new class list will be prepared for your use if they register.
Class Materials and Handouts – You may bring or send your handouts to our office for reproduction; send electronically to Alice Dionne at adionne@u.washington.edu. Please allow at least one week for us to process these requests.
Classroom Equipment Form – You will receive a classroom equipment form with your contract. Please fill out and return to our office as soon as possible so we may assure your classroom needs are met.
Classroom Locations and Changes – If you want to change classrooms contact Alice Dionne, Director at 253-692-4672 oradionne@u.washington.edu; do not move your class to an ‘empty’ classroom or to another location without checking first with our office. We are required, for security and contact purposes, to have on file the location that your class is meeting. If you will be taking a field-trip or holding class elsewhere (eg. a facility off-campus), please let us know BEFORE you make these arrangements.
Completion/Grading Guidelines – To earn a certificate of completion, students must satisfactorily complete all requirements according to the standards defined for each program in the program brochure. Each certificate program follows a specific grading policy. To receive a certificate of completion, students must successfully complete every required course in the program. Students who must withdraw from a certificate program due to unavoidable conflicts may be allowed to transfer to the following program year and complete the certificate. Students who wish to request a withdrawal and transfer must contact the Office of Continuing Studies.
UW Tacoma Office of Continuing Studies certificate program students are evaluated in each course on the basis of standards established by the instructors. These standards may include specific requirements for attendance, completion of course assignments, projects, and examinations. At a minimum, certificate program students are expected to meet 80% of class requirements for each required course. Most certificate programs are designed as a series of sequential courses. However, some are non-sequential.
Sequential Courses – Because courses are arranged sequentially and are normally offered only once each year, students who wish to obtain a certificate for their studies are required to successfully complete all courses in the previous term before they advance to the next term. Students must successfully complete all courses in the program to receive a certificate of completion.
Nonsequential Courses – All sequential grading and completion guidelines apply to nonsequential courses with the following exceptions: Students are not required to successfully complete all courses in the previous term before they advance to the next term. Students must successfully complete all courses in the program to receive a certificate of completion.
There are three possible grades:
- Successful Completion (Pass) - Students are required to successfully complete (Pass) all courses to receive the certificate of completion.
- Unsuccessful Completion (No Pass) - A grade of ‘No Pass’ disqualifies a student from a certificate program and from receiving a certificate of completion.
- Incomplete (I) - A grade of Incomplete will be issued for the following special circumstances: The student requesting an Incomplete has been in attendance and has done satisfactory work until within two weeks (14 days) of the end of the course, and the student has furnished satisfactory proof to the instructor that the required work cannot be completed because of illness or other circumstances beyond the student’s control. To continue in the program during the current certificate cycle, the student has the sole responsibility for converting the Incomplete to a Successful Completion within three weeks (21 days) of the last session of the course. Once the student has completed the required course work to earn a Successful Completion, the instructor should immediately notify UW Tacoma Office of Continuing Studies in writing (or by email).
Audit – The option of auditing a course is not available to students enrolled in certificate programs.
Academic Dishonesty – Students enrolled in UW Tacoma Continuing Studies programs are expected to observe the same code of academic honesty required of other University of Washington Tacoma students. Violation of this code can result in academic penalties, such as receiving a failing grade in the course, and other disciplinary actions. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating on examinations and plagiarism, the latter being defined as offering the language or ideas of someone else as one’s own. Plagiarism may range from failure to credit isolated formulas, sentences, paragraphs or ideas to entire articles copied from books, periodicals, speeches, or the writings of other students. Instances of academic dishonesty for noncredit courses will be handled by an internal University of Washington Tacoma Continuing Studies Committee on Academic Conduct. If evidence of academic misconduct is established, students will be given a failing grade for the course and any refund of tuition fees will be denied.
Students of Concern – If you have students who may be in jeopardy of failing your class, please contact our office. If you have a student that stops attending, please contact our office. You may work with a student to assign extra credit when needed. Please remember that we are dealing with adult, professional students who may have conflicts in their schedules that affect their attendance and timely completion of assignments. We encourage instructors to work with students to achieve successful completion.
For additional information, please refer to the Student Handbook which may be found on our website at: http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/pdc/handbook.html.
Computer Access – Log-in and password changes every quarter. For current log-in and password, contact Michael McMillan, Administrative Coordinator at 253-692-4682 or mcmilm@u.washington.edu
Contracts – Contract letters and contracts are sent to you for the classes you are scheduled to teach. Please read your contract carefully before signing. Before your class begins, you must return the original, signed copy of the contract to our office. We recommend that you make a copy of the contract for your records as it will details when you will teach. With your contract information you will receive forms for textbook request, releasable information, and classroom equipment needs. Please return these forms with your signed contract. Click here to see a sample contract.
Copy Service Center – Keith Ward
Location: Mattress Factory 053, Box # 358405
Phone: 253-692-5787
Fax: 253-692-5785
Email: kwuwt@u.washington.edu, uwtcc@u.washington.edu
Hours: Monday – Thursday 8am-6pm
Friday 8am-5pm
Directions – The UW Tacoma campus is located across the street from the Washington State History Museum and Union Station. To reach campus, from I-5 take the I-705/Tacoma City Center exit (exit 133). From I-705 take the South 21st Street exit. Turn left at the traffic light onto 21st Street. Go through the light at Pacific Avenue, go up the hill, and you will see parking on the right. There is a short-term pay parking lot off C Street and another pay lot just beyond that at 21st and Market.
Disability Support Services – If you have a student in your class who discloses a disability, you must make accommodation for their disability. This accommodation can take many forms, please contact Alice Dionne, Director, OCS, or Lisa Tice at the Disability Support Services office if you have questions.
Phone: (253) 692-4493 Email: ltice@u.washington.edu
Hours: 9am-5pm Monday-Thursday Web Site: http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/oessa/dss/
Employment Forms – You will receive employment hiring forms that must be filled out prior to any payment being made. If you have any questions about the forms, contact Alice Dionne, Director at 253-692-4672 or adionne@u.washington.edu
Evaluations – On the last night of your class, you need to set aside time (approximately 10 minutes) for class and faculty evaluations. You will receive forms from our office for this purpose. You must leave the room when the evaluations are being conducted. The forms must be returned by a student to our office or to the evaluation lock-box upon completion. Do not read or review the forms before returning them. A summary of the evaluation bubble sheet and comments will be sent to you.
Graduation/Certificate Program Award Ceremony – The annual certificate program awards ceremony is held each summer. Faculty and students are notified by invitation. Students who are enrolled in a program still in progress or who have a grade of Incomplete on their record are invited to the ceremony. Faculty members are encouraged to attend.
Information Meetings – Throughout the year we schedule Information Meetings for recruitment purposes. Instructors are asked to attend at least one information meeting to assist in answering future student questions. You will be notified of the dates and asked to identify which dates will work for your schedule. Future and potential students tell us that having an instructor at an Information Meeting is very helpful in their decision making process. You are the experts in content for your programs.
Keys and Access Cards – To obtain a podium or media key please contact Media Services (see number below). To obtain classroom keys and/or access cards, contact Alice Dionne, Director at 253-692-4672 or adionne@u.washington.edu
Library – University of Washington Tacoma Library (schedule varies by quarter)
Phone: (253) 692-4440 (General Information)
(253) 692-4442 (Reference)
Address: UW Tacoma Library
1902 Commerce Street
Box 358460
Tacoma, WA 98402
Email: taclib@u.washington.edu (General Information)
tacres@u.washington.edu (Reserves)
tacref@u.washington.edu (Reference)
taclibav@u.washington.edu (Library Media Collection)
Hours: Interim Reference Desk Hours: Monday-Thursday 8am-10pm Friday 8am-5pm
Saturday 10am-5pm Sunday 10am-5pm
Library Services – Among the services that are available within the library system are circulation, computerized searches, reference, maps, user education, interlibrary loan and copy/duplication of materials. Some library materials are only available at a specific branch of a UW library and must be obtained from that branch.
Services available free to all visitors – In-library use of most materials, publications and handouts available at the circulation desk and reference desk, use of computers for accessing the collections and other information resources, brief reference assistance, participation in regularly-scheduled tours as space permits, the Foundation Center Cooperating Collection (http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/library/fc.htm)
Services available at cost for visitors – Borrowing of books from the UW Tacoma, UW Seattle, and UW Bothell collections with the purchase of a library card by qualified borrowers (see details on visitor page, http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/library/visitors/visitor.cfm), use of Library copy machines and printers, fee-based document delivery service (See UWorld Express, http://www.lib.washington.edu/uworld/)
Services not available to visitors – Remote access to UW Restricted library databases, interlibrary loan, use of computer workstations for word processing, creating files, checking email, or downloading programs, use of some reserve and media materials
Media Services & Assistance – On site support for help with audio/visual equipment and access. Also can assist in getting a media podium key - (253) 692-4419, Mattress Factory, Room 253.
Parking – UW Tacoma is an urban campus and, therefore, parking is limited. There are pay parking lots off C Street at 21st, at the intersection of 21st and Jefferson, on 19th between Market and Fawcett, and next to the Washington State History Museum and Union Station on Pacific. One-hour street parking is available along Pacific Avenue, Jefferson Street and Market Street. (http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/campus_map/parking_on_campus.cfm). Parking for faculty, students and visitors with disabled permits is available on Commerce Street behind the Dougan Building.
Payroll – For information regarding payroll issues, contact Danelle Dauron, Payroll Office, 253-692-5664, ddauron@u.washington.edu.
Releasable Information Form – The releasable information form is sent with your contract. Please indicate on the form whether our office may give your telephone number, email address, etc. to students who may request them. You are not required to release this information but we need to have a completed form returned for our files.
Restaurants/Shops - For information on local restaurants and shops near the UW Tacoma campus, visit this url: http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/shopuwt/
Resume/Curriculum Vitae – Per your contract you must have a current resume/cv on file with our office. As your employment situation and other permanent information change, please submit updated resumes. Occasionally we will ask for a current resume if we have out-dated information on file.
Room Requests – You will receive a classroom equipment form with your contract. Please fill out and return as soon as possible to assure that your needs are met. The following link provide you with maps to the various classroom locations, as well as addresses, directions, copy services, and parking information for each location. http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/campus_map/
Security/Safety – On site campus security officers are available to open & close locked rooms and security/emergency issues - (253) 692-4416 or (253) 692-4888.
Dial 9-911 from any campus phone for a life-threatening emergency. Please call campus security as well, after 911.
Campus Safety Escort Program – For your safety, UW Tacoma encourages students, faculty, staff, and visitors to use the Campus Safety Escort Program. The service operates Monday through Thursday from 5:00pm to 10:30pm, except holidays, breaks and summer quarter. The program is staffed with contracted security personnel. This service is free of charge to anyone who requests it. Campus Security is located in Dougan 180. Dial #300 or #333 on a campus telephone and a Campus Safety Escort will walk you safely to your vehicle.
Student Handbook – A copy of the Student Handbook may be found on our website at: http://www.tacoma.washington.edu/pdc/handbook.html. Please review the handbook before you begin teaching your class. Policies and procedures about assigning incompletes, pass, no pass grades, and completion rates may be found in this document, as well as other important information.
Syllabus – Please prepare a syllabus for your class. A sample syllabus may be found by clicking here.
Textbooks – You will receive a textbook order form with your contract. Submit textbook requests to our office as soon as you have determined your textbook selection. Textbooks are ordered through the University Bookstore for student convenience. It take several weeks for an order to be processed. Please indicate clearly whether a text is REQUIRED or RECOMMENDED. If RECOMMONDED, the students should not need the book to complete the coursework. However, if REQUIRED, the student must purchase the book to be able to complete the course. Our office does not supply copies of textbooks for student use. If you would like to receive a Desk Copy (for examination purposes), please contact Alice Dionne or request directly from the publisher.
UW Tacoma Weather Policies - In the event of snow or ice, campus leadership will access the condition and post delays/cancellations to the UW Tacoma homepage ( www.tacoma.washington.edu ) by 6:00am. A delay time will be noted in the website announcement. When operations are suspended, classes will not be held and activities will be cancelled. You may also call the UW telephone hotline (253) 383-INFO.
Withdrawals/Refunds – A request to drop or withdraw from any course in a certificate program must be submitted by the student in writing to Alice Dionne, Director, UW Tacoma Office of Continuing Studies. Students must send or fax their request to the Office of Continuing Studies, 1900 Commerce St., Box # 358443, or Fax: 253-692-4627 or by email to adionne@u.washington.edu. An unsuccessful completion (no pass) will be entered in the official record unless the student officially withdraws.
University Bookstore
Address:
1754 Pacific Avenue
Tacoma, WA 98402
Phone: 253 272-8080
Fax: 253 627-6719
Campus Extension 25784
Web site: http://www.bookstore.washington.edu/
Hours: Monday – Wednesday 9am-6pm
Thursday 9am-7pm
Friday & Saturday 9am-5pm
Sunday Closed
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