Academic Advising | Experiential Learning | Testing and Tutorials
Faculty Services
(For UC Students)
The Student Academic Support Center provides a wide variety of resources and logistical support services for faculty in their roles as both academic advisors and instructors. In addition to providing general information, SASC personnel are available to consult with faculty on issues specific to individual situations as needed.
Academic Advising Services
Click here to find information on the College's academic warning systems, as well as on advising policies, procedures, degree plans and forms.
Experiential Learning Services
Click here to find information on resources available to help faculty members promote quality internships to their students, incorporate service learning into their courses, and plan faculty-led study abroad trips.
Testing and Tutorial Services
Click here to find information on how to arrange proctored testing, refer students for tutoring or schedule a study skills presentation for your class.
Academic Advising Services
Advisor Orientations
An orientation session is offered to faculty First-Year Advisors prior to the College's CARES (College Advising and Registration for Entering Students) sessions each year and (starting in fall 2006) to new members of the Undergraduate College faculty who will be serving as major advisors. For information, contact Coordinator of Advising Veronica Aplenc at x2385 or at vaplenc@rosemont.edu.
Academic Degree Plans
Degree plans listing required courses for each Rosemont undergraduate major and minor are available to assist faculty advisors as they help students select appropriate courses during pre-registration.
Early Warning Academic Alert System
Approximately five weeks into each semester, UC faculty members are contacted by the Coordinator of Advising and asked to submit an Early Warning Academic Alert Form for students who are experiencing academic difficulties in each of their courses. The advising office will notify each student's faculty advisor, contact and meet with each student referred, assess her needs, work with her (and her advisor) to create an "academic action plan," refer her to the tutoring office for appropriate learning support services, and provide follow-up coaching relative to plan implementation as required. (Such plans are also developed for conditionally-admitted and probationary students.)
D/F Warning System
Approximately ten weeks into each semester, faculty members will be contacted once again and asked to submit a D/F Warning Notice for each student in danger of receiving a final grade of D or F. Faculty advisors of affected students will be notified, and students will be contacted, informed regarding the possible consequences of course withdrawal, and counseled to meet with their faculty advisors to discuss the course of action most appropriate to their circumstances.
Individual Faculty Consultations
Ongoing communication between faculty and SASC personnel regarding the status of students at academic risk can be extremely helpful to all involved. Students referred by faculty to the Student Academic Support Center are asked to sign a waiver allowing SASC personnel to discuss their academic progress and needs with their instructors and advisor. If the waiver is signed, faculty members may contact SASC personnel (or vice versa) to discuss the degree to which students have made use of SASC services and to consult on the particulars of their progress.
Instructors and advisors may also consult with the SASC Director (x2366) or Advising Coordinator (x2385) at their convenience if they have questions about advising-related policies and procedures, FERPA rules, advising strategies, roles and responsibilities, or any other matters relating to student academic retention and success.
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Experiential Learning
Internships
Faculty members who would like assistance in identifying potential internship placements for students in their disciplines, or who would like information on strategies for strengthening and integrating what students learn from their internship experiences, or who have questions regarding Rosemont's internship policies and procedures, should contact Coordinator of Experiential Learning Lezlie McCabe at x2372 or at lmccabe@rosemont.edu.
It is also possible to arrange for the Coordinator to make an in-class presentation to students on the benefits of internships, the kinds of placements available, and criteria for participation.
For copies of the Internship Learning Agreement that interns must complete and the supervising instructor/advisor must sign, and other pertinent internship forms, click here.
Service Learning
The Coordinator of Experiential Learning is available to work with any faculty member who is interested, or might be interested, in incorporating a service-learning component into a course.
Service learning is a form of experiential learning in which students engage in activities that address human and community needs in company with structured opportunities intentionally designed to promote student learning and development (Jacoby, 1996). Service learning is reciprocal, in the sense that all participants are viewed as colleagues (rather than as servers or clients) and all serve and learn from one another. Service learning also demands structured reflection on the part of students to integrate what they have learned.
Potential benefits accruing to involved faculty include:
- New avenues for research and publication
- New perspectives - different access to subjects; new opinions on society and its problems
- New colleagues and resources - community applications of scholarship
- Improved courses - students who have a better grasp of the practical implications of course materials and are more likely to participate in class discussions
Experiential Learning Review Board
An advisory board composed of three faculty members (currently Professors Marilyn Conwell, Eleanor Gubins, and Mary Ann Macartney), the Dean of the Undergraduate Women's College and the directors of Student Academic Support and Campus Ministry meets periodically to review ongoing and proposed experiential learning activities in light of the goals of Rosemont Works, and to consult with the Experiential Learning Coordinator on issues, policies and procedures affecting internships, service-learning courses and study abroad trips. Suggestions for topics that might be considered by this group can be provided to the Coordinator, or any member of the Board itself.
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Testing and Tutorials
Student Testing
The Student Academic Support Center provides make-up testing, extended-time testing and testing for students needing special accommodations. To arrange for student testing, instructors should contact Coordinator of Testing and Tutorials at x2399 or at sasc.tutoring@rosemont.edu.
Instructors may send the test via email or have it delivered to Brown116E. Please indicate how long the student may take to complete the test, what (if any) materials the student may use, and how you would like to retrieve the test.
Student Referrals for Tutoring
To refer a student for tutoring, please fill out a Student Referral Form, and return it to the Coordinator of Testing and Tutorials via email or campus mail. You may also refer a student by calling x2399.
Students will be asked to sign a waiver allowing the Coordinator of Testing and Tutorials to share information on their attendance and general progress with the referring professor. Instructors will need to contact the Coordinator to receive such information, which may be shared only if such a waiver has been signed.
In-Class Presentations
SASC personnel are available to do in-class presentations spotlighting SASC services or on various study skill topics. Possible presentation topics include:
Effective Study Strategies
Test-Taking Strategies
Note-Taking Strategies
Strategies for Group Projects
Stress Management
Time Management
Plagiarism
Understanding and Using Learning Styles
Faculty members may also arrange to bring a class on site to the Center for the service spotlight presentation.
Faculty Orientations to SASC Resources
Faculty members interested in familiarizing themselves with Center resources in various discipline areas are welcome to arrange a visit to receive an orientation to the learning support software and other supplementary learning materials available to their students.
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