Welcome to UW - La Crosse

Who are IAS?

• Instructional Academic Staff (IAS)– non-tenure track faculty– approximately 200 IAS (35% total faculty)

• vs. Tenure-Track Faculty

• vs. Non-Instructional AS (NIAS)– lab managers, administration

Mentoring

• Optional, but recommended• Mentors - within and outside department

– Within - gain direct knowledge of course– Outside - objective and impartial

• See brochure

General Information• Office Information• Documents & Supplies• Faculty ID Card• Teaching Information• Parking• Dining Service• Child Care• Paychecks• Important Dates• Furlough Days• Helpful Websites

Office Information• Office & Phone # - provided by department• Telephone:

– 5+4 e.g., 785-1111 - dial 51111 on campus– off campus -

• dial 8 first for local & toll free calls• Dial 3 first for long-distance

– SW Wisconsin area code = 608

• Campus AddressUniversity of Wisconsin - La CrosseDepartmentOffice1725 State StreetLa Crosse, WI 54601

Documents & Supplies1. Documents

• SAVE EVERYTHING!!!

• should have received:• Campus directory (October)• Course catalog• Department bylaws -

http://www.uwlax.edu/provost/administration/by-laws.html

• Contract & link to Employee/AS Handbooks• Benefits Information

2. Supplies (see your department ADA – Academic Dept. Associate)

– Keys - provided by department– Office Supplies - provided by department– Other (business cards, etc.) - Purchasing Services (

http://www.uwlax.edu/purchasing)– Campus Stores (office furniture, etc.) (http://www.uwlax.edu/stores OR

http://www.uwlax.edu/purchasing)

– Procurement Card – if applicable

Faculty ID Card

• ID card needed for library, GCA classroom and field house activities.

• Apply for card in 223 Cartwright Center (7:45-4:00)– Bring USA Driver’s License or passport

• Can use as credit/debit card

Teaching Information• Schedule provided by department chair or program

director– varies by individual & by semester

• Expectations:– Effective classroom delivery– Office Hours– Testing & Grading– Service, Professional Development/Scholarship – varies

• Amount of involvement in syllabus/course/curriculum development based on title and will vary by individual and department.

• Textbook Rental & UW-L Bookstore – (http://www.uwlax.edu/Bookstore)

• Periodic IAS Liaison emails

Parking• Parking monitored year round (7am-7pm; M-F)• Permits available at Protective Services Office

OR online– http://www.uwlax.edu/parking

– call 785-8061 with questions

• Meters available in most lots – 75¢ per hour – Short Term meters - 25¢ for 20 mins.

• Daily Permit– $5 per day

Dining Service• Cartwright Center

– The Galley– The Cellar– Trattoria– Cyber Café

• Whitney Center– Dining Room– Blimpie’s Sub Shop– Badger Street Station– Chars

• Murphy Library– Murphy’s Mug

• Re-usable take-out containers available• http://www.dineoncampus.com/uwlacrosse/?cmd=Menus2

Child CareCAMPUS CHILD CENTER

– Ages 1 to 12– M-F 7:00am to 5:30 or 6:00pm– Waiting List

– Director: Sue Wrobel

– http://www.uwlax.edu/childcare/index.htm

Paychecks

• Direct deposit is recommended

• 9 month = October 1 through June 1

• Many banks will set up 12 month pay option.

• Summer school pay dates vary

Important Dates

http://mastercalendar.uwlax.edu/MasterCalendar/default.aspx

(click on Administrative Calendar)

Furlough Days

• state mandated furlough = 3.065% pay reduction for next biennium

• 9 month employee – 6 days of furlough• Dates:

– Friday, November 26, 2010 (System Wide)– Friday, January 14, 2011 – Monday, March 14, 2011– Monday, May 16, 2011– Floating Dates – non-instruction days

• http://www.uwlax.edu/hr/furloughs.htm

Helpful Websites• UWL Home Page: http://www.uwlax.edu• IAS - http://www.uwlax.edu/facultysenate/committees/ias• Human Resources - http://www.uwlax.edu/hr• Faculty Senate - http://www.uwlax.edu/facultysenate• PAPD Job Book -

http://www.uwlax.edu/papd/Job book/jobbook-table-of-contents.htm• Office of Student Life - http://www.uwlax.edu/StudentLife/• Disability Resources Services - http://www.uwlax.edu/DRS• Murphy Library - http://www.uwlax.edu/murphylibrary• Academic Advising Center - http://www.uwlax.edu/advising• UW - System - http://www.wisconsin.edu

• Faculty Development D2L: https://uwlax.courses.wisconsin.edu/– Use facdev.guest for login and password

Technology

• Classroom Technology• ITS (Information Technology Services)• Academic Technology Services• User Name & Password• Email• Aerie• D2L• Digital Measures

Classroom Technology

• 85% of classrooms are tech-equipped (portable carts also available)– Visualizer, PC, VCR/DVD, projector– http://www.uwlax.edu/edtech/classmod/

• General Computing Access (GCA) Labs– Located in Wimberly Hall, Murphy Library

& Wing Tech Center– http://www.uwlax.edu/gca/

• Pay for Print policy

Information Technology Service

• http://www.uwlax.edu/its• ITS Support Center (www.uwlax.edu/itssupport)

– 5-8774– 103 Wing (7:30am to 4:30pm M-F)– software downloads– technology training & online tutorials

Academic Technology Services

• http://www.uwlax.edu/edtech/

• creates effective instructional and promotional multi-media materials

• conceives and designs innovative learning environments

• provides faculty and staff technology training and development

• provides digital imaging, photography, and graphic design services

• produces digital videos

• develops, designs and maintains web sites for campus clients

• offers teleconferencing, web casting, cable and satellite services

• provides on-line learning support

• continually researches and develops emerging technologies

• has achieved significant technology, customer service and professional development

User Name & Password• User Name = 8 plus 4

– first 8 letters of last name ‘.’ first 4 letters of first name (e.g., Kerrie Hoar = hoar.kerr)

• Default Password– 8 digits = last 4 SS# & birthdate month & day– CHANGE THIS ASAP!

• Strong Password – 8+ characters; change every 120 days and 3 of 4

following: CAPITAL Letters, lower case Letters; Symbols (!@$), numbers (0-9) - e.g. Jumpr0pe

• Applicable to email, D2L, WINGS - must select for Digital Measures

Email• accessible on & off campus• Eagle Apps (google)

– http://www.uwlax.edu

– Click on email access• Login - eagle/8.4• Password

• Online Support: http://www.uwlax.edu/itssupport/onlinehelp/email.htm

WINGS• courses offered• advising• class schedule• class lists• grade submission• FERPA• http://www.uwlax.edu

• click on WINGS• user name & password

• Online Support:– http://www.uwlax.edu/wings/help/fac_staff.htm

Desire to Learn (D2L)• Classroom Information

– posting grades, syllabus, handouts, online assignments and quizzes, etc.

• Only current student can access (add others)• Transfer current semester content to future semesters• 3-part ITS workshop• http://www.uwlax.edu

– click on D2L– user name & password

• Online Support:– http://www.uwlax.edu/itssupport/onlinehelp/desire2learn.htm

Digital Measures• electronic portfolio

– annual report– career progression

• update periodically• online tutorial available• http://www.uwlax.edu

– click on Faculty & Staff– click on E-portfolio Portal– user name & password– password is set by DM - can change

Technology Services

• Jen Snook – Faculty Technology Training Consultant

• Jim Jorstad – Director of Academic Technology Services

IAS Issues

• Becky LeDocq – Faculty Senate Chair

• Kerrie Hoar – IAS Liaison

• Joy Gutknecht – Human Resource Manager

IAS Issues

• Governance• Contracts• Titles• Professional Development• Research• Service• Career Progression• Workload• IDP & Position Description

Governance• Faculty Senate

• Committees

Contracts• New IAS have 1-year fixed-term terminal

contracts (August 30, 2010 – May 27, 2010)

• renewable & multi-year contracts may be issued:– Long-term programmatic needs– Long-term funding stability– IAS performance

UW-L IAS Titles

Lecturer Series

• Associate Lecturer• Lecturer• Senior Lecturer• Distinguished Lecturer

Clinical Professor Series

• Clinical Instructor• Clinical Assistant Professor• Clinical Associate Professor• Clinical Professor• Clinical Distinguished

Professor

Workload & Position Description

Total Workload = standard minimum teaching load + additional workload equivalency activities• Total Workload not to exceed 15(16) contact hours (8 ch)

1. Teaching Load = contact hours spent in classroom instruction • 1.0 FTE = 12 contact hours & 0.5 FTE = 6 contact hours

2. Additional Workload Equivalency = equivalent to 3(4) contact hours

• Vary by college, department and/or individual• Determined by dept. chair or program director - approved by Dean• E.g., additional teaching hours, considerations for class size, writing

content, # preps, course type, student level (undergrad/grad), non-instructional duties (lab prep, program director, coach, etc.), scholarly activities, service activities, etc.

Professional Development

• Required for IAS to stay current in his/her discipline

• May also be required for individual &/or department certification or accreditation

• Include workshops, conferences, literature reviews, etc.

• Professional Development Grants are available (see http://www.uwlax.edu/grants/index.htm)

Research• Any creative endeavor that results in original

contribution’s to one’s discipline, is reviewed by one’s peers and whose results are widely published.

• NOT a requirement for most IAS

• Research Grants are available (see http://www.uwlax.edu/provost/grants/index.htm)

Service

• Refers to departmental, college and/or university service

• University committee requests due in March for following academic year– See Faculty Senate bylaws for full list of

committees & description (http://www.uwlax.edu/FacultySenate)

Career Progression: General Policies

• Accrue semesters – % appt. disregarded

– Summer & J-Term not counted

• Years at other institutions negotiated with Dean at time of initial appointment

• After 4 semesters away from UW-L - lose YOS• Must be at UW-L immediately prior to CP application• CP based on accomplishments - not YOS• $1,000 salary ‘bump’ with CP approval• See full policy for details

Position Description

Total Workload = standard minimum teaching load + additional workload equivalency activities• Total Workload not to exceed 15(16) contact hours (8 ch)

1. Teaching Load = contact hours spent in classroom instruction • 1.0 FTE = 12 contact hours & 0.5 FTE = 6 contact hours

2. Additional Workload Equivalency = equivalent to 3(4) contact hours

• Vary by college, department and/or individual• Determined by dept. chair or program director - approved by Dean• E.g., additional teaching hours, considerations for class size, writing

content, # preps, course type, student level (undergrad/grad), non-instructional duties (lab prep, program director, coach, etc.), scholarly activities, service activities, etc.

Individual Development Plan (IDP)

• Annual evaluation of IAS is required

• IDP is developed by chair and IAS in collaboration• statement of goals• fulfillment of goals• discussion of career progression

ANY QUESTIONS?

WINGS & PeopleSoft

Jan Von RudenAssociate Registrar

Student Services

• Paula Knudson – Asst. Chancellor & Dean of Students

• Jennifer Bell – Disability Resource Services

• Antiowana Williams – Multicultural Student Services

• Mary Coady – Student Support Services

Center for Advancing Teaching & Learning

(CATL)

161 Wing

Murphy Library Tour

UWL Virtual Tourhttp://www.uwlax.edu/map