Instructor Guidelines educational psychology and leadership studies

1. A course outline should be forwarded to the Department office, preferably 2 or 3 weeks before the course is to begin. The outline provides the members of the Department and prospective students with information about your version of the course. Outlines from previous offerings of the course are available for your viewing.
   
2. Students should be informed early in the session (e.g., as part of the course outline) about your grading procedures. This information should include your basis for assigning grades (e.g., the components and their weightings), criteria to be met, and your basis for converting percentages (if used) to letter grades. The attached grading information represents current Department guidelines about grading. If you are not familiar with UVic's grading regulations, you should consult the current calendar. For example, regulations prohibit the use of self-grading. Please note that regardless of the techniques chosen by a department, tests counting for more than 15 per cent of the final grade shall not be administered, in any regular thirteen week term, during the last two weeks of classes or in the interval between the last day of classes and the first day of examinations, or, in any Summer Studies course, during the three class days preceding the last day of the course. Neither the Department nor the instructor, even with the apparent consent of the class, has the right to set aside these regulations.
   
3. To ensure meaningful assignment of grades, Department members have agreed to the descriptors for letter grades provided on the reverse of this page. To prevent what is seen as “grade inflation” grades in the A range should be used only when the academic quality is considered to be exceptional or outstanding.
   
4. Typing and photocopying services are available through our Department office. To permit staff time to complete these duties, please allow 2 days for typing and 2 days for photocopying.
   
5. A limited budget has been assigned for photocopying and printing: 50 pages per student per 1.5 course. Should your copying needs surpass this limit, our Departmental staff have some creative alternatives for providing students with access to materials (e.g., leaving reprints in the Curriculum Lab). Please see your respective secretary for your designated photocopier three-digit “code” which will allow you access to the departmental photocopier.
   
6. Should you depart from the assigned meeting times for your class, please leave information in our Department office regarding the changes.
   
7. All instructors are required to submit information about their teaching effectiveness. Evaluation packages will be prepared by the Department staff for the last week of class.
   
8. Regarding the return of course assignments, it is department policy that no assignments are to be left in the department office for pick-up. If you are unable to return assignments during class time or office hours, it is suggested that you request that your students supply self-addressed return envelopes with their final assignment.

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