Adjunct Expectations
Adjunct instructors are expected to adhere to our DCE contractual obligations to ensure the institutional standards are met and the quality of instruction is upheld. Please see the following points regarding what is expected of adjuncts instructors who teach at MCC:
We recognize that you are here because you have a strong commitment to education; and our students are here because they want an affordable education that will help them improve their lives.
- Keeping that in mind, please understand, and make clear to your students that classes must start on time and end at the assigned time, with meaningful work in between. Whether your class runs from 7:30am to 8:20am or from 6pm to 8:45pm, that entire class period should be filled with opportunities for intellectual growth and exploration. Both our students and our accrediting agency, NEASC, expect this. Please inform your Dean if you will not meet with your class for any portion of this time.
- In addition, there are other valuable make up alternatives in our DCE contract for faculty who have canceled classes. Our DCE contract provides the following methods to you for making up class time with the prior approval of the College:
1. schedule a meeting of the class on another day that is mutually agreeable to the
unit member, the students and the College;
2. begin earlier and/or end class later for as many sessions required to compensate
for the time missed;
3. assign a paper, project, or a self-directed learning experience which will require
the time span equivalent to one class period;
4. by another method proposed by the unit member and approved by the appropriate dean.
Faculty absences for day classes call:
Bedford Campus 781-280-3922
Lowell, City 978-656-3156
Lowell, Federal 978-656-3156
Lowell, Talbot 978-656-3095 or 3054
Lowell, Derby 978-656-3280
Evening/Weekend Classes
Bedford Campus: 781-280-3605
Lowell Campus: 978-656-3221
If you have a student who is having academic difficulty, please remember to use the Progress Report system which can be found in Navigate . The success of the Progress Report system depends upon the efforts of instructors, academic counselors and service departments working as a team to identify students who are at-risk for dropping out or stopping out of college and connecting them with the services that can help them to persist successfully until they have reached their goals. You can find the “Issue an Alert” link on the right hand side of Navigate.
The end of the semester is often filled with anxiety for students. If they are taking 5 courses, they have 5 final assessments to prepare for. Please respect the time the college has provided for their preparation. For day students, the final exam period begins following the last week of classes. For evening students, final exams are given during the last scheduled class. Please be sure to follow this schedule so that students can plan their work appropriately and have enough time to prepare, without unplanned conflicts. (The final schedule can be found online or at the back of the Advising Schedule.)
Best wishes for a successful semester!
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DCE Contract Workload 13.04
Classes shall be held as scheduled, including during finals week. In the event classes are cancelled due to inclement weather, other emergency, or recognized college holiday or whenever a regularly scheduled class is not held for whatever reason, the unit member will be responsible for completing the obligations of the employment contract and subject matter content in one of the following ways with the prior approval of the College:
1. schedule a meeting of the class on another day that is mutually agreeable to the unit ember, the students and the College;
2. begin earlier and/or end class later for as many sessions required to compensate for the time missed;
3. assign a paper, project, or a self-directed learning experience which will require a time span equivalent to one clmass period;
4. by another method proposed by the unit member and approved by the appropriate dean.
Any class not held due to the absence of the unit member or dismissed early is generally unacceptable.