Breaking News:

1. The Department of Education, the HLC, and the purveyors of Financial Aid need to know…. Breaking News:

2. Yoohoo, Students, Where are you? • Regular attendance and active participation in learning are requirements for all students receiving financial aid. • Active attendance monitoring and reporting are requirements for all faculty.

3. Faculty Responsibility Each instructor must: • Clearly state all attendance policies and consequences for non-attendance in the syllabus… • Consistently monitor student attendance based on the official roster available in your MyPima Dashboard. Be prepared to give the last date of a student’s attendance whenever requested.

4. Faculty Responsibility Each instructor must: • Complete regular attendance and participation reporting through MyPima to certify which students are present and active. Active is defined by completing work and making academic progress in your course—not just sitting in class or logging in to an online component.. • You will be notified when the reporting needs to be completed. Please check email daily.

5. Faculty Responsibility Reporting timelines: Subject to Change! • Tenth Day reporting certifies to the Department of Education that students have been present and active when they first receive their funding. • 45th Day reporting certifies to the State they are actively participating in class activities. This census determines the amount that the State will contribute to the College. • Final Grade reporting requires that last date of attendance be submitted on the grade roster for each “F” or “W” recorded. • Note: The last date of attendance MUST be documented any time a W (withdrawal), non-present, or F is given as a final grade.

6. Grade Implications: • “F” is an “earned grade” and indicates that a student has completed work and assignments, but has not mastered the material. • “W” is a withdrawal that indicates that a student simply stopped attending or actively participating in the class. The W grade may be initiated by the student or by the instructor. It does not have any impact on a GPA at Pima, but it might have an impact on certain types of financial aidand at re • An I (incomplete) may only be given if the student has completed 75% of the required course assignments and tests with a grade of C or better. They are given sparingly.

7. Faculty Responsibility What if? ....A student who is attending class is not on the official roster? • Solution: Send the student directly to advising to determine why. If it is an issue of non-payment, please have the student show proof of payment or of payment plan before coming back to your class. … A student who has stopped attending class (or missed enough to make successful completion difficult), pleads with you to let him or her back into the class with promises of total hard work and pledges faithful compliance with all of your deadlines and assignments? • Solution: If the student really has little chance of being successful, it may not be a kindness to allow him or her to rejoin the class. If you are in doubt, or want another opinion, do not hesitate to call on your department chair or dean to help with the decision. Let the student know that you will have to consult with the chair or dean. You do not have to give an answer on the spot.

8. We will do this together! Remember: • We are a team. If there are questions or concerns about operations, student issues or any area, please contact the FRC, your Division Office, your Department Chair or your Dean. You do not have to handle things alone!

9. Did you know? • As an adjunct faculty member, you are eligible to take up to six credits a semester at PCC for $10…. Yoga anyone? • Your dean and staff and your department chair are here to help you. Whether it is an operational question or a serious student issue or concern, you do not have to handle it alone. • How much we appreciate everything you do to make our students successful? • May your students be bright, enthusiastic and happy to be here…..Have a great semester!