https://canvas.fscj.edu/

Our college exclusively uses the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) to manage our courses. While you may choose to only use this site as a gradebook and repository for documents used in your face-to-face classes, all online classes are facilitated using Canvas LMS. You may also access master course shells for the courses you teach from the Canvas Commons.

We also encourage all new faculty and adjuncts to complete PD 1739 Canvas Essentials, which offers information on using the Canvas LMS.

https://www.fscj.edu/docs/default-source/hr/faculty-instructor-resources/collective-bargaining-agreement.pdf?sfvrsn=1bc29943_16

The Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) at Florida State College at Jacksonville (FSCJ) serves as a crucial framework that outlines the rights, responsibilities, and working conditions of our faculty members. It represents the agreement between the college administration and the faculty union, ensuring that both parties have a clear understanding of their obligations and benefits.

The purpose of the CBA is to:

1. Protect Faculty Rights: The CBA safeguards faculty members' rights, including fair wages, job security, and equitable treatment, ensuring that their contributions to the college are valued and respected.
2. Promote Fair Working Conditions: It sets forth clear guidelines on workload, class sizes, office hours, and other working conditions, aiming to create a supportive environment that enables faculty to perform their best.
3. Enhance Educational Quality: By establishing fair and consistent standards, the CBA supports a stable and motivated faculty, which directly contributes to the quality of education and student success at FSCJ.

Overall, the CBA is designed to maintain a positive and productive working relationship between faculty and administration, ensuring that our educational community can thrive and continue to provide excellent learning opportunities for our students.

Negotiations are public meetings, and you are welcome to join all contract negotiations meetings. Look out for emails from our union leadership with call-in information to join remotely, or stop by the in-person meeting if you’re in the area.

Finally, full-time faculty may choose to participate in the New Faculty Institute, which connects the faculty with a more experienced full-time faculty mentor and helps our new faculty become familiar with the culture of the college and the college resources to help them and their students be more successful. Please contact Dr. Dianne McAuliffe (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), if you think this would be helpful.

https://facultyexchange.fscj.edu/

The Faculty Exchange website is a dynamic hub designed specifically for FSCJ faculty. With this one-stop site, you can find innovative teaching strategies, access valuable resources, brush up on our policies and procedures, and much more! This website also lists the FSCJ Online developed courses and best practices for online instruction.

https://bridge.fscj.edu/learner/courses

The Academy for Teaching and Learning has an online, asynchronous workshop for newly hired faculty and adjuncts to assist them in understanding some of the processes they must complete when teaching at FSCJ: PD 1831 First Days of Class. This is not intended as comprehensive training for every process but attempts to cover the following outcomes:

• Faculty will complete their Calendar of Workdays, their Faculty Scheduling Document
• Adjuncts and Faculty teaching overload/extra load will view their Instructor Pay Agreement
• Participants will develop course syllabi that include all of the components required by the College’s APM.
• Participants will submit their syllabi to their department.
• Participants will complete their textbook adoptions.
• Participants will identify methods for meeting students' accommodations as outlined in an accommodations memo.
• Participants will access their Canvas dashboard and publish their Canvas courses.
• Participants will identify the steps for completing the never-attended process and for posting final grades in MyFSCJ.
• Participants will identify the contact information for an advisor, a Student Support Coordinator, the Assessment Center, Security, and Facilities on their campus.
• Participants will access the Academy for Teaching and Learning website and identify at least three additional resources or professional development workshops they plan to complete in their first six months at the college.

Please contact the Academy for Teaching and Learning if you have any questions: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

https://training.fscj.edu/resources/frc

Faculty can always contact one of our Faculty Development Specialists for additional support with training on using Canvas and classroom equipment.

https://it.fscj.edu/

The Information Technology department at Florida State College at Jacksonville strives to be a service-based, innovative, evolving, and creative team. These ideals are expressed professionally and consistently through transparent communication and client-centered excellence in support of teaching and learning. This department site is focused on providing easy access to the assistance, resources, and information you need.

To learn how and where to refer students in support of classroom concerns, non-classroom concerns, career concerns, or other, please review the following guide:

• BRIDGES Intervention Pathway