Part Time Faculty Comments
Faculty and Staff Survey, Spring, 2002
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (FOUNDATION AND GRANTS)
1. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
2. Policies and information
about grants and the Foundation are effectively communicated.
3. I am aware that the
Foundation supports special faculty and staff projects.
4. I am aware that I can designate my Campus
Fund Drive contribution to any option listed on the giving sheet.
5. I am aware that the Ambassadors are available
to assist faculty & staff on special projects/events.
INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT (INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS)
6. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
7. Requests for services or
information are handled within a reasonable time.
8 Assistance provided to
departments in planning for institutional effectiveness is satisfactory.
9. The process and procedures for planning and
institutional effectiveness are effectively communicated.
10. I have sufficient opportunities to be involved in planning in
my department.
PUBLIC INFORMATION
11. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
12. Requests for public
information services are handled in a reasonable time.
13. I feel CFCC’s programs
and services are effectively promoted to the public.
x1. If funds are available,
I feel the low enrollment programs should be advertised more often.
14. College publications are
accurate and appealing.
COPY CENTER
15. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
q2, 15 and 16.
I just have to say that the job the people do in the copy center is
phenomenal. They get my work to me
usually one day or two sooner than I request.
Also, I have a special request every time. I have a student with dyslexia.
His copies are printed on blue paper because hue calms the eyes
down. They always have my work
perfect! A big thank you from me!
16. Copy center requests are
processed in a reasonable time.
17. Copies are performed
correctly.
PRINT SHOP
18. Staff is courteous and helpful.
19. Printing requests are processed in a
reasonable time.
BUSINESS OFFICE
20. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
21. Quality of services
provided by the cashier’s window is satisfactory.
22. The business office
provides adequate and timely budget reports to departments.
x1. The Departmental budget report (Cost center)
should be given to the departments a little earlier in the month. Also, I have access to get the General
ledger account inquiry. My department
chair requests this information each month.
However, right now I send it to the Registrar’s office for
printing. I then have to call Durene
because it is sitting in the spool. She
then prints it for me and I have to walk over to Computer Services to pick the
printouts up. If this is a valuable
tool in keeping up with the budget, why can’t the business office provide these
printouts?
23. Final budget allocations
are relayed to department-level personnel.
24. Budget transfers are
clear and made known to the programs involved.
25. Payroll services are
adequate to meet my needs.
z2. Would like to have
direct deposit for part-time faculty.
26. Services for parking are
satisfactory for my needs.
s2. I teach early in the morning and at
night. Parking in the auxiliary lot is
awful! Students use the parking lot
which leaves the instructors out of a parking area. Parking services for part-time faculty is horrible.
t2. Parking (aux) for part-time faculty is
inadequate to the point of making the purchase of a hang tag pretty much
useless. (I’m sure you realize this.)
u2. The parking issues for part-time instructors
and staff has not changed. Parking is
still inadequate for the number of personnel.
v2. No!! absolutely not! I am a part-time instructor, and I feel that I am not being
treated with the utmost professionalism that should exist. Why is there not a parking space for
me? I teach English; I work hard for my
department and I give the same quality instruction to my students that my
full-time counterparts give, and yet I have to beat the pavement from 5th
street and Walnut because there isn’t a space for me in the pathetic, rinky-dink
part-time parking lot you have allotted us.
This is a miserable, inexcusable, humiliating situation. I am made to feel less important simply
because I am part-time. Now isn’t there
something wrong with that? Tell me!
Please do something about this situation. Support the part-timers! We matter!! Please keep me informed but I will be surprised if you do
anything about this.
z2. Still have to compete with parking violators
in a lot that is much too small. Tow
them away!
27. My travel requests are
processed within a reasonable time.
PURCHASING/RECEIVING, INVENTORY, MAILROOM
28. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
29. My purchase requisitions
are processed within a reasonable time.
30. Purchasing policies and
procedures are communicated and easy to follow.
31. Inventory procedures are
effectively communicated and easy to follow.
32. Mailroom services are
satisfactory.
COMPUTER SERVICES
33. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
34. HELP desk calls/requests
for services are handled within a reasonable time.
35. Technical support
provided by computer services is adequate for my needs.
36. Training for the use of
computers and software meets my needs.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
37. Information technology
available at CFCC is adequate to meet the needs of the college.
38. Replacement of college
computers and software is consistent with current technology.
s2. 38-40.
My students always complain about the computers in S308. The computers are not up to date and the
software needs to be improved.
39. Computer equipment in my
work area is adequate for my needs.
40. Computer software in my
work area is up-to-date and adequate for my needs.
BOOKSTORE
41. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
42. Required texts and
materials are available for students and classroom use in a reasonable time.
x2. Students have been complaining the books we
ordered are not in when classes start.
We need a form for ordering books that we don’t have to copy three
times. Every time I ask for textbook
adoption forms, I’m told we can copy them.
The forms are too expensive to print.
Someone can come up with an idea better than that.
43. The hours of operation
are satisfactory.
FOOD SERVICES
44. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
45. The quality and variety
of food selections are satisfactory.
46. Hours of operation are
satisfactory.
47. Maintenance and
cleanliness of the food services area are satisfactory.
HOUSEKEEPING SERVICES
48. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
49. Variety and types of
housekeeping services provided are adequate.
z2. Boards are not cleaned
in classrooms.
50. Buildings and classrooms
are clean and well kept.
51. Bathrooms are clean and
stocked adequately.
52. Overall, housekeeping
services are satisfactory.
FACILITIES MAINTENANCE
53. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
54. Staff responds to
requests for services within a 5-day timeframe.
55. Procedures for
requesting services are effectively communicated.
56. The buildings and
grounds are maintained in good functional order.
57. The general appearance
of the college landscape is attractive and neat.
58. Maintenance and upkeep
of college facilities are satisfactory.
SAFETY AND SECURITY
59. Emergency and evacuation
procedures are adequate.
z2. Tell that to people in
wheelchairs when we have a fire in McLeod.
60. CFCC has a safety plan
that is updated periodically and distributed to employees.
61. I know where to go for
first aid services.
z2. What first aid
services?
62. Prompt action is taken
when a security or safety problem arises.
z2. Right.
How many phones will be stolen from the 6th floor before something is
done? The current policy of unlocking
all office doors before cleaning begins needs to be changed. Hope we have lots of extra phones for 6th
floor McLeod.
63. Campus security is
satisfactory.
64. Lighting in parking
areas is adequate.
s2. Lighting
in the auxiliary lot is not satisfactory.
It is scary to walk out at 8:30 every night to a dark lot.
PERSONNEL OFFICE
65. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
66. Staff is knowledgeable
about policies and procedures and administers them accordingly..
67. Personnel policies and
procedures are effectively communicated.
68. Benefit information is
provided and explained in a manner that is easily understood.
69. Personnel Office staff
provides valuable services to the college.
INSTRUCTION
70. Instructional support
staff is courteous and helpful.
71. Instructional polices
and procedures are effectively communicated.
72. Faculty is courteous,
helpful and respond to requests within a reasonable time.
73. Instructional
administrators are courteous, helpful and respond to requests within a
reasonable time.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
74. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
75. I have taken a continuing education course
in the past year.
76. Continuing education programs and services
are effectively communicated to faculty and staff.
77. I have recommended a continuing education
course to family or friends in the past year.
78. Continuing education courses may serve as
a bridge to curriculum coursework.
LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER
(LIBRARY AND MEDIA CENTER)
79. Staff is courteous and
helpful.
80. Variety and types of
services are adequate.
81. LRC resources are
up-to-date and readily available.
82. Procedures to access
services are communicated and easy to follow.
83. LRC resources meet the
needs of instruction.
84. Training and assistance
in accessing LRC resources are adequate.
85. The hours of operation
are satisfactory.
86. The workspaces and
environment are conducive to study.
87. The media center
responds to requests within a reasonable time.
88. Audiovisual equipment is
current and maintained in good working order.
89. Media center services
(audio, video and graphic production, teleconferencing) meet my needs.
90.
I am aware
of my role in developing the collection of books, serials and
audiovisual/electronic resources.
LEARNING LAB
91. The hours of operation are satisfactory.
92. Adequate staff is available to respond to
the needs of students, staff, and faculty.
93. Staff is knowledgeable and competent in
helping students, faculty and staff.
94. Computers are available when needed.
95. Software needed to supplement instruction
is available.
STUDENT DEVELOPMENT
97. Staff is courteous and
helpful with students, faculty and staff.
98. Policies and procedures
accommodate students, faculty, and staff.
99. Student access to
counselors is adequate.
100. The admissions process
is effective in placing students in appropriate programs.
101. Orientation activities
for new students are effective.
102. Student access to
career and job center services is adequate.
103. The registration
process is satisfactory.
s2. The registration process gives zero control
to the instructor. If I want to add a
student to my class roster, I should have the authority to do so.
w2. I questioned my students strongly disagree.
104. The TRAC (telephone registration) is
satisfactory.
105. Services of the
registrar’s office are adequate to meet my needs.
106. Recruiting activities
and materials effectively portray the college.
107. Enrollment management
services are adequate to meet my needs.
108. Student activities are
effective in promoting student interests.
109. Student Government
Association (SGA) is effective in promoting student interests.
110. Student athletics are
effective in promoting student interests.
111. Financial aid
assistance and information are readily available to students.
112. Switchboard services
are satisfactory.
OTHER COMMENTS:
p2. What has happened to the much vaunted new
elevator to 6th floor. It is impossible
for severely handicapped students to reach 5th & 6th floors when the only
elevator is out of order.
In the past months telephones and part-time faculty equipment
has been stolen from S602. Is there any
way to prevent access to these desks in the evenings –a security door?
Parking for part-time faculty is inadequate – particularly
mid-mornings and towards noon. This
should be addressed.
r2. I am too new as part-time faculty to be
knowledgeable in most of the information, therefore I feel unable to be
informative. Perhaps my evaluation
should not be counted.
y2. I would strongly suggest either giving more
attention to technology in this survey or creating a survey which deals
exclusively with technology. It should
cover current uses, future needs, faculty interests in learning new skills,
interests in new technologies, etc.
This survey might also address faculty opinions about pay
incentives, workloads, and inadequate parking.