3.30 – College Closings A. Purpose To establish guidelines for employees during college closings. B. Policy The college will establish guidance on system wide and/or location closing for different situations, and the treatment of employees’ time for payroll. In the event of a closure, the chancellor may cancel classes and close a campus or center…
3.03 – Sexual Harassment and Discrimination Prevention Training A. Purpose To promote a work and educational environment free from sexual harassment and discrimination. B. Policy The college will provide a sexual harassment and discrimination prevention training program that new and current employees are required to complete. C. Procedures New employees will be given two weeks…
3.68 – Bereavement Leave A. Purpose To establish standards for full-time employees to take bereavement leave. B. Policy The college provides bereavement leave for full-time employees. C. Procedures Full-time employees who request time off due to the death of an immediate family member should notify their supervisor immediately. Each full-time employee has up to five…
3.70 Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA) A. Purpose To establish the parameters for employees taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). B. Policy The FMLA allows eligible employees to take job-protected leave for up to a total of 12 workweeks within a rolling 12-month period for the following reasons: The birth…
1.11 – Internal Audit A. Purpose To serve as the Internal Audit Charter for the college, which describes the purpose, authority, responsibilities, independence and objectivity requirements, continuing professional education requirements, and quality assurance and improvement program requirements of the college’s internal audit function. B. Policy The internal audit function will adhere to the mandatory elements…
2.73 – Full-time Faculty Workload and Expectations A. Purpose Establish the college’s workload and job duty expectations for full-time faculty members. B. Policy The college maintains workload standards and expectations for full-time faculty members. C. Procedures Teaching Workload All full-time faculty are classified as exempt employees. Designated academic affairs personnel will assign all teaching duties…
2.72 – Requirements for the Associate of Individualized Technical Studies Degree A. Purpose Establish guidelines for the obtainment of an Associate of Individualized Technical Studies (A.I.T.S.) degree. B. Policy The Associate of Individualized Technical Studies degree is open to any student whose educational goals cannot be accomplished through enrollment in one of OTC’s existing degree…
2.71 – Requirements for the Associate of Interdepartmental Studies Degree A. Purpose Establish guidelines for the obtainment of an Associate of Interdepartmental Studies (A.I.S.) degree. B. Policy The Associate of Interdepartmental Studies degree is designed to provide a foundation of knowledge for students and to allow students to create a course of study that complements…
2.70 – Grading System A. Purpose To establish guidelines for grading of credit courses. B. Policy Official grades will be issued for each student at the end of each semester for each credit course in which the student is enrolled. C. Procedures Students enrolled in credit courses will be graded by the letter grade system…
2.14 – Academic Honors A. Purpose To express its commitment to academic excellence, the college recognizes academic scholarship by its students in several ways. B. Policy In order to recognize students who have excelled in their academic performance, the college will establish appropriate procedures for selecting and recognizing students who exemplify the tradition of outstanding…