College Now Office Role
The College Now Program at Monroe Community College provides college credit opportunities
to local area high school students. The College Now office facilitates communication
between the high schools and the college to create partnerships for a common purpose
of preparing students for success beyond high school.
Specifically, for each term, the College Now office will:
- Communicate the scholarship, registration, tuition payment, and drop/add/withdrawal
schedules and deadlines to high school district administrators, high school primary
contacts, high school teachers, and MCC Liaisons;
- Share basic course information and the teacher/liaison pairings with high school teachers
and Liaisons;
- Orient Liaisons to their role and expectations;
- Send promotional materials and registration processes to high school teachers and
other high school contacts;
- Send deadlines and reminders to high school students/parents, teachers and Liaisons;
- Finalize registration of College Now students;
- Share rosters with high school teachers and Liaisons.
High School Primary Contact Role
The primary contact-person at the high school works directly with the College Now
office. Their primary role is to gather and share information in a timely manner
with their school community. The role and expectations of College Now primary contacts
are as follows:
- Plan each year’s College Now course projections and schedule in coordination with
the College Now office;
- Submit teacher qualifications for certification
- Verify course prerequisites and upload student transcripts
- Verify student eligibility for scholarships
- Communicate College Now deadlines and information with guidance counselors, high school
instructors, students and parents
- Promote College Now classes offered at the high school to students and parents
- Help the College Now office communicate with teachers
High School Instructor Role
College Now high school teachers are certified to teach by MCC faculty. They must
meet department criteria and be certified in order to teach an MCC credit course.
Specific criteria are listed in this handbook. The role and expectations of College
Now high school teachers are as follows:
- Disseminate College Now information to all students in the class;
- Maintain the philosophical, pedagogical, and theoretical orientation of the MCC course
in their classroom;
- Provide a Course Information Sheet to all students registered for MCC credit.
- Remind students and parents of registration and payment deadlines and MCC course prerequisite
requirements;
- Verify roster accuracy, and inform MCC faculty liaison of students to be withdrawn
or removed from the roster;
- Follow the MCC grading system for grades submitted to the faculty liaison.
- Attend orientation and professional development delivered by the Liaison;
- Facilitate a site visit at the high school for the MCC faculty liaison;
- Encourage students to complete the MCC College Now course evaluation;
- Maintain an MCC record of grades and attendance;
- Submit final grades to MCC faculty liaison by the deadline;
- Complete an assessment of the College Now program each year.
Teachers should contact the College Now office if they experience difficulty communicating
with their faculty liaison.
MCC Faculty Liaison Role
An MCC faculty member, or liaison, is assigned to every high school College Now course
and works closely with the certified high school teacher. The faculty liaison is responsible
for all supervisory aspects of the course. This includes such activities as orientation
of the high school teacher, review of all instructional materials, course outline
and examinations, observation of classroom teaching, review of student performance
in cooperation with the high school teacher and coordination with college administrative
offices.
The expectations of Liaisons are as follows:
- Orient teachers;
- Review instructional materials, course information sheets, and assessments with teachers;
- Assist high school teachers in the student registration process;
- Observe the high school teacher using the observation rubric used within the department;
- Perform periodic student progress checks; process withdrawals as needed;
- Certify attendance and grades, and submit student grades in Banner;
- Maintain contact with the College Now office (e.g. submit dates of orientation, professional
development, and copies of observation forms to the College Now office).
