HISTORY
427 DICKSON HALL
(973) 655-5261

Adjunct Information Page

SEND YOUR OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS AND LETTERS OF REFERENCE TO:

Dr. Michael Whelan,
Chair
History Department
Montclair State University
Montclair NJ 07043

HISTORY DEPARTMENT OFFICE:
Dickson Hall room 427 – 973 655-5261

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HISTORY DEPARTMENT WEB SITE

READING AND ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES

PARKING INFORMATION

ACADEMIC CALENDARS

FACULTY HANDBOOK

GET A BLACKBOARD ACCOUNT

emergency information.

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GETTING STARTED

We need the following documents from you in order to get you into Montclair State's personnel system:

- Your resume

- Two letters of reference (including your last employer)

- A copy of your Social Security card

- Official transcripts for all major undergraduate and graduate schools you have attended

- An Adjunct Application and Qualification form that you can print HERE or get in the department office

- A federal W-4 form you can print HERE or get in the department office

- A State of NJ W-4 form you can print HERE or get in the department office

- An Employment Eligibility Verification (I-9) form that you can print HERE or get in the department office

- A Pension Questionnaire that you can print HERE or get in the department office

- An Education, Gender, and Ethnic Information form that you can print HERE or get in the department office

SUBMIT YOUR PAPER WORK IN A TIMELY MANNER

Please return to the History Department all the necessary paper work for your personnel file. Until all letters of reference, official transcripts, pension forms, etc., have been received, you won’t be put on the payroll.

Once your paper work is complete and your file has been forwarded to Human Resources, please arrange with Payroll (Human Resources, College Hall room 314, 973-655-7157) to pick up your check, have it mailed home, or have it automatically deposited.

The payroll schedule is located HERE.

BE CONNECTED TO MSU AND YOUR STUDENTS

As soon as your paper work is complete, and your file has been processed through Human Resources, you are required to get an MSU email account (https://netid.montclair.edu/). Please read your messages (http://webmail.montclair.edu/). (It’s easy to forward your MSU mail to another email provider if you wish.) The department and University will contact you during the semester only through your Montclair email address.

Students need to be able to reach you. MSU provides a number of ways to communicate with your students. We recommend that you get a Blackboard account and use that method to communicate with your entire class. You also have a mailbox in the department office for paper messages; you can use your MSU email account; you can use a personal email account. Please let your students know on your syllabus which method you prefer. As noted above, the department and University will contact you only through your MSU email account.

GET AN MSU I.D. CARD

Students, faculty and staff are required to have a Montclair State University photo identification card. Without an ID card, you can’t use the library or pick up your paycheck. Your first ID card if free, but there is a $10.00 charge for replacement cards.

Please visit the ID Card Office, located in the Student Center 1st Floor behind the computer lab. The ID-Card office hours are: Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri. 8:30 am - 4:30 pm, Thurs. 8:30 am - 7:00 pm (when classes are in session). Telephone: 973-655-4147. When applying for an ID-Card, you must have two forms of identification with you. Acceptable forms of identification include: Drivers License, Credit Card/Debit Card, Birth Certificate, Passport.

MEET YOUR CLASSES

Please arrive on time, in the right classroom, with the supplies you need and be prepared to teach. When you know you are going to miss class (even if you have arranged for your students to do something else during class time), please let the chair or department secretary know as soon as possible. More than three absences in a semester is unacceptable. Constant lateness is unacceptable.

Please do not arrange for anyone not employed by Montclair State (your child or spouse or friend, for example) to teach your class or proctor your exams. This is considered to be “subcontracting” and can result in your dismissal. (Believe it or not, each of these problems has come up in the past, and not just once. So, please don’t take offense that we mention what seems so obvious.)

CHECK YOUR CLASS LISTS

Paper copies of current class lists will be put in your department mailbox several times during the semester. You can also check your class enrollments on the MSU web for Faculty and Advisors (https://wfs.montclair.edu/afhomepg.htm). Please check these lists against the students enrolled in class, and ask students whose names don’t appear on the lists to check their registration status with the Registrar’s Office. If a student’s name doesn’t appear on the class list, it’s because the student isn’t registered for your class – and the student’s name won’t appear for a final grade. Allowing the student who isn’t registered to sit in your class causes serious problems later.

DON'T SUFFER IN SILENCE

Please ask how to do things and/or who to call – e.g., how to change a grade, how to change a classroom, how to add a student to your class, who to call about technology problems. History Department office - 973-655-5261.

IN THE AGE OF COMPUTERS, HANDWRITTEN NOTES DON’T WORK

Please don’t give students handwritten notes. Students have a tendency to believe that these notes solve their problems. If you have questions about university procedures, please ask. History Department office - 973-655-5261.

FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES FOR EXAMS, FINAL GRADES, MAKE-UPS

In general, most faculty give mid-term and final exams, and some written work is expected in every course. Students generally appreciate a review session for mid-terms and finals. (Please see the Department's Reading and Assignment Guidelines.)

It is required that you give your final exam only during the designated time (see the Final Exam schedule in the Schedule of Courses booklet or connect through the Registrar’s Office web page - http://www.montclair.edu/registrar/). Final grades are given through the computer, and you must meet the deadline established by the Registrar’s Office for submitting grades. (The Registrar’s Office will send the date and procedure to you via your MSU email account.)

The course instructor, not the department secretary, gives make-up exams. It is your responsibility to arrange a time for the make-up exam and supervise the student during the exam. You may use the department seminar room, but you need to reserve the room with the department secretary beforehand.