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PROPOSAL FORM

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HALLMARKS

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TEACHER RESOURCES

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REQUIREMENTS

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About General Education Teacher Resources Focus Foundations Diversification Hawaiian or Second Language Faculty Committees & Boards Articulation & Transfer Assessment		Focus FAQs There are so many forms. Which one should I use?    “Regular” Focus form “COURSE” form “STAFF” form Use when: Instructor wants to offer his/her section with a Focus designation. (Form is for both new and renewal requests.) Department wants all sections of a course to be given a Focus designation every semester. Department wants unstaffed sections of a course to be given a Focus designation the following semester. Requirements: ·   Information about how the section will meet the Focus Hallmarks ·   Signatures of instructor and Department Chair ·   History of course being offered with the requested Focus by two or more instructors ·   Department commitment to making the requested Focus inherent in all sections ·   Course Coordinator who sends a list of instructors to the GEO each semester and ensures that all of these instructors teach the course in accordance with the Focus Hallmarks ·   Sample syllabi ·   History of course being offered with the requested Focus ·   Department commitment to assign instructors who will meet the Focus Hallmarks and complete a Focus form, if necessary ·   Representative syllabus, marked to show where and how the Hallmarks are being addressed To be completed by: Individual instructor Department Chair (or Course Coordinator) Department Chair If approved: Instructor’s sections of the course will be designated.* All sections of the course will be designated.** The requested sections will be designated for the following semester only. Approval Period: New requests are approved for 3 years.*** Renewal requests are approved for 5 years. All approvals end in the summer. All approvals are for one semester only.       * Instructor must be listed as the “instructor of record” in Banner/MyUH before registration begins.    ** Designations will only be added until the start of registration. Once registration begins, the department must notify the General Education Office before new sections are created and opened for registration.  *** Approvals for directed reading (399 and 499) sections are also for one semester only, due to the individualized nature of the course. TIP:  Fax applicable pages of the form and keep the original for your records. (Unlike the Scheduling Office, the General Education Office does not need original copies.) How are approved Focus designations added in Banner? The General Education Office (GEO) uses the course/instructor information in Banner to designate Focus sections. If the instructor of record in Banner has Focus approval, GEO will ask the Scheduling Office to designate that instructor’s section(s) of the course with the approved Focus area(s). This is why it is important for the departments to make sure the Scheduling Office is kept up-to-date.   Until when can Focus designations be ADDED? Focus designations can be added in Banner/MyUH until the day before registration begins. However, if an instructor does not have approval, his/her proposal must be received by the late (“for online publication only”) deadline in order for it to be reviewed, approved, and designated before registration begins.   What if a new section of an existing Focus course is added after registration has begun due to demand? If the new section is being taught by an approved instructor, the section can be designated, even if registration has already begun. However, GEO must be notified before the section is opened for registration. (Focus designations cannot be added or removed once students have started registering.) The section can be zeroed out, if needed. Once the section is designated, then it can be opened for registration.   What if a department wants to REMOVE a Focus designation, or an approved instructor doesn’t want his/her approved Focus section(s) to be designated? Requests to remove an approved Focus designation (or to not designate a section that is being taught by an approved instructor) must be submitted in writing to the General Education Office (gened@hawaii.edu, fax: 956-9170, Bilger 104) prior to the designation being publicized (i.e., prior to the Schedule of Classes printing deadline or, if online only, prior to the course appearing on Check Class Availability). Focus designations that are printed in the SOC or posted online at Check Class Availability cannot be removed.   What if there is an instructor change and the new instructor does not have Focus approval? If, after the Focus designation is publicized, an approved instructor is replaced by someone who does not have Focus approval, the new instructor must submit a Focus form to explain how he/she will teach the course in accordance with the Focus Hallmarks. The Focus designation will not be removed from the section.   What happens when an instructor is assigned to a STAFF-approved section? Once an instructor has been assigned to a “STAFF” section, the GEO should be notified. If the instructor already has active Focus approval for the course, nothing further needs to be done. If the instructor does not have Focus approval for the course, he/she will be required to complete and submit a “regular” Focus form to explain how the course will be taught in accordance with the Focus Hallmarks. Once approved, the instructor’s Focus designation for the course is “good” for three years.   Where can I get more information? ·         General Education homepage ·         Focus webpage includes Focus forms and semester lists of Focus classes ·         Focus approvals database has the status (active or expired) of departments' and instructors' Focus designations (Note: only updated at the end of each semester) ·         Check Class Availability has the most up-to-date Focus information ·         UHM Catalog has an overview of General Education requirements, including Focus   Created July 30, 2010
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