Choose from the links below to explore our online manual for part-time and adjunct instructors.

Getting Started

• (quick info on contracts, paychecks, computer passwords, parking passes, etc.)
Policies
• Basic Teaching Expectations
  • Statement of good teaching practices
• Personnel policies
  • Summary
  • Complete (Miami University Policies and Information Manual — MUPIM)
  • Academic Personnel Web site has FAQ, forms, and policy information, many of them of particular relevance to new employees
• Other policies
  FERPA - Federal privacy regulations require you to handle certain information about students' academic performance confidentially.
Contacts
• Office of the campus dean
  • Campus organization chart
• Coordinators and Chairs
• Directory

Services and Support
• Part-Time Faculty Oasis
• Guidelines for use
• Faculty support services
• Hours and Staff
• Services Offered
• Audio-visual equipment
  • Contacts
• Bookstore
  • Staff, hours, information on ordering textbooks
• Business services
  
  • Basic information on purchases, travel, ID cards, parking, mail center, security service, food service
• Campus computing
  • Who to call about what
  • Computer center hours (located on lower level of Gardner-Harvey Library building)
  • Services
  • Basic computer skills for students
  • Educational Technology Center
• Library
  • Services, Staff, Hours
  • Gardner-Harvey Library main page
  • Catalog
• Records and registration
  • General information
  • Bannerweb: checking rosters, submitting grades, etc.
• Student Services
  • Basic information on advising, counseling, disability services
• Student Success and Co-Curricular Activities
  • Basic information on bringing speakers to classes, arranging field trips, etc.
  • Program request form
• Travel and professional development
  • General information
  • A small-grant program aimed specifically at part-time faculty (view pdf file or view word file)

Emergency procedures
• Introduction
• Emergency Telephone Numbers
• Utility failure
• Criminal activity
• Medical emergency
• Chemical spill - no immediate danger
• Chemical spill - immediate danger
• Gas odor
• Tornado
• Earthquake
• Bomb threats
• Fire
• Evacuation of people with disabilities
• Evacuation of early childhood center