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Contact each new student to welcome
them to the course
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Contact each new mentor to introduce
yourself and provide any additional
information about course
requirements/expectations
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Contact individual students who are
inactive for a period of 3 or more
days
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Contact the mentor if a student is
inactive for a period of 5 days or
more
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Closely monitor student progress
relative to their individual course
schedule
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Monitor end dates to ensure students
are staying on track in the course,
and proactively contact the student
and mentor if concerns arise or if
an extension is recommended
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Provide motivating, timely, and
constructive feedback for student
assignments
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Provide motivating comments and
constructive feedback for each
assessment item
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Evaluate all subjective assessments
(homework assignments as well as
subjective exam components) and
assign an appropriate grade to each
within three days of student
submission
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Ensure that final grades are issued
in a timely manner when a student
completes a course, within 5 days of
when the student's last assignment
was submitted or when their end date
has
passed
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Communicate effectively with
students and mentors at different
technology skill levels to support
instruction and advance educational
goals
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Hold regularly scheduled office
hours each week (minimum 1 hour
session each week) via Elluminate
and ensure that students unable to
attend these sessions have access to
recorded
meetings
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Provide useful information to
students to support success in each
course by updating the course
home/syllabus area in each course
section at a minimum to ensure that
it includes a complete syllabus, an
explanation of course policies,
grading policies, staff information,
contact information, and other
appropriate information needed as
students take the course
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Respond to student and mentor
inquiries, questions and requests
for help within one day of receipt,
regardless of the medium (email,
phone call, etc.)
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Manage and communicate effectively
via the telephone, email, and the
Message Center
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Manage and communicate effectively
via the discussion board
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Work with other staff and faculty in
a cooperative, professional
atmosphere
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Effectively review courses on an
as-needed basis to ensure accurate
and current content/assessments
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Collaborate with staff, teachers
and/or course writers on an
as-needed basis in order to enhance
the curriculum
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Actively monitor and participate in
the Online Instruction Community
forum/discussion group
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Participate in faculty meetings,
hardware, software and/or
educational training sessions as
scheduled
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Keep accurate, organized records
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Attend summer institutes sponsored
by The College Board (AP teachers
only).