Showing posts with label FERPA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label FERPA. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Fall 2013 Updates from the Registrars

Update provided by Ernest Cartledge on 8/26/13

If you have questions for your Campus Director of Enrollment Services and Assistant Registrar, please contact by email:

·        Takoma Park/Silver Spring- Marjorie.Davis@montgomerycollege.edu
·        Germantown- Sandra.Clark@montgomerycollege.edu
·        Rockville- Eunice.Akitobi@montgomerycollege.edu

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Fall 2013 Registration:

·         All students are required to register online.
·         It’s essential that all necessary overrides are entered into Banner (PERMIT workflow) to allow students to register without barriers. Please follow departmental guidelines.
·         Students who may register in person: Early Placement, Underage, Student Athletes
·         Increase in credit hours should be noted in SPACMNT (a paper form should not be filled out).
·         Admissions and Records will not accept overrides on the add/drop form until the first day a class meets.
·         Waitlists will be cleared at 11 p.m. the day of the first class meeting.  If you want a copy of the waitlist, be sure to print a copy of it before 11 p.m. 

You can find additional updates and changes on our Resources for Faculty and Staff web page: 

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Check your class rosters
·        Once a course begins, students are required to seek written faculty permission to register
·        Students are dropped for non-payment AFTER classes begin: August 29, September 5, and 12 at 6 a.m.
·        To avoid unregistered students in your class, print a new roster after 8 a.m. on each one of these dates
·        Check for students who are registered as “Audit”. If student wants to register as “Credit”, he or she must do so immediately (Schedule Change form attached).

If you are adding students to your class after 20% of class meetings, registration will require  additional signed permission from the Academic Dean.
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Submitting Grades and Verifying Attendance

All original grade entries must be submitted through My MC. 

·        LDA reporting is required for all U and F grades.  Last Date of Attendance (LDA) reporting is a required measure to ensure the College’s compliance with Federal Title IV funding (financial aid) regulations.   LDA should not be entered prior to reporting final grades, should not be used in the midterm grade field, and should not be reported for any grade other than U or F. All of these uses lead to difficulty submitting final grades.
·        NA should be used to report students who never attended your course.  Use of the NA placeholder is limited to the midterm grade roster  and should be used prior to 20% of class meetings to meet the Federal guidelines.  You will notice that once you report an NA for a student who has never attended your course, the student will be dropped from your class roster within 2-3 business days.  If you miss the 20% deadline, you will have to drop the student with a “W” (form attached). If you do not drop the student or the student doesn’t drop themselves, you should give the student an “F” at the end of the semester. Do not use “NA” as a final grade.

·        Midterm Grades due October 18, 2013

·        If you need to submit a grade change, we recommend sending an e-mail from your MC e-mail address to the appropriate campus for processing.  The e-mails should contain the CRN, subject code, course number, semester, student name, M-number, old grade and new grade: 
o   Takoma Park/Silver Spring:  TPSSGrades@montgomerycollege.edu

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 Use of “I” Grade

It is imperative that “I” grades are not used as place holders for students who do not attend or have stopped attending class. You may access the “I” form at top of Final Grade Roster on MyMC (form also attached).

9.411     "Incomplete" Grade

A.    Normally, the use of an "I" grade is limited to bona fide emergency situations that occur at the end of a semester and that prevent students from completing all course requirements in a timely fashion to meet the final grade submission requirements of the Office of Admissions and Records.

B.    Given the emergency nature of the situation, either the instructor or the student in consultation with the instructor may initiate the request for an "I" grade. It is the responsibility of the instructor to specify the exact work to be completed to meet course requirements. The instructor and the student should hold a reasonable expectation that course requirements can be completed in accordance with C below.

C.    When the grade of "I" is recorded, the course work must be completed within the four weeks following the beginning of the next full semester unless the instructor notifies the Office of Admissions and Records that an extension has been granted by filing the appropriate form.

D.    The instructor may extend the completion date of any course by filing the appropriate form with the Office of Admissions and Records specifying the new date of completion. This date cannot be extended beyond the end of the next full semester following the award of the "I" grade

E.    The Office of Admissions and Records will record the grade as assigned by the instructor. If no grade is received by the specified date in either C or D above, a grade of "F" will be recorded.

F.  In accordance with AR 9.463, the grade of "I" will not be included in the cumulative quality point average. Quality point averages will be computed for all students without regard to (an) "I" grade(s).


Student Privacy [FERPA] Resources

Have you completed the FERPA training? If not, please log in to MyMC today and complete the FERPA video and quiz. The FERPA training is accessible under the Employees tab (see Online training for Student Record Privacy).

·        FERPA Policy: 2013-14 Academic Catalog p. 59, “Student Cumulative Records”
·        Questions?  E-mail FERPA@montgomerycollege.edu



Ernest Cartledge
Assistant Director of Enrollment Services and College Registrar
Ph: 240-567-7991

Fax: 240-567-5104