Psychological foundations (PsyF) and quantitative methods in
education (QME) information
Main office location: 250 Education Sciences Building
Coordinator: Mark Davison
Department chair: John Romano
Director of graduate studies:
Jennifer McComas
Staff
The support staff is here to make sure that the area
functions smoothly and that department, faculty, and student needs
are met. Staff offices are located in 206 Burton.
Staff members are:
Onos Ogbon, Ed Psych executive office and administrative
specialist, 206 Burton,
624-6083. Onos provides reception and administrative support to
the department. Onos will be
able to help you obtain permission numbers for course entry, process
grade reports and grade changes, etc. She will also be able to help
you obtain faculty office hours, schedule conference rooms (240 &
329), and send materials out for copying.
Sharon Sawyer, executive office and administrative
specialist, 206 Burton,
624-0042. Sharon coordinates textbook ordering, course packets
for courses, and obtains desk copies of texts for faculty and TAs. She coordinates the fall orientation and can answer
questions about admission to PsyF/QME, change of status, and
re-admission. She can also answer questions about the written prelim
exams in PsyF/QME.
Lori Boucher, PsyF/QME secretary/office supervisor, Room 206F,
624-4540. Lori handles course scheduling and staff assignments,
coordinates TA hiring and payroll, and acts as secretary to the PsyF/QME coordinator.
Mail
PsyF/QME student mailboxes are in the hallway in 210
Burton. Check your box regularly because we often use them for
important announcements about job opportunities, course changes,
etc. Please note that these boxes are small. If you are expecting a
package that won’t fit, please let a staff member know. S/he will
hold the package for you. Please limit the number of personal
packages that are sent to your office address.
Telephones
There are telephones available for PsyF/QME students in
the 205 suite, 211 suite, outside Room 210J, and on the 3rd floor. Please use
these phones; do not ask the staff if you can use an office phone.
Direct others (not PsyF/QME students) to the campus phone outside Room
211.
If you have a teaching assistantship, you may give
out the TA phone number to your students. If the phone is not
answered (by you or another student in the area), the call will be
forwarded to the receptionist; s/he will take a message and leave it
in your mailbox in the hallway in 210 Burton. Please keep personal
calls to a minimum. You cannot make long-distance calls from student
phones. If you have some work-related, long-distance calls to make,
please ask a staff person to make arrangements for you.
Typing and duplicating
As part of your TA assignment, you may need to have
materials typed or duplicated. So that staff clearly understand your
expectations, please fill out a “Work Request Form” (in 206 Burton)
completely, including specific times and dates for deadlines. (Allow
48-72 hours for typing lengthy course materials; 24-48 hours for
duplicating.) “ASAP” is not considered sufficiently specific for a
“Time needed.” You must give a date and time for duplicating (either 9:00 a.m. or
2:00 p.m.). Also note on the form how you can be contacted with
questions or problems and whether or not you will want to see the
material again before it’s sent for duplication.
Please avoid last-minute requests for copying. (Not
only are these requests inconvenient, they are also expensive. If
you give us 24-hour notice on copy jobs, we are able to send
materials to an outside copy center and save $.04 per copy. Copying
is sent out and delivered to 206 at 9:00am and 2:00pm). However,
if you find yourself in an emergency situation, see a staff person
for assistance. PsyF/QME teaching and research assistants do NOT have
access to any copiers in Burton Hall. Staff members are not
available for personal typing during office hours. All registered
students also have free access to the computer labs on campus.
Computers
The department has three computers on the 3rd floor
of Burton Hall available for student use. These computers are not
connected to printers. There is a computer available for TA
coursework in the 205 suite and on the third floor of Burton Hall.
We do not have a reservation system but we ask that you limit
yourself to a two-hour block of time. If there are
machine, software or supply problems, see a staff member in 206
Burton. Please do not ask to use staff computers.
Private laptops can also connect to the network via
the U wireless network. Wi-fi blankets the 3rd floor of Burton Hall
and numerous places on campus.
Printers
A printer is available in 206 Burton (the mailroom),
7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday, for use by Ed Psych graduate
students who have a need to print materials related to their work as
either an RA or TA in Educational Psychology.
Eligibility:
Guidelines:
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Access to the printer is limited to print jobs
that are directly related to your appointment as either an RA or
TA in the Department of Educational Psychology
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Any personal or non-job related professional
development printing will need to be completed at one of the public
computer labs or libraries located on campus, or at home.
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Inappropriate or excessive use of the printer could
result in the loss of printing privileges.
How to gain access:
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You will need to request and be approved
for setup in the system. The request form is located at
this link: <http://intranet.education.umn.edu/EPsy/prn_access.pdf>.
Hard copies of the form can also be found in the 206
Burton mailroom.
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The signature of the faculty supervisor,
program secretary, or PI will be required to verify
eligibility.
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Submit the form to a staff member in 206 Burton.
The printer access system will need to be updated
each semester, requiring grad students to submit a new request for
each semester of employment. To maintain uninterrupted printer
access, there will be notifications from program areas providing the
date that all requests need to be submitted before cutover.
Office assignments and keys
Graduate students who hold teaching assistantships
will be assigned a shared office. Office assignments are made, on a
space-available basis, and you may be sharing a desk with another
TA/RA.
You will be given a key to your office. You will not
have your own building key, but you may sign one out for evening or
weekend work. See a staff person in 206 Burton if you want to borrow
a building key; be sure to return it promptly.
Please be aware that we do not have a means of
opening office doors after 4:30 on weekdays or anytime on weekends
or holidays. That is to say, should you lock yourself out of your
office, there is no one who can let you back in. The University
police and the night facilities staff will not accept the liability
of letting you in. While this situation does not occur frequently, the
consequences of being locked out of one’s office can be rather dire.
Thus, you need to plan for this type of emergency. For example,
should you find yourself locked out of your office without your car
keys or money, you may need to take a cab home. In that case, you
would want to be certain that you have a means of getting into your
house (e.g., keyless entry, key left with a neighbor, key hidden
somewhere) and that you have money in your house to pay for the cab.
Office hours for TAs
By the end of the first week of the term, notify
Onos what your office hours will be. [This is usually
accomplished by giving her a copy of your course syllabus, which
includes your scheduled office hour(s).] She will give those hours
out to students (and others) who call. If you cannot be in during
your scheduled hours, please let a staff member know what alternate
hours you will be available or what other arrangements can be made.
Grades
If you are responsible for assigning or recording
grades, you must submit the grades online at
onestop.umn.edu/onestop/faculty/Grades/FinalGrades.html. Paper
grade reports are no longer distributed. Only faculty members, not
TAs, have access to submit grades online. You may begin submitting
grades the week before finals week, and a memo will be sent out
two-three weeks prior to finals week which indicates the deadline
for submitting grades and guidelines. Make sure you meet the
deadline for turning in grades. You may download a class list from
www.umreports.umn.edu
into an Excel file and upload this file into the grade report. More
information is found in the tutorial at
onestop.umn.edu/onestop/faculty/Grades/Final_Grades/WebGradesTutorial.html.
Indicate for your students whether or not you will post grades and,
if so, where.
It is the course instructor’s responsibility to
determine whether or not students will be notified of their grades,
prior to the posting of grades to the U of M One Stop Web site. Staff
DO NOT give out student grades – either on the phone or in person.
If the instructor decides to post grades, University policy requires
that grades be posted by a random number (not by social security
number, student ID number or in alphabetical order). Do not tape
grades to the walls in Burton as it damages the paint. Staff will
refer inquiring students to the posting or, if they are not posted,
to the instructor. If the grades are not posted and the instructor
is not available, students requesting grades will be advised to
consult the U of M One Stop “Grades” web link or to send a stamped,
self-addressed envelope to the instructor so that they can be
notified of their grade by mail.
Supplies
See any one of the staff to request supplies.
Because our supply budget is limited, the staff is responsible for
monitoring supplies; a staff member may question you, or ask for
authorization from the faculty member you’re working with, if you
make a large or unusual request. Please don’t take this personally.
[We consider standard supplies to be: paper, pencils, pens (red and
black ball-point), grade books, blue books, diskettes (in some
instances), staples, paperclips, and file folders and labels.]
Listservs (electronic mailing lists)
PsyF listserv
The Psych foundations e-mail listserv will be the primary vehicle in
which important information is delivered to faculty and students.
All PsyF/QME faculty and students
are automatically subscribed as members to the psych foundations
e-mail list. The e-mail list will be used for official announcements
from PsyF/QME, seminar/event announcements, job/TA/RA
postings, and
discussion relevant to PsyF/QME or research.
To send a message to the list, send email to the list address:
PSYCHFDN-L@umn.edu.
Student listserv
The student listserv will be used for communications from the
student representatives to the students and informal discussion
among the students in the psych foundations and QME tracks.
To send a message to the student list, send email to the list address:
PSYFSTUDENT-L@umn.edu.
Ed Psych Department listserv
A listserv has been developed for EPsy students to receive the
latest news from the DGS/Dept. regarding changes in requirements,
research opportunities, assistantship/fellowship postings, alerts on
HOLDS to student records, workshops/colloquia/conferences, etc. As a
PsyF/QME student, you will automatically be subscribed to the listserv
since you are responsible for knowing not
only what is included in the EPsy Student Handbook but all updates
which will be distributed through the listserv.
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