Peekskill Faculty
Frequently Asked Questions
Welcome to the Peekskill Extension Center located at 27 North Division Street, please click here for directions. The Peekskill Team wishes you a successful semester and thanks you for teaching at our location.
Below are some FAQs and helpful tips to facilitate your teaching experience.
Please download a PDF of the faculty packet.
Faculty Packet
Student Packet
Adjunct/Overload Sick Leave
Syllabus Template
- What do I do during inclement weather? You may call our Snow Emergency number for cancellation 914-606-6832 or see http://www.sunywcc.edu homepage. Click
here to find out about cancellations.
- How do I apply to teach at the Peekskill Extension Center? You may email your resume to the Director at sherry.mayo@sunywcc.edu; for general education courses; contact the Department Chair where you want to teach. For new non-credit course
proposals you may email your proposal to the Director or see the Continuing Education web site.
- I just got hired how do I get processed to start teaching and get paid? If you were hired by an academic department or an Extension Center you will need to go to the Human Resource Department on the main campus with the correct documentation, as well as, complying with the fingerprinting process. You will need a social security card, picture ID, official sealed transcripts, and your completed
packet to take to Human Resources in Valhalla, Administration Building floor 1 (park in parking lot #1). When your paperwork is processed, you will be added to the payroll. The payroll department handles direct deposit and changes you make to your exemptions for Federal/State taxes and enrolling in a voluntary retirement account.
- How do I submit my roster and grades?
Digital Arts/Humanities Adjuncts in Peekskill
In addition to receiving the notices from the registrar’s office, you will also receive a notice from the Assistant Director, Anu Ailawadhi, with a deadline to submit your attendance and grade rosters to her. If your attendance and grade rosters are not submitted to her by the scheduled deadline, you are responsible for hand-delivering them to the registrar’s office by their deadline.
General Education Adjuncts
Since each academic department operates differently, it’s best for you to contact your academic department to find out what procedures will be followed when submitting your attendance and grade rosters to the registrar’s office. Your academic department may send your attendance and grade rosters along with notices from the Registrar’s Office to the Extension Center. It’s important that you find out how your academic department handles your
attendance and grade rosters.
- How can my students order their books? They may purchase books online or go in person to the Valhalla Bookstore next to the student center.
- How do students get their grades? Students no longer receive paper grades. They can access their grades from the Westchester Community College website by clicking here. They may also print an
unofficial transcript.
Student ID Number is their Social Security Number
PIN is their 6-digit date of birth (MMDDYY)
Semester they attended
Year they attended
- How do my students get extra help? Academic tutors in English and Math will be available at the Peekskill Extension Center. A tutoring schedule will be distributed to both faculty and students near the beginning of the semester. Students can also utilize the services offered at the academic center at the library on the Main Campus.
- When do I get paid? As an adjunct, you will receive adjunct News and Views Bulletins which contain important information regarding your pay schedule. If you don’t receive that schedule, the Administrative Office has a Pay Day schedule. Only your department can inform you when you can anticipate receiving your first check. Digital Arts faculty may see the Extension Center Director.
- Where do I pick up my check? All faculty must sign up with iPay to receive electronic payment and statements. You must first establish direct deposit (forms available at the Peekskill front office) with the college and then sign-up for WCC iPay, see
https://ipay.adp.com/iPay/index.jsf. If you need further assistance please call or stop by the front office 914-606-7301 or contact payroll 914-606-6682. *If you do not complete this process you will have to go to the Valhalla campus payroll department to pick up your check in person.
- My check is wrong what do I do? Contact the academic department that hired you to resolve any issue you have with your check. Arts faculty may contact the Director, Sherry Mayo, as soon as possible to resolve any issue you have with your check (please provide a copy of your pay stub).
- How do I get my materials photo copied? We have a copier available for faculty to use in the first floor hallway across from the tech office. Once you receive the code to the copier you can make any copies you’ll need.
- Where is my mailbox? Your mailbox is located in the Administrative Office near the copier. Please check your mailbox mail and other information on a weekly basis.
- When do course evaluations occur and what is the procedure? You’ll receive a memo in your mailbox with the evaluation schedule for the semester and the guidelines for administering the evaluation. You have the option of including additional questions with your evaluation as long as you submit a copy of those questions to your department. Please be aware that you must leave the room when your
students are completing their evaluations.
- How do I request Audio Visual equipment? It would be ideal if you are able to give the Administrative Office one week’s notice when requesting the use of Audio Visual equipment. The minimum notice we need is three days. Please inform us if you will need the Audio Visual Equipment by calling 914-606-7305. You do not need to request the equipment every class if you use it on a recurring basis.
You may also place requests by email at peekskill@sunywcc.edu.
- I need computer with Internet access? All Faculty Stations in the Mac Labs have Internet access. Apple student workstations on the first floor do not have internet access enabled except in B-Lab which has full time Internet access at all stations. PC lab 203 on the second floor also has Internet access at each station.
- How do I get established on the network? See the tech office for a network request form and fill it out. Hand it in to the Tech Office at your convenience. To contact the Tech Office call 914-606-7304.
- How do I find out when open lab time is available for my students? Stop by the Tech Office and pick up a current Lab Schedule. These schedules are subject to change so please check with the Lise Prown if you need to reserve a lab for a special purpose i.e. makeup class.
- How can a student take a course for no credit? In your faculty packet, there’s a form to use when a student wants to audit your class. Once you and the student sign the request to audit course form submit it to the Administrative Office no later than the fourth week of the semester and we’ll forward it to the Dean for their signature.
- How can I process an incomplete for a student? When you give a student an “I” grade for “incomplete”, you should set-up a schedule for the student to complete the necessary assignments. Please inform Lise Prown that your student will need to use the computer labs to complete their assignments. The student has to complete all their assignments by the end of the following semester. When you
change the student’s grade from an “I”, you’ll need to complete the required paperwork; a supplement to the change of grade form and the request for changing the student’s grade which are available in the Administrative Office. Arts faculty please note: these forms must be carefully filled out, please print legibly and provide your contact details. In addition, a clear statement explaining why you are requesting a change of grade needs to be attached. In the case of an incomplete you will need to
include a make-up plan. These forms are then sent to the Chairman of the academic department for review.
- How can I process a change of grade for a student? See above.
- What happens if I am sick or need to be absent? If you are unable to teach, please contact the Administrative Office immediately 914-606-7301. If you are unable to contact your students we will contact them. However, if you know in advance that you’ll be absent, please contact your students using your roster. For emergency or unexpected absences, there is an adjunct/overload sick leave for
unplanned emergency sick form that you will need to complete.
Faculty are entitled to one sick day per course per semester. Arts faculty please stop by the Director’s office when you return for a sick leave form. This will be sent to the art department. Please note that faculty must prepare a make-up plan for being sick. If you are not an arts faculty please contact your academic department.
- Can I arrange for a substitute? (For arts faculty) If you are sick, no, your class will be canceled. If you have a planned absence you may arrange for a substitute through the Director or Assistant Director. But please note the substitute will be paid not you. If you are not an arts faculty you may contact your academic department to arrange for a substitute.
- What happens if I have a student with a behavior problem in my class? Please note that there are emergency phones on the second floor – just dial 7301 for help. We have a security guard stationed at the back door in the evenings. Front office staff and tech support are available to support you as well. If it is not “an emergency” but a consistent behavioral problem see information below. (*also
note: campus security emergency is 606-6911).
If you encounter any behavior problems with students in your classroom, it’s important that you contact the Extension Director or Assistant Director promptly. Directors will assist you in liaising with appropriate support personnel. The Department Chair, the Dean of Student Personnel Services, Kevin Slavin at (914) 606-6733 and/or the Vice President of Student & Personnel Services, Dean Reina at (914) 606-6710 may be contacted.
- How do I get listed on the Peekskill Faculty Page and the Center for Digital Arts brochure? Please email the Director your 3-5 line bio and a jpg of your work at
peekskill@sunywcc.edu
- How can I get assistance during instruction with equipment? Just stop by the tech office on the first floor or email lise.prown@sunywcc.edu
- How can I get up-to-speed with the latest software upgrades for a digital arts course? Contact the tech office for support at 606-7304 or email lise.prown@sunywcc.edu.
- What is the evacuation plan for the center? We have two fire drills semester to ensure that faculty and students are familiar with our evacuation procedures. You may also request a copy of the Westchester Community College Evacuation Instructions from the Director at
peekskill@sunywcc.edu
- How can I learn about Peekskill Exhibitions and Events? Click here or contact
lise.prown@sunywcc.edu for further information. In addition, we have Center for Digital Arts brochures listing the current gallery/lecture series. If you’re on our mailing list you’ll receive a brochure and if we have your email address, you’ll receive our constant contact emails with notices on the upcoming events at the Peekskill site. If you are not on our
mailing list sign up now at www.sunywcc.edu/peekskill or email peekskill@sunywcc.edu with your contact info.
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