FACULTY INFORMATION
ENTERING THE BASE
You must have a Long Term Badge to enter the base to get to your classroom. Call the Joint Base Andrews office of Prince George’s Community College at 301-981-5949 or 301-322-0778 and tell us you are teaching at our center.
If you already have a military ID, you may use it to enter the base and do not need to get a Long Term Badge.
Security Forces Squadron requires you to provide: your full name, SSN, driver license number and car tag number. This information is kept strictly confidential. For faculty members, the Long Term Badge is valid for one year. We will go over the access procedures, directions to the building and provide you with the " Request for a Long Term Badge " form which you present at the Visitor Center.
Show the " Request for a Long Term Badge" form, driver license, car registration and proof of current car insurance to Security Forces at the counter. A Long Term Badge (photo ID) will be processed. Present the badge at the security check point every time you enter the base grounds.
This process applies if you are teaching a late starting class. Call us several days in advance of your class start time. Follow the same procedure as mentioned above to get your Long Term Badge.
A college staff person will be at the Visitor Center during the first week of classes from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. If you are teaching a weekender or late starting class, a staff member will be at the Visitor Center 4:30-6 p.m. the day of the first meeting of your class.
Remind your students to turn in expired badges at our office on the last night of class or at the Visitor Center during operating hours. Student passes are good only for the semester and expire on the last night of class.
Look on our website for Joint Base Andrews Frequently Asked Questions relating to base pass process, maps, and directions.
GENERAL INFORMATION
Office Hours
Prince George's Community College office location is 1413 Arkansas Road.
Office hours are 8:30 a.m. - 8 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
Fridays, the office closes at 4:00 p.m. unless a weekender class is beginning. During a weekend class, the office is staffed until 6:30 p.m. on Friday; Saturday from 7:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Classroom assignments are not complete until the week before classes begin. We try to honor special room requests, but take into account class size and many other factors when assigning rooms.
Parking
No charge for parking
Do not park in reserved spaces, fire la nes, or on the grass.
Reserved spaces are restricted 24 hours a day.
Inclement Weather Policy
The Andrews Degree Center follows the main campus for cancellation of classes due to weather or other emergencies. Please listen to one of the following radio stations: WMAL, WPGC, WTOP, WAMU, WASH, WHUR. The following TV stations also announce closings: WRC (4), WTTG (5), WJLA (7), WUSA (9) and Channel 8.
Children and Guests in the Classroom
Children are not permitted in any classrooms or labs. This is at the direction of the Base Education Office and is strictly enforced.
Guest speakers must go through the base access process and speak with the Program Coordinator or Program Supervisor. Please plan well in advance.
WHAT FACULTY CAN EXPECT FROM JOINT BASE ANDREWS STAFF:
Rosters
We provide you with a roster the first night of class and for a few weeks. It will be delivered to your classroom in a sealed envelope.
Duplicating
Our copier collates and staples for up to 40.
Ask staff to give you your departmental copier code. It is not the campus copier code.
Please arrange for reproductions of large quantities through your department on the main campus.
The office copier is NOT for student use.
Inter-office Mail (Pony)
Incoming and outgoing mail from/to campus is every Monday, Wednesday and Friday typically between 2-4 p.m.
Anything that arrives for you from campus or information from the Joint Base Andrews program supervisor is put in the mailbox here and brought to your classroom by the Night Monitor prior to class start.
Night Monitor/Aide
The Night Monitor, contracted by the base education office, brings your requested AV equipment and mail to your classroom, makes sure your room is set up and performs other custodial duties.
The monitor is in room 102 in 1413 during class hours and can also be reached by phone: 202-486-0864.
Audio -Visual Equipment
Most classrooms have ACTIVBoard technology. These boards are at the front of the room. DO NOT WRITE ON THE ACTIVBOARDS with dry erase markers! Special pens are provided and an instructional binder is in each room. Ask for assistance from the night monitor.
Call at least a day in advance (301-322-0778/0779) to reserve portable AV equipment you need. We will note it in the room schedule book for the monitor.
You may reserve equipment for the entire semester at one time.
Equipment available: TV/VCRs, slide projectors, overhead projectors, and 16mm projectors, a computer with PowerPoint and projection unit on a rolling cart , Panasonic DVD/VCR combo players.
Computer Lab
The lab, room 111 in 1413, is open the same hours as the office for you and your students to use. For more information please call our office.
Memos from the Program Supervisor
Always read through your mail before class, particularly if there is a memo from the Program Supervisor, since it could be important, timely information to be conveyed to your class. Often it is base information that may be critical to know before the next class meeting.
E-mail
The Program Supervisor has a GroupWise listserv of Joint Base Andrews faculty and uses this method of communicating. Please provide the supervisor with your most frequently used e-mail address. Your GroupWise account will be used if you do not want to give out your personal work/home e-mail address.
Library Facilities
Access to college library resources is through the computers in the college's computer lab in room 111, next to our administrative office.
The college library's online databases are available to students in our open computer lab. Remote Access Guides are available as well as multiple reference guides in several academic areas provided to us by the campus library.
The college has formed a partnership with the Prince George's County Memorial Library System to ensure that students can access the resources and support they need for research projects.
The campus librarian is the primary contact for instructors regarding off campus library services at 301-322-0471.
The Joint Base Andrews library is available to military and civilians.
WHAT STAFF EXPECTS FROM JOINT BASE ANDREWS FACULTY
Faculty Information Cards
Every semester, fill out a brief information card. You can check on the card whether or not you want this information given out to your students. Students often call here looking for our faculty. We want to help, but we need to know from you how you want us to assist them. If you do not provide us with your contact information, we will refer your student to your department on campus.
Bring the faculty information card to room 109 at 1413 Arkansas Road. It takes only a minute! Sometimes we cannot arrange a class evaluation because we have no way to reach you. Slip the info card under the door if we are closed and we’ll get it in the morning.
It is wise in these post-9/11 times for our office to keep your contact information in case of an emergency.
Class Meeting Times
Please observe published class hours.
Use the "Class Meeting in Other Than Assigned Classroom" form (available in our office) to notify us if your class will be canceled, moved to a different site, or if you will not be able to have your class meeting during the regular time.
The Program Supervisor notifies your department if you do not show up for class.
Final exams are to be given during the last scheduled class meeting. Extension Centers do not follow the exam schedule published in the schedule of classes.
Audio-Visual Requests
If you have ordered films from Media Services, please return them to our Arkansas Office, room 109, or you may tell us you need them picked up at the end of the night and the Night Monitor will pick them up and bring them to our office for safe keeping. We send them to campus through the interoffice mail system.
Do NOT leave films in the classroom unless you have notified us to have the Night Monitor pick them up. Military groups use the classrooms during the day, so take with you all your belongings at the end of the class session.
Classroom Maintenance-
The items listed may seem trivial. However, permission to use military classroom space may be rescinded if we do not comply:
The Night Monitor will make every effort to make sure each classroom is orderly at the beginning of class. Please leave the room in an orderly way at the end of the evening.
Erase your boards at the end of class.
No eating or drinking in the classroom. Eating and drinking may be done during class breaks in the foyer or outside in nice weather.
Building 1413 has snack machines.
The Night Monitor is responsible for washing the dry erase boards and clearing trash.
We will provide dry erase pens and erasers. Please notify us if you need anything.
Smoking is NOT permitted in any of the buildings. Use designated areas outside. No tossing of butts on the grounds. Use butt cans provided
We do not have custodial services each night like the main campus. We ask that rooms be usable for classes the following morning by the military.
Joint Base Andrews Center Staff At Your Service
Ms. Lynn Lubey, Program Supervisor
Mr. Mark Drummeter, Program Coordinator
Ms. Catherine Dove, Extension Center Technician (part time a.m.)
Ms. Alberta Stith, Evening Program Coordinator M & Weves (part time)
Ms. Elanie Gunter, Saturday Program Coordinator, Saturday morning only
Ms. Clare Treichel, Academic Advisor (part time)
Ms. Dorothy Campbell, Academic Advisor (part time)
Mr. Thomas Cusato, Lab Technician (part time eves only)