Below is a checklist to help you navigate the University and administrative procedures for classes at Metropolitan College. If you have any questions, please contact the MET Dean’s office.
Payroll Forms
If you have not been teaching consecutive semesters, please check with Sergio Lemos at Metropolitan College Finance, 1010 Commonwealth Avenue, 5th Floor, to make sure your information is still current. If you have not taught for BU within two years you may need to complete a New Employee Payroll form again. If you have moved, you will also need to visit the BUworks Central Portal and click on the Employee Self-Service tab to update your address and contact information. If you had a change of address please notify metacad@bu.edu as mailings are sent from a separate database.
For BUworks, W4, paycheck, direct deposit, and contact information, click here.
Parking Permits
All BU parking permits are virtual and should be purchased online on the Transportation Management Portal. Evening Faculty parking permits are available free of charge for all part- and full-time Metropolitan College faculty members who are only teaching in the evenings or on weekends. If all of your classes are being held after 4 pm on weekdays and/or during the weekend, you will see the free Evening Faculty parking permit as an option on the portal. Daytime permits are also available for a fee.
Information for the MET Dean’s Office
In order to relay important University-related information efficiently and quickly, we must have accurate faculty contact information on file in our database. Please be sure to update your details with us each semester.
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Teaching Assignment Letters
Teaching Assignment Letters will be emailed to your BU email address. Please sign these and return them to the MET Dean’s office (1010 Commonwealth Avenue, 5th Floor, Boston, MA 02215) as soon as possible. We must have these on file for payroll purposes.
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Syllabi
Please email us the syllabus for your class as soon as it is completed, even if this is a rough draft version to be edited throughout the semester. We keep copies of syllabi in our office for future reference.
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Email Address Confirmation
Along with your syllabus, please confirm your current email address. This is our main form of communication with professors. To ensure that you receive important updates and information throughout the semester, we must have accurate information on file. Please use your BU email for communication with students.
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Contact Information Confirmation
Please also confirm with us your mailing address and phone number, especially if you have moved since the last time you taught at Metropolitan College.
Final Exams
At the beginning of each semester, you will be receiving an email from the Administrative Coordinators at the MET Dean’s Office. The email will request that you review the final exam matrix to find the date and time of your exam and confirm through the Faculty Link whether you will be holding an exam. Final exam times are fixed by the Office of the University Registrar and cannot be changed. Several weeks into the semester you will receive an email with directions on how to check your scheduled exam time and room. Learn more about final exams.
Attendance Indicator
Several weeks into the semester you will receive an Attendance Indicator, which is a list of students who have not settled their accounts with the University. Please review this list and respond to the MET Dean’s office by fax (617-353-6066), email, or phone (617-353-3000) to indicate whether or not these students have attended your class. Do not send your response by regular mail as this takes too long.
Internal Attendance Verification
You may receive an email at some point during the semester (or after the end of the semester) inquiring about the attendance record of a specific student in your class. This is an internal process regarding a student who has taken a Metropolitan College class but is contesting the tuition payment. It is important to respond to this promptly and accurately with a numeric value of how many classes the student attended, if at all.
Course Evaluations
Around three weeks before the end of the semester, you will receive an email with instructions on how to administer course evaluations during your last class session. Please allow about fifteen minutes of class time for evaluations, and do not remain in the room while the students are completing them. While course evaluations are conducted online now, it is still essential that class time be provided to the students to complete the evaluations.
Submitting Grades
For information on submitting grades, refer to the Office of the University Registrar’s instructions and step-by-step overview.