The Role of Faculty Liaisons

Faculty liaisons provide essential academic oversight and professional development to ensure the quality and success of classes offered by the Boise State Concurrent Enrollment Program. They address and correct issues related to program noncompliance. Designated department faculty liaisons provide curriculum oversight, approve new instructors, conduct classroom observation visits, and lead professional development workshops. Most importantly, faculty liaisons implement accreditation standards set by the Idaho State Board of Education and National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) to ensure quality course content and an authentic university experience for students and instructors.

The college/university ensures concurrent enrollment students’ proficiency of learning outcomes is measured using comparable grading standards and assessment methods to on-campus sections.

1. Students are held to the same grading standards as those expected of students on campus.
2. Students are assessed using the same methods,papers, portfolios, quizzes and labs as students in anon-campus course section.
3. University courses offered at the high school reflect the pedagogical, theoretical and philosophical orientation of the sponsoring college/university.

The quality and academic rigor of the Concurrent Enrollment Program (CEP) depends on the active participation of the Faculty liaisons who act as ambassadors representing Boise State and their designated academic department.

Faculty liaisons provide essential curriculum oversight, mentorship, and support to the high school instructors. The primary responsibilities of the faculty liaisons include:

Faculty liaisons review and approve new applications submitted by high school instructors who want to teach a concurrent enrollment class. Their role is to ensure classes reflect the university’s and academic department’s pedagogical, theoretical, and philosophical orientation. New instructor application packets consisting of a cover letter, resume, transcripts, and course syllabi are submitted for review. Faculty liaisons sign and return a “New Instructor Application Review” form to the CEP which documents their approval or denial of the applicant. View our Approving and Orienting New Instructors webpage for more information.

Faculty liaisons document how they orient the Concurrent Enrollment Program instructors to the university’s and/or academic department’s pedagogical, theoretical, and philosophical teachings. They:

• Provide orientation on course curriculum, assessment criteria, and course philosophy to the high school
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• Supply high school instructors with desk copies of current textbooks when requested.
• Assist high school instructors/school districts in selecting department approved textbooks.
• Provide high school instructors with current sample syllabi, sample exams, and other course materials on an annual basis.
• Regularly review course syllabi.

• Faculty liaisons observe high school instructors in the classroom annually or every other year. They document observations by using the “Classroom Observation Summary” form to provide instructors with feedback to continually improve the classroom experience for concurrent enrollment students. Visit our Classroom Observation webpage for more information.
• Faculty liaisons review course evaluations submitted by the students and provide feedback to the CE instructors.
• Faculty liaisons will address any concerns identified via the classroom observations or course evaluations and proceed to implement the noncompliance policy. Review the Concurrent Enrollment Non-Compliance Policy here.

Faculty liaisons provide orientation on course curriculum, assessment criteria, and course philosophy to high school instructors. They also conduct annual professional development workshops on course integrity, grading standards, course pedagogy, theory and philosophy, and other appropriate topics in the content area. They can be provide this in a group meeting or through professional development opportunities. Faculty liaisons are expected to submit an agenda documenting the date of meeting, length of meeting, topics covered, CE instructor sign-in, and samples of materials provided to the Concurrent Enrollment Program instructors by email or in hard copy.

Faculty liaisons communicate department-specific information to high school instructors on a regular basis. They include high school instructors in all department correspondence, listservs, academic notices, and general information. Faculty liaisons provide sample materials such as current syllabi, exams, textbook desk copies and other course materials to ensure a congruent classroom experience.

Troy Hyatt
troyhyatt@boisestate.edu
MS 1610, (208) 426-3412
ACCT 205

Dana Cameron
danacameron@boisestate.edu
MS 1610, (208) 426-3461
ACCT 205

Muffet Jones
muffetjones@boisestate.edu
MS 1510, (208) 426-1230
ART 100

Alex Urquhart
alexurquhart@boisestate.edu
MS 1515, (208) 426-3216
BIOL 100, 191

Mel Koob
mkoob@boisestate.edu
MS 1515, (208) 426-1081
BIOL 107

Erin Taylor
erintaylor840@boisestate.edu
MS 1520, (208) 426-3000
CHEM 100, 101, 111

Kathryn Rodgers
kathrynrodgers@boisestate.edu
MS 2055
CS 101, 121, 221

Mason Vail
masonvail@boisestate.edu
MS 2055, (208) 426-2623
CS 101, 121

Jessica Wells
jessicawells@boisestate.edu
MS 1955, (208) 426-3419
CJ 101

Anne Walker
annewalker990@boisestate.edu
MS 1620, (208) 426-6246
ECON 201, 202

Bevin Etheridge
bevinetheridge@boisestate.edu
MS 1745, (208) 426-4977
ED-CIFS 201

Kurtis Cantley
kurtiscantley@boisestate.edu
MS 2075, (208) 426-5715
ECE 180

Aaron Smith
aaronsmith9@boisestate.edu
MS 2085, (208) 426-2360
ENGR 115

Ti Macklin
timacklin@boisestate.edu
MS 1525, (208) 426-3426
New Instructor Applications

Lana Kuchta
LanaKuchta@boisestate.edu
MS 1525, (208) 426-7052
ENGL 101, 102
Classroom Visits

Elizabeth Cook
elizcook@boisestate.edu
MS1005, (208) 426-7031
ENGL 175

David Bourff
dbourff@boisestate.edu
MS1610, (208) 426-4811
FINAN 208

Dan Luna
dluna@boisestate.edu
MS 1535, (208) 426-2203
GEOL 101

Shaun Nichols
shaunnichols@boisestate.edu
MS 1925, (208) 426-1255
HIST 101, 102, 103, 104, 111, 112

Eliot Smith
eliotsmith@boisestate.edu
MS 1615, (208) 426-2353
ITM 104, 105, 106

John McChesney
johnmcchesney@boisestate.edu
MS 1710, (208) 426-1481
KINES 121, 220

Tina Freeman
tinafreeman@boisestate.edu
MS1710, (208) 426-3366
KINES 141

Alex Ritzman
alexritzman@boisestate.edu
MS 1625, (208) 426-1313
BUS 101

Josie Derrick
josiederrick@boisestate.edu
MS 1742, (208) 426-1172
MATH 160, 170, 175, 189, 254, 189

Tiffany Watkins
tiffanywatkins@boisestate.edu
MS 1570, (208) 426-3724
PHYS 101, 104, 105

Emily Jensen
emilyjensen1@boisestate.edu
MS 1570, (208) 426-3775
PHYS 101, 104, 105

Stewart Gardner
stewartgardner@boisestate.edu
MS 1935, (208) 426-3279
POLS 101

Mary Pritchard
marypritchard@boisestate.edu
MS 1715, (208) 426-1901
PSYC 101

Jeff Anderson
janders@boisestate.edu
MS 1850, (208) 426-3674
HLTH 101

Jaime Sand
jaimesand@boisestate.edu
MS 1835, (208) 426-5392
HLTH 110

Desiree Brunette
desireebrunette@boisestate.edu
MS 1945, (208) 426-2141
SOC 101, 102

Carissa Wilcox
carissawilcox@boisestate.edu
MS 1150, (208) 426-2145
ACAD 101

Jennifer Iuvone
jenniferiuvone@boisestate.edu
MS 1310, (208) 426-1729
ACAD 108

Alessandro Meregaglia
ameregaglia@boisestate.edu
MS 1430, (208) 426-4308
LIBR 106, 206

Katie Ponozzo
katieponozzo@boisestate.edu
MS 1565
THEA 102, 210

American Sign Language

Kristi Dorris
kristidorris@boisestate.edu
MS 1530, (208) 426-3956
ASL 101, 102, 201, 202

Chinese

Sharon Wei
sharonwei@boisestate.edu
MS 1530, (208) 426-1059
CHINESE 101, 102

French

Mariah Devereux-Herbeck
devereuxherbeck@boisestate.edu
MS 1530, (208) 426-2383
FREN 101, 102, 201, 202

German

Heike Henderson
hhender@boisestate.edu
MS1530, (208) 426-1560
GERM 101, 102

Rebecca Sibrian
rsibrian@boisestate.edu
MS 1530, (208) 426-2476
GERM 101, 102

Japanese

Shoko Asay
shokoasay@boisestate.edu
MS 1530, (208) 426-3905
JAPANESE 101, 102

Latin

Karen Wadley
karenwadley@boisestate.edu
MS 1530, (208) 426-3956
LATIN 211, 212

Spanish

Fatima Cornwall
fcornwal@boisestate.edu
MS 1530, (208) 426-1073
SPAN 101, 102, 201, 202