STEPS TO INITIATE COURSES

In order to initiate a professional development course to be offered at your school or in your school district, please follow the steps below.  If you have additional questions please contact  the Director of Continuing Studies, Dr. Mary Jones at mjones(at)nnu.edu or the Professional Development Coordinator, at CSCoordinator(at)nnu.edu, or you may call the Center for Professional Development at 208-467-8439 or 800-349-6938.

1. Obtain forms from NNU by e-mailing cscoordinator(at)nnu.edu  or going to www.nnu.edu/nnuforms  to download these forms from the Web site.  Complete a Course Request Form and Syllabus or Learning Team Contract form
2. Please obtain a current vitae from the instructor who will be teaching the course, unless he/she has previously been an approved instructor for NNU.
3. Have new instructor(s) read and sign Important Responsibilities form (also available from the Web site listed above).        
4. Courses are submitted electronically for approval so course forms and vitae need to be e-mailed as attachments to the Center for Professional Development at cscoordinator(at)nnu.edu. 
5. Fax signed Important Responsibilities forms to (208) 467-8426 - The Center for Professional Development.
   
   NOTE:   Forms should normally be sent several weeks before a class is scheduled to begin.  If this presents a problem, please e-mail Dr. Mary Jones at mjones(at)nnu.edu , or Renee Davis at rmdavis(at)nnu.edu, or phone The Center for Professional Development at 208-467-8439 or 800-349-6938 to arrange for an expedited time frame.   
6. Forms received by the Center for Professional Development will be reviewed for approval by the appropriate department chairs.  Please do not advertise your class until you have received official approval from NNU.
   
   *Repeats of the same course can be initiated by contacting the Center for Professional Development with location, class dates, due dates for completion and anticipated enrollment so that appropriate registration materials can be sent.  No additional paperwork is necessary. 
   
   NOTE:   CLASSES SHOULD NOT BE ADVERTISED UNTIL OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF APPROVAL IS RECEIVED FROM NORTHWEST NAZARENE UNIVERSITY.
   
   
7. When approved, registration materials including course evaluation forms will be sent to the Instructor of Record.  A student in the class should collect the evaluations on the last day of a course.  The student is to place the evaluations in an envelope, seal it, and give the sealed envelope to the instructor to be returned to NNU.
8. Be sure that each student completes a Student Registration Form at the beginning of the class.  One check from the district is preferred but individual checks or Visa/MasterCard/Discover or American Express charges will be accepted.  Return registration forms to the Center for Professional Development within one week of the course start date.  (Course evaluation forms need to be sent to the Center for Professional Development upon completion of class.)
9. Once course registrations have been processed, the NNU Registrar will send the instructor a grade sheet.
10. Grade sheets should be completed and signed by the instructor at the end of the course and returned to the NNU Registrar’s Office within two weeks of the course completion date.
11. Return students’ completed course evaluation forms to The Center for Professional Development.