Information for Faculty
Before referring students on to other departments for help, we always encourage faculty to meet with the students personally to discuss any issues whenever possible. The connections and rapport that instructors build with students are many times key relationships that facilitate a student’s commitment toward completing their educational goals.
However, there are times when it is not possible to get in touch or “connect” with a student who is encountering difficulties. An instructor may submit an Academic Alert for any such student. Academic Alerts notify Student Success staff if they have an individual who is academically struggling, whether it is due to poor performance on exams, sporadic attendance, late assignments, or personal issues.
Instructions for Submitting An Academic Alert
- Access the intervention form in one of two locations:
- Reiverweb – located under Administrative – “Student Intervention”
- SAIL – located in your course under Manage – “Group Management” tab, “Student
Intervention”
- Choose “Academic Alert”
- Fill in the first and last name of the student, as well as the Student I.D. If you have the student’s e-mail address and phone number, you may include that information as well.
- Include your name and contact information as well as the name of your course.
- Choose the reason for the alert as well as relevant attendance information.
- Indicate whether or not the student is able to pass the course.
- Provide information on whether you’ve contacted the student.
- Determine the follow-up action you wish to be taken. You may provide commentary as well as
choose from the listed options. - Upon submitting the form, it will be sent directly to Stefanie Marshall, Academic Intervention
Coordinator. A carbon copy of the form will be sent to you as well, for your records. - The Academic Intervention Coordinator will act on following-up with the student as soon as
possible and will contact the instructor on the actions taken.
If you have questions about the Academic Alert process, please contact Abigail Berthold, Retention Initiatives Coordinator (712) 325-3294.