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College Connection courses offered in the high schools are generally 100-level courses listed in the current College Catalog. The instructor must follow the College’s Extended Course Outline and is responsible for ensuring that the course meets the college learning objectives for that course.

The textbooks used in the course must be the same textbooks used by faculty at other DCC locations or approved by the DCC department head or department high school supervisor.

Candidates for part-time instructors in the high schools are reviewed and selected in the same manner as part-time instructors teaching at other college locations. Faculty designated to teach College Connection courses in the high schools must meet departmental qualifications in order to be approved to teach. Generally, an applicant must have an earned a master’s degree either in the specific discipline and/or a master’s and sufficient credits in the teaching area. Teaching experience, as well as work experience, shall also be considered.

COLLEGE CONNECTION PART-TIME FACULTY HANDBOOK

Free or Reduced Lunch Verification Procedure

1. Dutchess Community College will provide the Free or Reduced-Priced Lunch Verification Form to the instructors teaching the College Connection program courses.
2. The instructors will provide the form to students at the start of the course. 
3. The students who are eligible for free- or reduced- priced lunch will complete the form. 
4. The high schools will collect the forms and verify if the students are eligible/receiving free- or reduced- priced lunch.
5. The schools will send the verified forms to Dutchess Community College. The forms must be delivered to the college by March 18, 2024, so that the bills sent reflect the accurate tuition cost for students.
   
   

   FREE OR REDUCED-PRICED LUNCH VERIFICATION FORM