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Alexander Computer Lab Worker Policies

Computer Lab Coordinator, Dr. Marilyn Saker

updated 10/10/10

1. It is imperative that you arrive for work on time. Please arrive 5 minutes before your work
time begins.

2. If you are unable to work, or if you are going to be late, you are required to call Maria Ross
in the Main Music & Dance Office prior to the beginning of your work time to notify her of
your situation (phone: 734.487.4380). If Ms. Ross is unavailable, ask for Marsha Bolden or
Ila Grant and give one of them the information. Ask whomever you speak with to post a
sign on the lab gate indicating that the lab will be closed during your work hour(s).

3. If you know in advance that you have a conflict with your work time, try to make arrangements
with one of the other lab workers to switch hours with you, or to substitute for you.
Be sure to let Marilyn Saker know if you switch times or plan to have someone sub for you.

4. Your primary purpose as a worker in the Alexander Computer Lab is to assist students using
the lab and to monitor lab activities. Workers are also responsible for notifying Marilyn
Saker and the Main Music & Dance Office staff of lab problems.

5. Please ask all individuals entering the lab to show you their EMU ID. If they do not have an
ID, ask them to leave the lab.

6. The desk in the front of the room is the student worker’s home base. Workers are required to
spend the majority of their time at this desk so that they can offer assistance to students. Be
sure to check your e-mail when you arrive for work to see if there are any lab-related messages. Feel free to read or do homework while at the worker's desk if the lab is not busy. If
no one is in the lab, please tidy up the room. Computer cleaning supplies are stored in the
lower right-side drawer of the desk.

7. Some of the lab workers have been hired specifically to tutor music theory students. If you
are one of the theory tutors, please tutor students without giving away answers. You are
welcome to guide or drill students using theory exercises, but you should never complete assignments for students. If a student attempts to persuade you help them with the answers to
an assignment, tutor them by writing out similar, but different items. Also, students may ask
you to check their work. Please do not do this. Your job is to tutor—not to check papers.

8. It is extremely important that you never leave the lab unattended. If the next scheduled
worker does not show up to relieve you, tell the students in the lab to leave, and lock the
gate. When you have a chance, send Marilyn Saker an e-mail letting her know that your replacement did not show up on time.

9. Each student may print ten (10) pages per day in the lab. Require all students using the
printer to complete the information page on the clipboard at the worker’s desk.

10. Workers may be asked by music students to check out materials. The checkout pages are in
the top right-side drawer of the worker’s desk. Please note that a special clipboard is for
Books and Materials. Be sure to ask the student to show you their ID and their course syllabus,
and initial the appropriate checkout page.

11. Periodically, EMU Instructors will hold their class meetings in the lab or reserve some of
the computers for their students. Marilyn Saker will notify you by e-mail when these reservations
are scheduled. If a class is scheduled during one of your work hours, post one of the Class In Session signs stored in the desk, check EMU IDs as usual, and ask each student entering the room if they are in the class. If they are not, ask them to leave.

12. Do not accept reservations for the computer lab. Faculty members hoping to reserve the lab
are required to contact Marilyn Saker directly via e-mail.

13. If students mention that there is a problem with a computer, please have them give you detailed information about the problem. Once they have done so, please send Marilyn Saker an
e-mail message summarizing the information on the form.

14. The Alexander Computer Lab is intended for study and research. The lab’s atmosphere
should be similar to a library. It is not intended to be a lounge or entertainment room. Students
are not allowed to loiter or engage in non-study activities in the lab. Students are not
allowed to eat, drink, or smoke in the lab. Please note that, because students are not allowed
to eat, drink, or smoke in the lab, you cannot eat, drink, or smoke in the lab either.

15. Eventually the lab supplies will run low. Paper for the computer printer may be obtained
from the Main Music & Dance Office.

16. The Alexander Computer Lab is not open during recesses, finals week, winter break, or
spring break. You will not be working during EMU finals or EMU breaks.

17. If you have any questions or if any problems arise, please contact Marilyn Saker (phone:
734.487.1284; e-mail: msaker@emich.edu).