Tutoring Statement

The Supplemental Instruction & Tutoring Program at TSTC offers free tutoring and academic support services to help you achieve your academic and career goals. You can access the Tutoring Schedule, as well as MyTSTC Video Tutor Library, by visiting: https://portal.tstc.edu/student/Student_Learning/Pages/Tutoring.aspx (shortened link: goo.gl/Z9vJvY ).

For more information, please contact Norma A. Salazar@ 956-364-4557.

Learning Resource Center

The Learning Resource Center provides online and in person library resources and services.  Go to tstc.libguides.com to find help with your assignments, projects, and papers.  Clicking the Student tab will allow you to find resources, homework help, tutorials, and real time chat to answer your questions.

FOR YOUR SAFETY, PLEASE FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES:

• Wear a face covering at all times.
• Wash your hands frequently for 20 seconds.
• Use hand sanitizer regularly.
• Practice social distancing by remaining 6 feet apart.
• Pay attention to entrance-and exit-only doors.
• Follow directional signs.
• Follow any safety directions posted.

Should you, or someone with whom you have had close contact, have shown any signs or symptoms of COVID-19 please stay home and let us know as soon as possible by filling out this simple form We will contact you to provide you with further guidance on when you may return to campus.

Title IX

Texas State Technical College (TSTC) seeks to provide an environment that promotes equal opportunity free from discrimination and harassment.

If you have been a victim of sexual harassment, sexual harassment, sexual assault, or any other form of protected class discrimination, we encourage you to make a report. If you report to a faculty member, she or he must notify TSTC’s Title IX Coordinator about the incident. You may also make a confidential report to TSTC’s Counselors.

All students (including pregnant and parent students), regardless of their legal status are entitled to protections under TSTC’s policy.

For more information about Title IX or sexual misconduct, as well as your options, please visit https://www.tstc.edu/student_life/titleix.

For information about equal opportunity and civil rights policies, visit https://www.tstc.edu/governance/sos.

• Summarize the contents of the course syllabus as discussed in student orientation.
• Identify course assessments, policies and procedures using syllabus.
• Tour lab and discuss safety and proper use of equipment.

• Identify tools and materials needed to create a template.
  Identify and perform steps to create a template.

• Identify and practice use of sheet metal brake.
  Identify limitations of the sheet metal brake.
  Identify sheet metal thickness or gauge.
  Discuss sheet metal composition.
• Create a metal shelf using template created in week 2

• Identify tools and procedures used to shape metal using a Panel Beaters Bag.
• Perform panel shaping using a Panel Beaters Bag.

• Discuss proper operation of the English Wheel. Identify correct and incorrect tracking of the English Wheel.
• Perform panel shaping to fit template using English Wheel

• Discuss how metal moves as it shrinks or stretches
  Identify if the metal needs to shrink or stretch to match desired shape
• Perform shrinking and stretching of panel to fit template.

• Discuss operation of the bead roller and die profiles. Identify which dies create which profile.
• Shape panel using the bead roller to match template.

• Create several templates using metal and paper.
• Continue practicing proper and safe use of equipment while shaping metal.
• Shape patch panel.

• Identify high crowns, low crowns, style lines and reverses
• Identify other metal shaping equipment and techniques.
• Continue practicing proper and safe use of equipment while shaping metal
• Aluminum Research Homework

• Complete shaping of patch panel and prepare to install patch panel.
• Install patch panel

• Use template created to complete dust pan project.

• Students continue working on lab projects.

• Students continue to finish up lab projects.

• Complete and unfinished lab projects.
• Students will turn in all work by the end of class completed or not.

• Students will clean lab, equipment and attend the Awards Ceremony.(Awards Ceremony is the last Thursday of the Semester)

(Grade for courses must be a C or higher)

GRADES      PERCENT                           DESCRIPTION                                        GRADE POINTS

     A              90-100            Excellent Superior Perfomance Level                                     4

     B               80-89             Above Required Performance Level                                       3

     C               70-79             Minimum Required Perfomance Level                                    2

     D               60-69             Below Required Perfomance Level                                        1

     F             Below 60           Failure to meet Perfomance Requirements                            0

    IP                  --                In Progress

    W                  --                Withdraw                                                                           0

   CR                  --                Credit                                                                                0

  AUD                 --                Audit of Course                                                                  0

See College Catalog for complete description

RATING SCALE

         KEY

           6        90+    Proficient        Student consistantly performs task accurately to industry standards without supervision.

                5       80-89  Proficient          Student performs the taskto industry standards with no supervision.

             4       70-79  Proficient          Student performs the task to industy standards with little supervision. This is the minimum                                                                                          performance for the STAR skill completion.

             3       60-69  Exposed/          Student has been intrpduced to the task and can perform some of the tasks to industry standards.

                                Not Proficient 

             2       50-59  Not Proficient    Student has been introduced to the task, but cannot perform the task to industry standards.

             1        0-49   Not proficient    Student was absent or did not complete assignment.

The Student Handbook contains valuable information on campus policies and procedures.

• Student Code of Conduct
• Student Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy
• Plagiarism
• Student Grievences and Complaints

Any student who, because of a disability, may require special accomodations in order to meet the course requirements, should contact the Disability Services office, as soon as possible, to make necessary arrangements. Please note that instructors are not allowed to provide classroom accomodation to a student until appropraite verificationfrom the Disability Servoce office has been provided.

 Abilene Campus                                    Fort Bend Campus                                 Sweetwater Campus

Susan Hash                                                          Mellisa Williams                                                  Griselda Sanchez

Testing and Support Services                             Enrollment Suite. Brazos Center Rm. 106          Disability Services

Abilene Main Campus Bldg Rm. 112                   346-239-3392                                                      Student Support Services

325-734-3641                                                                                                                                    Lance Sears Building Rm. 140

Brekenridge Campus                              Harligen Campus                                    North Texas Campus

Lisa Langford                                                       Corina De La Rosa                                                Tara Odem

Testing and Advisement located in                     Disability Services                                                Student Services Rm.227

The Main Building Rm. 106                                  Student Support Services Rm. 216                     972-617-4724

254-559-7731                                                      956-364-4521

Brownwood Campus                               Marshall Campus                                   Waco Campus

Maria Mata                                                           Annette Ellis                                                        Marilyn Harren

Testing and Advisement                                     Administratin and Admissions Rm. 150              Disability Services Office

Building 2 Rm. 120                                             903-923-3313                                                       Student Service Center Rm. 198

325-641-3911                                                                                                                                   254-867-3600

Williamson County

Chemese Armstrong

Enrollment Services Rm. B113C

512-759-5907

The Supplimental Instruction & Tutoring Program at TSTC offers free tutoring and academic support services to help you achieve your academic and career goals. You can access the Tutoring Schedule, as well as MyTSTC Video Tutor Library, by visiting: https://portal.tstc.edu/student/Student Learning/Pages/Tutoring.aspx

For more information, please contact Norma A. Salazar@ 956-364-4557

The purpose of the TSTC Learning Resource Center is to serve the TSTC Community and support academic, advanced, specialized and emerging programs contributin to the educational and economic development of the State of Texas. For access to online resources, databases and services visit the Learning Resource Center on the TSTC Portal or go to tstc.libguides.com

A class participation grade will be taken each and every class day. The quiz or assignment will be the participation grade if given. Otherwise, 25 will be given for attending and being on time. A 12.5 will be given if you are tardy. An unexcused absence will earn a grade of "ZERO". The midterm and Final Exams will include the participation grade for those days. 25% of the exam grade will be deducted if you are tardy. A grade of "ZERO" will be earned if you have an unexcused absence.

A Student is expected to attend and participate during the scheduled period of instruction (online lecture and lab). This begins with the first scheduled class day of the term. A student deemed a non-paticipation for more than 10% (1.5 days) of the online lecture or 10% (1.5 days) of the lab periods, regardless of grades earned on assignments, will have to repeat the course. 

Students are required to participate in a safety lecture prior to preforming in the laboratory protion of the course. A written test will be given to each participating student covering the presented safety mterials. Students must compete the safety test with 100% accuracyprior to recieving lab assignments.

All online lecture and laboratory safety rules and regulations will be followed in every detail. Failure to comply with this policy will result in dismisal of class until further notice.

Can be given at any time by the instructor and are not make up items.

Students can be exempted from a final exam if:

Lecture average is 90 or above

Attendance is perfect

Assignments are completed and turned in

Cell phones may be brought into the classroom or lab as they are part of our society. It is common courtesy to put devices such as cell phones  and laptops away during the presentaions and discussions as alerts and notifications from devices can distract you and others. So, the rule is to turn off all cell phones during class time and put them away. Do not use a laptop in class unless you use it to take notes. If there is a need to use a devise in the classroom, communicate this to your instructor so a discussion can occur and an understanding reached.

Phones and earphones may be used in the labfor music only. Phones must be off during demonstrations or class discussions.

Anyone failing to adhere to his policywill be dismissed from classand issued a non-participation grade (absence) for that time period of instructions.

Each student is expected to participate in the awards ceremony and cleanup activities once the date has been identified.

Students Final Exam grade is dependent upon their participation at these functions. One half (1/2) of the final exam grade for the course is participation. One half (1/2) is completing the final exam for the course.

Students with unexpected circumstances can be excused by the department chair only.

TSTC school calander identifies the end of the semester. Student break begins the day after.