Liaisons 

Liaisons are faculty or instructional staff members from UW Oshkosh who serve as mentors to the adjunct high school instructors their approval by the UWO academic program to teach CAPP courses. They help with the oversight and support of the quality and alignment of CAPP courses (see requirements listed below). Liaisons are compensated and reimbursed for travel. Each year liaisons receive an MOU that details which high schools, adjuncts and courses they are responsible for that year.

New liaisons: Please make an appointment with the CAPP Academic Director for a new liaison orientation session. This meeting will be in person or on Teams and will last approximately 1 hour.

Many faculty liaisons report that collaborating with high school instructors has given them fresh ideas to incorporate into their own classes. High school teachers are experts in pedagogy and liaisons are experts in their content area. Combined, the partnership benefits all involved.

Liaisons are also compensated for the additional time and work required. As of 2025, base pay is $500 per adjunct that you oversee. Additional compensation is available when site visits are performed.

• If your academic area currently has courses being taught for CAPP, contact your Department Chair.
• If your Department currently does not have courses being taught for CAPP, contact the CAPP office: capp@uwosh.edu. We would be happy to work with you to reach out to high schools to offer your courses.

Resources

Site Visit Reports – completed after each visit with adjunct, available through CAPPlink homepage

Liaison Handbook – click here to open

• Mentor adjunct teachers by observing them in their classrooms AND conduct at least one other meaningful contact with your adjunct in a manner that is mutually agreeable to you and your adjunct.
  • First-year adjuncts must have an observational visit done during the first semester the course is offered and a second visit before the class ends. If the course is taught separately for Fall and Spring semesters, one visit per section is appropriate.
  • Adjuncts who have taught for 2-3 years (within the same program) should have an observational visit every year, with one visit per unique course.
  • Adjuncts who have taught for 4 years or longer (within the same program) only need to be observed every other year for each course. At least one non-observational meaningful contact with your adjunct is still required.
• Complete site visit reports for each visit and submit to CAPPlink by end the CAPP course.
• Participate in the annual Fall Faculty Liaison Meeting.
• Attend the annual Spring Professional Development Workshop and collaborate with your department to prepare a 3-hour professional development discipline specific session for your adjuncts.
• Ensure that the off-campus CAPP section of the campus-based course is comparable in quality and in alignment in all areas:
  • Learning outcomes
  • Course Content
  • Grading Scale
  • Testing and Assessment Policies
  • Other Program Policies as applicable
• Review and approve your adjunct’s course syllabi in CAPPlink by week 4 of the class (keep in mind high schools have different schedules). CAPP has a template syllabus we can provide which includes all UWO required syllabus components.
• Assist in student registration by reviewing adjunct recommendations for students missing prerequisites or with a low GPA.
• Comply with all NACEP accreditation policies and requirements. Supply necessary documentation for reaccreditation.
• Maintain on-going collaborative communication with the adjunct.

Additionally:

• If at all possible, participate in campus visits when your adjunct(s) and their class(es) visit campus.
• Inform adjunct of on-campus professional development activities that may be of interest to them or of departmental/program activities, contests, clubs that may be of interest to CAPP students.

CAPP liaisons are considered in non-compliance of CAPP and University policies for any of the following reasons:

• failure to create, organize and attend the annual discipline-specific professional development workshop
• failure to conduct course site visits and complete site visit evaluation forms on CAPPlink
• failure to provide the second meaningful contact and CAPPlink report
• failure to complete all necessary administrative duties for CAPP including syllabus oversight and submitting approve syllabi to the CAPP office
• failure to communicate consistently with CAPP adjunct responding to questions and providing any updates
• failure to attend the Liaison Fall Meeting
• failure to provide materials requested by the CAPP Office, for example, required evidence for NACEP reaccreditation
• other circumstances not described above, as determined by the CAPP Co-Director and Dean of College of Letters and Science.

CAPP liaisons found in non-compliance after discussion with the CAPP Office and, in some cases, with the Academic Department Chair and the COLS Dean, will be given a probationary year with an improvement plan or discontinued, depending on the actions that resulted in non-compliance.

1. Consider conducting a professional development opportunity (course or workshop) for graduate credit with first-year CAPP adjuncts. If you do decide to offer a professional development opportunity, adjuncts need not participate—unless completing a directed study is a condition that needs to be met by an adjunct who has been accepted provisionally. The work performed by adjuncts is defined by the faculty liaison. CAPP faculty liaisons could request CAPP adjuncts to complete a variety of assignments, including keeping a reflective journal of their first year of teaching and writing a research paper pertinent to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh course.
2. Consider developing a longer summer workshop, series of workshops, or independent study for graduate credit designed to strengthen the skills of existing adjuncts or to develop new adjuncts. The content of these workshops should be approved by the corresponding department, as needed, and necessary for adjunct approval.
3. Consider teaching an online section of your course, or a new course for CAPP students.