2026-2027 Faculty Handbook
At Montgomery College, we’re committed to providing our faculty with the resources,
services, and support they need to thrive. Faculty have access to a wide range of
resources and services designed to support you in your work and help you feel connected
to our College community. From campus facilities, libraries, and technology support
to dining, transportation, public safety, and more, we invite you to explore the resources
available to make your experience at Montgomery College as rewarding and successful
as possible.
At Montgomery College, we believe that your goals and your style should define how and what you learn. That’s why we offer the flexibility and convenience of three campuses, several off-site locations, and a wide selection of online courses.
The Germantown Campus new window of Montgomery College welcomes both returning and new students, including those who have engaged remotely in recent years. Located just 30 miles north of Washington, D.C., between Route 355 and Interstate 270, the scenic and expansive campus is home to The Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology at Montgomery College (PIC MC). It serves a richly diverse population of nearly 6,000 full-time and part-time students attending day, evening, and weekend classes.
The Rockville Campus new window is a vibrant academic community, home to the Macklin Business Institute and the Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center. It offers relevant and engaging learning experiences to a diverse and dynamic student population. The campus features signature academic and cultural programs in a state-of-the-art, welcoming environment designed to support student achievement. Faculty, staff, and students benefit from a range of academic and cultural opportunities that reflect the diversity and global perspectives of this exceptional suburban campus. Community members also participate in special events, as well as noncredit and credit educational and athletic programs open to the public.
Established in 1950, the Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus new window is Montgomery College’s first physical location. Situated in a vibrant urban-suburban neighborhood, the campus serves more than 6,000 credit and noncredit students each semester, representing over 150 countries. With instruction offered in more than 100 disciplines, the campus is supported by a diverse and experienced faculty. It serves as the headquarters for the College’s renowned health sciences programs and hosts a range of visual and performing arts programs, including the School of Art + Design.
The East County Education Center new window (ECEC) brings the College’s unique services and academic programs to the residents of the East County to expand access in this region and to serve as an anchor institution in the community.
The Workforce Development & Continuing Education new window (WDCE) at Montgomery College offers a broad array of pre- and post-degree educational programs and services tailored to the needs of Montgomery County residents and businesses. Each year, more than 25,000 individuals—including those undergoing career transitions, re-entering the workforce, updating technical skills, or seeking personal enrichment—enroll in WDCE programs.
Montgomery College offers flexible learning options through fully online and blended courses. Fully online courses new window are conducted entirely over the internet, allowing students to interact with instructors, access materials, participate in discussions, and submit assignments without coming to campus. Some courses may require limited on-campus activities, such as orientation sessions or proctored exams. Blended courses combine in-person class meetings with online instruction, offering both structure and flexibility. All online courses follow the same admissions, prerequisites, and academic standards as traditional, in-person classes.
Students enrolled in distance education have full access to academic support services, including advising, counseling, library resources, and campus-based learning centers. Online programs are taught by qualified faculty trained in effective digital instruction, and they meet the same learning objectives as on-campus offerings. Montgomery College currently offers 24 fully online degrees and 19 fully online certificates, several of which are designated as Z-degrees, meaning students do not need to purchase textbooks or materials. Information on Z-degrees and online programs can be found on the MC Online new window web site.
The Campus Store Distribution Hubs provide auxiliary support with variable hours of operation throughout the academic year.
Slingshot operates the MC Campus Store at the Rockville campus, the College’s centrally located full-service store, with Germantown and Takoma Park/Silver Spring locations as course material distribution hubs for course materials order pick-up and other services. The Campus Store Distribution Hubs provide auxiliary support with variable hours of operation throughout the academic year. Visit the MC Campus Store website new window to purchase Raptors’ apparel, gifts, supplies, course materials, and more. Slingshot will continue to update their website with new products and services.
Students may purchase course materials online by visiting Slingshot’s student portal new window and logging in with MyMC ID and password. Slingshot’s Student website provides course materials information, the ability to manage account preferences (delivery methods and material format), access to digital course materials (when available), information on book rental due dates or to extend book rentals, and transaction history on online purchases. For additional course materials support, please email support@slingshotedu.com, call 888-392-2930, or contact the MC Campus Store (240-567-5302 or montgomerycollege@slingshotedu.com).
Students may use Financial Aid book credit to purchase clothing, course materials, school & art supplies, and technology products. Please visit Financial Aid Office new window for more information.
Students may visit the Montgomery College Campus Store website new window to research all services available, to view course material and textbook selections, and to place orders online.
The Center for Early Education provides children with developmentally appropriate curricula in a caring and safe environment.
Our dedicated, professional staff members are committed to giving each child individual attention and respect, while creating a fun and healthy learning environment that cultivates academic readiness and social/emotional development.
Housed in a state-of-the-art center with access to science labs, art galleries, libraries, recreational facilities, and a planetarium, the Center for Early Education (CEE) Lab School is a premier learning community designed to engage and inspire young children three to five years of age. We provide innovative play-based classroom experiences to equip young learners in social- emotional development and academic enrichment. From expressive arts programs to year-round STEAM explorations and language study, the CEE Lab School is an amazing program where your child can learn and grow.
For more information, visit our Center for Early Education Lab School website new window or contact us at 240-567- 2041.
Montgomery College will always operate on its regular schedule unless otherwise announced.
Depending on the nature of the incident, notifications of emergencies and changes to the College’s operational status will be communicated through one or more of the following means:
- College emergency responders: Security Officers, Campus Response and/or Support Teams
- Montgomery College ALERT. Registered users receive text and e-mail messages. Registration information at montgomerycollege.edu/emergency
- Montgomery College Emergency Desktop Notification. Scrolling messages are broadcast on College computers
- Montgomery College closures and delays page
- MyMC website new window
- Social media: Twitter, Facebook Stories, and Instagram Stories
- Montgomery College student e-mail system
- Montgomery College employee voice mail. From off-site, dial 240-567-1701
- Montgomery College employee e-mail new window
- Montgomery College main phone number at 240-567-5000
- Montgomery College cable channel 10 in Montgomery County
- Commercial radio and TV stations including:
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WTOP (103.5 FM) |
If the College opens late or closes early for any reason, the following rule will be used to determine if a class will meet. If a class can meet for at least half of its scheduled time or if the class can meet for 50 minutes or more, then the class will meet. Reasonable efforts will be made to open and make buildings accessible at least 30 minutes prior to any delayed opening.
When MC is closed due to inclement weather, all evening and weekend classes, programs, athletic events, and activities are canceled or postponed.
The information below provides an overview of the four operational status levels or color codes that will indicate the College’s operating status.
Montgomery College’s operating status is based on current or forecasted conditions and will be displayed at the top of the College’s homepage. Based on the circumstances, the aforementioned alert notifications will be sent when necessary.
Students, please note: Always refer to the course syllabus and/or communicate directly with your instructors for guidance related to classes and assignments.
Additionally, all supervisors, department chairs, and administrators should work closely with their departments and teams to plan and prepare for their operations under codes yellow and orange in advance.
Conditions (Examples): Normal
Operating Status: The College is open and all campuses/locations are open.
Faculty/Staff/Student Actions: Operations/instruction/services as usual, both for on-site and remote/online activities.
Conditions (Examples): Anticipated or minor events that do not affect the overall operations of a campus/location (weather watch or advisory due to snow, hail, heavy rain). Isolated campus/location or operations emergency or issue (small scale power failure).
Operating Status: The College is open and all campuses/locations are open. Some on-site operations/instruction/services may be limited or impacted.
Faculty/Staff/Student Actions: All classes and events continue as scheduled. Liberal use of leave and situational telework for employees at the discretion of the supervisor/administrator.
Conditions (Examples): Events that will impact the physical or on-site operations of a campus/location (weather warning due to snow, hurricane, tornado). A regional area warning due to emergency or risk (regional travel warning). Localized College emergency or risk (MC network disruption, area power failure).
Operating Status: The College is open for operations, but all campuses and locations (i.e., physical locations) are closed. Operations/instruction/services are limited to remote only.
Faculty/Staff/Student Actions: All on-site campus/location classes, services, events, and activities are cancelled. All online, remote, and hybrid classes continue as scheduled. Students should refer to their course syllabus and/or communicate directly with their instructor for guidance. Only essential personnel directed by supervisor report to work on-site.* All telework eligible employees are required to telework or use leave. Regular staff in positions ineligible for telework are granted administrative leave.
Conditions (Examples): Events and situations that may involve an extreme local/regional/national emergency or risk (severe weather, state of emergency, civil or health crisis). Major infrastructure issues (large-scale network disruption, power failure)
Operating Status: The College is closed. All on-site and remote operations/instruction/services are suspended.
Faculty/Staff/Student Actions: All classes, services, events, and activities are cancelled, including online and remote classes. Only essential personnel directed by the supervisor report to work on-site.* Teleworking is not required. All regular staff will be granted administrative leave.
*Note: Employees required to report to work on-site during code Orange or Red status will be compensated in accordance with the AFSCME collective bargaining agreement or the College’s policies and procedures as appropriate.
For additional information and guidance, please contact the relevant departments below.
- Operational status system (color codes) and notifications: PublicSafety@montgomerycollege.edu
- Employee teleworking, work schedules, administrative leave, essential personnel: HRSTM@montgomerycollege.edu.
- All inquiries from the news media regarding an emergency event should be directed to the College’s Office of Communications new window.
Each campus Facilities Office handles issues related to building repairs, cleaning, ground maintenance, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, electricity, lighting, and water/sewer.
Call the Facilities Help/Service Desk to report problems or concerns.
- Germantown: PK/113, 240-567-7807, GTFacilitiesHelpDesk@montgomerycollege.edu
- Rockville: HU/016, 240-567-5073, RVFacilitiesHelpDesk@montgomerycollege.edu
- Takoma Park/Silver Spring: P2/133, 240-567-1563, TPFacilitiesHelpDesk@montgomerycollege.edu
For more information, please visit the Facilities website.
The campus Facilities Office schedules non-instructional use of most campus space. Please call the campus facilities use scheduler for more information on how to reserve space on campus.
- Germantown: PK/113, 240-567-7807, gtcommunityuse.scheduler@montgomerycollege.edu
- Rockville: HU/016, 240-567-5016, RVCommunityUse.Scheduler@montgomerycollege.edu
- Takoma Park/Silver Spring: P2/133, 240-567-1564, TPSSRoom.Reservations@montgomerycollege.edu
For more information, please visit the Facilities Use and Scheduling web site.
The Germantown and Rockville campuses have lounges available exclusively for faculty and staff use. All faculty are encouraged to take advantage of this designated space for the purpose of dining, mingling, and networking with colleagues.
Faculty Lounge locations:
- Germantown: PK/104, BE 232
- Rockville: CC, first floor
- Takoma Park/Silver Spring: ST, first floor
The College currently has CaféMC cafeterias on all three main campuses, operated by Metz Culinary Management.
Each of the three campuses has a cafeteria and dining area, operated by Metz Culinary Management new window in partnership with the department of Auxiliary Enterprises new window. Please visit Montgomery College Metz new window to learn more about hours of operations, daily menu, nutrition facts, catering services, management team, employment opportunities, and more.
Cafeteria locations:
- Germantown: HS, ground floor
- Rockville: CC, first floor
- Takoma Park/Silver Spring: ST, first floor
Catering services are also available on each of the campuses. To arrange catering for an event, contact the Metz catering manager at 240-567-7611 or email mccatering@metzcorp.com. Orders may also be placed online through the Metz Catering website new window.
Vending machines new window are available in various locations on all three campuses, with a selection of snacks and soft drinks. Click here for a listing of all vending machine locations new window.
Faculty must have College ID cards to use services such as the library and to gain access to buildings during off-schedule hours.
All Montgomery College employees can obtain an ID card, free of charge, at the Office of Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management at the Central Services Building located at 9221 Corporate Blvd., Rockville, MD 20850.
For more information, please visit the Office of Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management web site.
Librarians can help users develop a research topic, find relevant sources, evaluate sources, and cite sources.
This support is available via text message, 24/7 online chat, phone, walk-ins at the library service desk, and by appointment, either online or on Zoom. Learn about all our support options on our Get Research Help webpage new window. Users can also get help with research in various subject areas and preparing for courses and assignments with the library’s online subject and course research guides new window and tutorials new window, all available on the website. All library locations offer a variety of study environments to fit diverse learning styles, including collaboration spaces, quiet zones, and private group study rooms.
The library offers numerous computer workstations for College and community users. In addition, the library offers laptops and tablets for students to check out and use in the library. Students and employees may use the library’s One Button Studios for easy video creation. Student use of these services takes priority. Assistive technologies are available for users with special needs.
The library offers textbooks, e-textbooks, and other course materials required for many MC courses through the course reserves program new window. Students can inquire about their textbooks at the service desk or search by title, author, instructor, or class in RaptorSearch new window. Course reserves materials may be checked out for two hours at a time and used in the library buildings. Electronic reserves are available 24/7. High-speed scanners are available for students to scan their assignments and go.
The library provides 24/7 access to hundreds of thousands of e-books, e-journals, full-text articles, and streaming media to assist with coursework. In addition, MC Library’s print collections cover all disciplines. MC Library maintains a select collection of historical materials and memorabilia related to the history of the College. Any request for information about these materials may be directed to Beth Thoms, collection development librarian, at beth.thoms@montgomerycollege.edu. Finally, the library offers materials for personal enrichment, including popular fiction, streaming popular films, and a variety of print and digital newspapers and magazines.
Most resources, including books, e-books, articles, and media, can be accessed through the library’s search engine, RaptorSearch new window, and library’s website new window. Interlibrary Loan (ILL) service is available to provide resources the library does not own by borrowing them from other libraries. Users can make ILL requests new window using the form on our website. The library also offers an Inter-Campus Loan (ICL) service to deliver resources from one MC library to another.
Those with a valid student identification card or a community user card may check out materials for use outside of the library. Students registered for the current semester may use the library’s electronic resources from outside the library.
For more information, please visit the Montgomery College Library website new window, use our librarian chat service new window for 24/7 research help at or call one of the campus locations:
- Germantown, Humanities and Social Sciences Building, Suite 110; 240-567-7858
- Rockville, Macklin Tower, Suite 110; 240-567-7117 (Please note: during the 2025 - 2026 academic year, the Rockville Campus library will be relocating the Academic Annex (CB) Building due renovations.)
- Takoma Park/Silver Spring, Resource Center, Suite 215; 240-567-1540
- East County Education Center, Room 112; 240-567-6612
All MC employees and students are required to obtain a parking permit when parking any vehicle(s) on campus and other College properties. Log in to the Parking Portal to obtain your permit, pay a citation, or appeal a citation.
Each person associated with the College who parks a vehicle on any campus of the College or any property owned, leased, maintained, or operated by the College must register the vehicle regardless of its ownership. Students, faculty, staff, and visitors must abide by College traffic regulations. The College reserves the right to issue a citation or to tow, at the owner’s risk and expense, any unregistered vehicle parked in violation. Information about Montgomery College Motor Vehicle Regulations, vehicle registration, and parking is available on the Transportation and Parking new window page.
Montgomery College is committed to providing a safe and secure environment at all times that will support and enhance the institution’s educational programs and services. The Department of Public Safety is responsible for the protection and well-being of the College community, first aid, law enforcement and security functions, emergency assistance, 24-hour escort service (upon request), maintenance of automated external defibrillators (AEDs), and the lost and found service. Officers on each campus are on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week. In compliance with the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act of 1990, the College’s campus security procedures are provided on the Montgomery College Annual Security Report new window, click on Annual Security Report (Clery Act).
Public Safety Office Locations
Germantown: Student Affairs and Science Building (SA), Room 282; 240-567-3333
Rockville: Student Services Center (SV), Room 122; 240-567-3333
Takoma Park/Silver Spring: Student Services Center (ST), Room 117; 240-567-3333
In the event of a life-threatening emergency, call 911 first. Then call MC Public Safety at (240) 567-3333.
When a local or regional emergency affects Montgomery College, Montgomery College’s Public Safety personnel and other College officials utilize the College Emergency Operations Plan to coordinate their response activities with county, state, and federal authorities, as appropriate. The College works directly with Montgomery County’s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security and other agencies of County government.
Visit the Emergency Preparedness new window web site for more information
In the event of emergency situations involving Montgomery College directly or if an emergency occurs at the local, regional, or national level that could impact the college community Montgomery College’s Public Safety personnel and other College officials utilize in-house emergency response plans and coordinate their response activities with local, county, state, and federal authorities, as appropriate. The College works directly in conjunction with Montgomery County’s Office of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, in the event of any local activation of the county’s Emergency Operations Center.
Visit the Emergency Preparedness new window web site for more information.
Current Montgomery College faculty can board the MC Campus Shuttle at no additional cost. They must simply show the driver a College faculty identification card. Click here for the shuttle schedule. Please visit the transportation new window webpage for more information.