2.61 INSTRUCTOR CLASSROOM HOURS AND ABSENCES

Effective: January 19, 2000

PURPOSE
To establish guidelines for instructor classroom hours and absences.

AUTHORITY/SOURCE
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
Academic Deans

POLICY
It is the University's expectation that an instructor conduct every scheduled class for the entire scheduled time.

PROCEDURE
An instructor who anticipates being absent should notify the department chair or academic dean as soon as possible in order that arrangements may be made for the meeting of classes and the performance of other scheduled duties. Where possible, students should be notified in advance of class cancellations.

When a personal or professional obligation (e.g. professional conference, etc.) requires that an instructor miss a class, the instructor should receive the department chairperson's approval in advance.

Instructors must never hire anyone else to teach a course to which they have been assigned.

Instructors should make it normal practice to meet classes for the full scheduled class time.

It is the responsibility of the department chairperson to insure that this policy is observed.

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