Faculty and instructors (referred to as “instructors” in this document) may encounter situations where they need to be absent from the classroom for an extended period and/or where multiple students in their classes need to be absent for reasons related to COVID. For example, an instructor may be in quarantine or isolation because they have tested positive for COVID or are an unvaccinated “close contact” of a COVID-positive individual, or they may need to provide caregiving at home to household members in quarantine or isolation. Instructors may also have multiple students who are in quarantine or isolation and must miss multiple class sessions. This document is intended to assist academic unit heads – department heads, school directors, division heads, and directors of academic affairs – in their efforts to manage these ongoing issues on a larger scale over the course of the rest of this semester and beyond as circumstances warrant. See full document here.
