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SUBJECT / PROCEDURE: CLASS ATTENDANCE / P4.30-1
LEGAL AUTHORITY / P6Hx23-4.30 / 7/17/12
Revision #12-7

P6Hx23-4.30PROCEDURE: CLASS ATTENDANCE

  1. Attendance taking throughout the term is not required but is strongly encouraged. Attendance throughout the term may be taken in the ANGEL Learning Management System Attendance Manager module. It will be the responsibility of each instructor to insure that all students are informed of his or her class attendance and excessive absence policy in writing via the course syllabus. The instructor determines when the absences of a particular student have become “excessive.” During the first two weeks of each class, the instructor is required to take attendance in the college’s student information system. During a period of one week just after the sixty (60) percent point in the term, instructors shall determine any student enrolled in his or her class who is not actively participating in his or her class. Instructors are required to identify and record any of his or her students who are not actively participating in his or her class in the college’s student information system by the end of the one week period just after the sixty (60) percent point in the term.
  1. Each instructor shall exercise his or her professional judgment to determine if a student is actively participating in his or her class. Examples of active participation include: completion of a recent exam, submission of a class assignment, attendance in a scheduled class meeting, and participation in online discussion groups.
  1. Instructors will be notified via email when no attendance has been taken for a student during the first two weeks and when it is time to determine active participation (just after the sixty (60) percent point in the term).
  1. Recognizing that the college offers courses of varying length (express, eight week, and dynamically dated classes), the instructor will have one week to take attendance at the beginning of such classes. Furthermore, the period to determine active participation will be calculated and each instructor will be notified when students who are not participating may be recorded as such in the college’s student information system.
  1. Regular class attendance is expected of all students. When absent for less than a week because of illness or other emergencies, a student should notify, or have someone notify, the appropriate instructors. In the case of extended absences of a week or more, the student should notify, or have someone notify, the office of the associate provost.
  1. It is important that the student become aware of each instructor’s attendance and excessive absence policy.
  1. CLASS ATTENDANCE

Instructors are required to provide students with a written statement of their attendance policy at the beginning of each session.

  1. RELEASE FOR JURY DUTY

When a student is summoned to attend any court on jury duty, the student shall, upon presentation of a copy of the summons, be excused from classes during the period of the jury duty. Instructors may, however, require the student to return to class if the student is excused from jury duty earlier than expected. Students excused from class under this procedure shall be given the opportunity by the instructors involved to make up any tests or other work missed during the period of jury duty.

History:Amended 4/25/83. Effective 4/25/83; 7/17/12. Filed – 7/17/12. Effective – 7/17/12.

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