Class Attendance
Regular attendance is essential to receiving maximum benefit from the educational experiences. Students are expected to attend and be on time for all class, lab, shop, work experience and clinical sessions. To assure success, students must be prepared to engage in the teaching and learning process.
Courses may have an attendance policy. In cases where the course has an attendance policy, the policy is included in the course syllabus. Students are responsible for all materials covered and all assignments made in class.
In general, absences due to official college activities and events will not be included as absences within an individual faculty member’s attendance policy, provided that the student submits appropriate documentation to the faculty of record at least one week prior to the event. However, if the student has an excessive number of absences or has unsatisfactory academic performance in the course, the faculty member will inform the appropriate organization advisor/sponsor whether the student will be permitted to miss class. Students missing a class due to official college activities and events are responsible for contacting the faculty member to make arrangements for advanced submission or make-up of work. The student will be allowed a reasonable opportunity to complete all work missed as a result of the missed class. Official college activities and events include participation in the following: field trips in connection with courses; intercollegiate athletic contests; state-wide, regional and/or national organization events; scholarship events, and student academic competitions and award ceremonies.
In exceptional cases, faculty may be unavoidably detained for scheduled class. If there is no written or verbal communication has been provided indicating such a delay, students are required to wait fifteen minutes for the faculty member or designee to arrive. If the faculty member or designee does not arrive during this time frame, students may assume that scheduled class time will not take place that day.
Whenever classes do not meet, students are required to check the course Canvas site for information regarding rescheduled class time and/or alternate class assignments to complete. Failure to complete any assigned Canvas assignment will result in an absence for that class session.
If written or verbal communication is provided indicating that class will begin at a delayed time, students are expected to wait and attend the class as instructed, unless they are otherwise notified.