http://chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/attendancepolicy.html
Attendance Policy
for Prof. Furr's classes
Attendance will be taken each day.
If you cannot attend class for whatever reason, I expect you to let me know by email; by phone; or in person before class. If this is impossible, leave a message the same day as the class.
"Excused" Absences
IF you do this, your absence will be "excused." You will still miss what went on in the class, of course. But I will not count the absence itself against you for the final grade.
"Unexcused" Absences
If you fail, or forget, to do this, your absence will be "unexcused." Three unexcused absences will lower the final grade by one grade (e.g. "A" becomes "A-"); five unexcused absences lowers it by one letter (e.g. "A" becomes "B").
How To Contact Me
- SPELL YOUR NAME.
- TELL ME WHICH CLASS YOU ARE CALLING FOR
- TELL ME THE DATE YOU ARE CALLING FOR -- that is, the date you will be absent, not the date you are actually phoning me (the answering machine gives me that information).
Lateness Policy
If you are late for class -- after I have taken attendance - - I will count it as an "unexcused" absence unless you remember to tell me, at the end of that same class, that you came late. If you forget to do this, your recorded absence will remain. I do this because lateness disrupts the class and group discussions. Please do not be consistently late.
I do not want to be punitive. I do want to guarantee that we can begin class every day with every body in every group present, so that no group has to 'wait' for its members to show up, and everybody has done the reading. Just like failure to complete the reading, regular lateness on the part of any student sabotages the ability of that student's whole group to have a positive learning experience.
http://chss.montclair.edu/english/furr/attendancepolicy.html | furrg@alpha.montclair.edu | last modified 8 Sep 98