[Faculty Handbook Category #2]
From its founding, St. Olaf College has been devoted to residential teaching and learning. Our students want to live in community with one another on a campus where learning occurs in and out of the classroom. For these reasons, during the academic year, teaching is in person.
- From time to time, in the event of adverse weather, illness, or while attending a professional conference or other professional activity, the instructor may teach a class remotely. Instructors should alert the department chair as early as possible of the plan to teach remotely.
- From time to time, an instructor may wish to hold a particular class session remotely for reasons related to the day’s activity or mode of instruction (for example, class discussion with a guest speaker who is joining remotely). In such cases, the instructor should notify the department chair in advance.
- Some summer session courses may be offered remotely. The mode of instruction for these courses is indicated in the Class and Lab Schedule.
- In-person attendance is the expectation for students. When a student has informed an instructor of an upcoming absence, the instructor may determine whether to offer the option of remote attendance.
- Office hours and other meetings with students may be conducted either in-person or virtually, so long as some of these meetings are offered in-person on a weekly basis. Both types of office hours should be posted in the syllabus and with the department chair or AAA.
Created March 2024