Faculty Resources
SPRING 2022 COVID OPERATING GUIDELINES FROM THE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM OF GEORGIA
SPRING 2022 CLASSROOM COVID PROCEDURES SUGGESTED SYLLABUS STATEMENT:
Blazers protect Blazers. As members of a community, we seek to protect others and ourselves. The first line of protection against COVID 19 is to be fully vaccinated, including a booster. Vaccinations are strongly encouraged and are available free of charge through VSU Health Services and many local pharmacies. Information about scheduling an appointment at Student Health Services is available at https://www.valdosta.edu/administration/student-affairs/student-health/.
To protect yourself and others, properly wearing a face covering is strongly encouraged in all classrooms and other instructional spaces at all times.
If you are experiencing COVID symptoms, use the free testing available at the Student Health Center; you may also obtain a test at many other locations around town. If you test positive, please report your case using the COVID Self Reporting tool at the top of your MyVSU page. Guidance on student absences is available at https://www.valdosta.edu/academics/academic-affairs/guidance-on-student-absences.php. To report an absence to the Dean of Students Office, complete the form at https://www.valdosta.edu/administration/student-affairs/absentee-notification-form.php.
If you must self-isolate or quarantine, follow the directions provided by Student Health after you have reported your COVID status.
ALTERNATE EDUCATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS (STUDENTS):
Alternate Educational Arrangement (AEA) or accommodations granted to students for Fall 2020 or Spring 2021 due to increased risk for severe illness with COVID-19 will end no later than June 30, 2021. All students are expected to return to their traditional educational arrangement beginning with the start of the Fall 2021 semester. Lack of vaccination is not grounds for a request for continuing an AEA or accommodation.
***Please note that qualified individuals with a disability can submit requests for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) academic accommodations through the Access Office.
COVID OPERATIONS & CLASSROOM NOTIFICATIONS:
The Student Health Center continues to offer COVID testing, COVID vaccination, and monitors the daily reports of COVID+ individuals. Contact tracing is also ongoing. Faculty will receive a notice from the Dean of Students for any student that has a verified reason to be absent from class. If you do not receive the notification, you should request that the student contact the Office of Student Affairs at 229-333-5941.
GUIDANCE ON STUDENT ABSENCES FROM STUDENT AFFAIRS
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH GUIDANCE ON ISOLATION AND QUARANTINE:
Isolation: If you test positive for COVID-19, everyone (regardless of vaccination status) must:
- Isolate at home for 5 days from the date symptoms first appeared or, if asymptomatic, the date of the positive test. Stay away from others in the household as much as possible during isolation.
- After 5 days, if you have no symptoms or your symptoms are resolving and you have not had fever for more than 24 hours without the use of fever-reducing medication, you may end isolation. If symptoms are not improving or fever has not resolved, you should continue isolating until these criteria are met.
- After ending isolation, you should continue to wear a mask around others for 5 days.
Quarantine: If you have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 and you are
- Boosted, or have become fully vaccinated within the last 6 months (Moderna or Pfizer vaccine) or within the last 2 months (J&J vaccine):
- You do not need to quarantine at home.
- You should wear a mask around others for 10 days.
- If possible, get tested on day 5.
- If you develop symptoms, get tested and isolate at home until test results are received, then proceed in accordance with the test results.
- Unvaccinated, or became fully vaccinated more than 6 months ago (Moderna or Pfizer vaccine) or more than 2 months ago (J&J vaccine) and have not received a booster:
- You must quarantine at home for 5 days. After that, continue to wear a mask around others for 5 additional days.
- If possible, get tested on day 5.
- If you develop symptoms, get tested and isolate at home until test results are received, then proceed in accordance with the test results.
ALL GUIDANCE LISTED HERE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BASED ON RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. VSU RESERVES THE RIGHT TO ADJUST PLANS AS NECESSARY.
ADDITIONAL FACULTY RESOURCES:
10 Course Policies to Rethink on your Fall Syllabus (Chronicle of Higher Education, 08/11/21)
Three Tips for Teachers to Manage COVID-19 Related Student Absences
How to Post Classroom Recordings in BlazeVIEW so Only Specific Students Have Access
Faculty Guidelines and Best Practices for Using Proctored Examinations
Fall Semester 2021 COVID Operating Guidelines from the University System of Georgia
10 Course Policies to Rethink on your Fall Syllabus (Chronicle of Higher Education, 08/11/21)
Three Tips for Teachers to Manage COVID-19 Related Student Absences
How to Post Classroom Recordings in BlazeVIEW so Only Specific Students Have Access
Faculty Guidelines and Best Practices for Using Proctored Examinations
Suggested Syllabus Statement:
FACE COVERINGS AND SOCIAL DISTANCING
As the Blazer Creed articulates, members of the VSU community are expected to live by the high standards of civility, integrity, and citizenship and embrace their responsibility as a member of the Blazer community. In recognition of this responsibility, and in response to the best available science and current guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Georgia Department of Public Health, while face coverings are no longer required, individuals are strongly encouraged to continue wearing a face covering indoors. Unvaccinated individuals are strongly encouraged to get vaccinated. Vaccines remain available at no cost for all members of the university community by appointment at Student Health Services. For COVID Vaccines, please call ahead for an appointment at 229-333-5886.
ALTERNATE EDUCATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS (STUDENTS)
Alternate Educational Arrangement (AEA) or accommodations granted to students for Fall 2020 or Spring 2021 due to increased risk for severe illness with COVID-19 will end no later than June 30, 2021. All students are expected to return to their traditional educational arrangement beginning with the start of the Fall 2021 semester. Lack of vaccination is not grounds for a request for continuing an AEA or accommodation.
***Please note that qualified individuals with a disability can submit requests for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) academic accommodations through the Access Office.
COVID OPERATIONS & CLASSROOM NOTIFICATIONS: The Student Health Center continues to offer COVID testing, COVID vaccination, and monitors the daily reports of COVID+ individuals. Contact tracing is also ongoing. Faculty will receive a notice from the Dean of Students for any student that has a verified reason to be absent from class. If you do not receive the notification, you should request that the student contact the Office of Student Affairs at 229-333-5941.
QUARANTINE AND ISOLATION
Students, faculty, and staff who have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19 are not required to quarantine if they have been fully vaccinated against the virus and show no symptoms. Individuals who have not yet been fully vaccinated and who have been in close contact with someone who has COVID-19, show symptoms, or anyone diagnosed as COVID-19 positive should continue to self-report in the MyVSU Portal.
All guidance listed here is subject to change based on recommendations from the Georgia Department of Public Health. VSU reserves the right to adjust plans as necessary.
Sample Syllabus Statements for Spring 2021 (includes Face Coverings, Virtual Proctored Exams, Coronavirus Resources for Students, Modality, Technology Requirements, Attendance, and Campus Offices to Help Students)
Revised Spring 2021 Academic Calendar
Final Exam Schedule Spring 2021
Academic Building Classroom Capacities for Social Distancing
Process for How to Set Up Classroom Groups in BlazeVIEW (PDF)
Process for How to Notify Students About Group Assignments (PDF)
Faculty Guidelines and Best Practices for Using Proctored Examinations
Student Request for COVID-19 Course Modification
COVID-19 Health or Safety Concern Report Form
Updated Fall 2020 On Campus Class Meeting Schedule
Sample Syllabus Statement on Coronavirus Resources for Students
Sample Syllabus Statement for Face Coverings
Sample Syllabus Statement for Virtual Proctored Examinations
Academic Building Classroom Capacities for Social Distancing
Process for How to Set Up Classroom Groups in BlazeVIEW (PDF)
Process for How to Notify Students About Group Assignments (PDF)
Faculty Guidelines and Best Practices for Using Proctored Examinations
Common Class Modalities for Fall 2020
Student Request for COVID-19 Course Modification
COVID-19 Health or Safety Concern Report Form
Resources for Teaching Remotely
Annual Faculty Activity Report and Action Plan (to be completed by faculty members) and Annual Faculty Evaluation Template [Submission Timeline] [Evaluation Template for Academic Administrators]
Application for Academic Leave
Faculty Course Reassigned Time Request Form
Late Registration Drop/Add Form
Request for a Grade of Incomplete
Request to Engage in Outside Employment/Activity
Request to Waive Allowable Mandatory Fees
"C" or better in ENGL 1101 and 1102 beginning in Fall, 2014
Academic Affairs Strategic Plan
Academic Probation and Suspension for Undergraduate Students
AP Test Scores and VSU Equivalency
Cambridge AICE Scores and University Equivalents
College Preparatory Curriculum (CPC) Requirements
Determination of Credit Hours for Courses Policy
Dropping vs. Withdrawing from a Class
Georgia Legislative Requirements
Mathematics Placement Guidelines
Repeated Course GPA Calculation Policy and FAQs
Student Opinions of Instruction (SOI)
Student Concerns and Complaints/Grievances
Annual Faculty Activity Report and Action Plan (to be completed by faculty members) and Annual Faculty Evaluation Template [Submission Timeline]
Goal Accomplishments Worksheet for the Annual Faculty Activity Report
Reflection and Goal Planning Worksheet for the Annual Faculty Activity Report
Equity-Minded Reform of Faculty Evaluation: A Call to Action (from the American Council on Education)
Faculty Evaluation Model (approved 03/25/2021) [2007 version]
Good Practice in Tenure Evaluation: Advice for Tenured Faculty, Department Chairs, and Academic Administrators (from the American Council on Education, the American Association of University Professors, and United Educators)
Guidelines for Interpreting SOIs
Process and Application for Awarding Emeritus/a Status
Student Opinion of Instruction (SOI) Guides
Tenure and Promotion Procedures and Timeline
USG Promotion Recommendation Form
Center for Applied Social Sciences
Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT)
Employee and Organizational Development
Employee Training Registration Database
Faculty Research Seed Grants (FRSG)
Infobase (formerly Hoonuit and Atomic Learning)
Intellectual Pluralism and Academic Freedom
Presidential Excellence Awards
Request to Engage in Outside Employment/Activity
Academic Affairs Strategic Plan
Academic Affairs Fall 2014 Updates
Academic Affairs Fall 2015 Updates
Academic Affairs Fall 2016 Updates
Academic Affairs Fall 2017 Updates
Academic Affairs Fall 2018 Updates
Academic Affairs Fall 2019 Updates
Academic Affairs Fall 2020 Updates
Academic Affairs Fall 2021 Updates
Academic Affairs Fall 2022 Updates
Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT)
Embedded Librarian Service Request Form
Faculty Credentials and Uploading Course Syllabi
Faculty Guidelines and Best Practices for Using Proctored Examinations
Infobase (formerly Atomic Learning)
Student Opinions of Instruction (SOI)
Teaching, Writing, Research and Career Links
Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
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