Syllabus Policy Overkill
My supervisor has instructed us to include the entire attendance policy in every syllabus, which I feel is confusing and overkill.
We do have some problems with attendance in general, but I attribute that more to the connection between instructor and student more than the amount of policy reminders we put into the syllabus. How do you feel about that?
Shelby,
There are two levels of attendance. One is the attendance policy of the college and this is the one that generally is printed in the syllabus. This policy is often ignored by the students because they see it printed in every syllabus in every course. The other level of attendance is what you require for your course. I have inform my students in a supplemental handout about my grading method along with a grading rubric and then my attendance policy. This way my students see the attendance policy in a more personal way due to the connection we have. You are right that a lot of attendance is based upon rapport between the students and the instructor.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
