Action: Accommodation Request due by Friday, October 2nd
As noted in the Registrar’s memos accompanying and preceding the distribution of the Spring 2021 draft schedule, and similar to current fall 2020 principles, courses are to be scheduled and roomed to accommodate reductions in classroom density, and to space out classes to allow room air to be fully refreshed.
Appreciating that our students continue to expect a residential learning experience on the Potsdam campus and that they are doing so because of the face to face instruction and experiential learning Clarkson offers, classes are predominantly scheduled to be held in-person and hybrid, but with a reduction in split course offerings relative to fall 2020 course offerings.
TLC continues to offer a website that explains all of these permutations in detail. We are doing, and will continue to do, all that we can to ensure the safety and health of our community as we reopen as a residential campus in Potsdam this Spring.
Clarkson continues to follow all public health guidance and the recommendations of our internal science advisory team, the CICU advisory team, inputs from Canton Potsdam Hospital, and many others. We understand that not all of our faculty will be able to return to in-person teaching in the Spring. Teaching is but one component of faculty responsibilities (see OM section 5.2; https://confluence.clarkson.edu/display/UPR/OM+5.2.0+Duties+of+a+Faculty+Member).
As Chairs and Associate Deans work with faculty to balance workloads and adapt the course schedule for their unit to best serve the learning objectives of courses and meet the expectations of the students, requests for medical accommodations in Spring 2021 to not teach in person and/or work remotely will be processed by Human Resources.
To make this process easier, HR has created an online form to submit your own medical accommodation requests:
https://forms.gle/rRWeiKCX5aRyJYaE8
Faculty should inform their Chair/Associate Dean that they will be seeking a medical accommodation from Human Resources and submit this form by Friday, October 2nd. For all other reason(s) (ex: childcare, residing or caring for someone with a medical condition) to request an accommodation please e-mail your Chair or Associate Dean directly.
Should you have any questions regarding the medical accommodations process please contact Traci Giffin (tgiffin@clarkson.edu) and copy Human Resources (clarksonhr@clarkson.edu).
