Yes!
Here are some example statements and resources:
Here is a suggested Waubonsee link to include! Waubonsee's Return to Campus for Students webpage includes comprehensive COVID-19 information for students, such as, Self-Assessment and Positive Cases, Campus Services, Links to Technology Resources, Services Directory, and Frequently Asked Questions, Things to Remember, and Safety Guidelines and Expectations:
(Adapted NIU example)
Your health and safety are my priority. We are all members of the Waubonsee community, and we owe it to each other to protect ourselves and each other. When I come to class, I’ll be wearing a face covering. I expect you to do the same. If there is some reason that isn’t possible for you, please contact me by email, and we’ll see what arrangements can be made. If you come to class in person, you’ll need to be wearing a face mask.
I also expect you to monitor your health, and you should stay home if you’ve been exposed to someone who recently tested positive for COVID-19 or if you develop any symptoms that might be related to COVID-19. I am going to be performing a health self-assessment each day and I want you to do the same. You can use the Self-Screening Checklist provided on Waubonsee’s Return to Campus for Students page.
If you have tested positive for COVID-19, please contact me and send an email to covid19@waubonsee.edu. Please do not come to campus.
(Adapted NIU example)
All students must comply with the guidelines in Waubonsee’s health and safety measures. Waubonsee will follow all applicable local, state, and federal public health guidelines and orders. To help keep our community healthy, students and instructors will be required to wear protective face masks in class, including when they are speaking. Students are expected to supply and maintain their own face masks. Students are required to follow all reasonable directives from a faculty member while in class. A student who fails to comply with a request to wear a face mask in class will be considered to have disrupted the educational environment. If a student chooses not to comply with the request, the student will be asked to leave and, ultimately, the instructor has the authority to cancel class. Uncooperative students will be subject to the “Classroom Disruption” process articulated in the Student Handbook. Please be advised that the instructor reserves the right to change aspects of this syllabus as pandemic circumstances change. This includes, but is not limited to, in-person classes going fully online, if necessary. If you do have symptoms of COVID-19, stay home and send an email to covid19@waubonsee.edu. Please do not come to campus.
(UNC Chapel Hill example)
- Nobody signed up for this.
- Not for the sickness, not for the social distancing, not for the sudden end of our collective lives together on campus.
- Not for an online class, not for teaching remotely, not for learning from home, not for mastering new technologies, not for varied access to learning materials.
- The humane option is the best option.
- We are going to prioritize supporting each other as humans.
- We are going to prioritize simple solutions that make sense for the most.
- We are going to prioritize sharing resources and communicating clearly.
- We cannot just do the same thing online.
- Some assignments are no longer possible.
- Some expectations are no longer reasonable.
- Some objectives are no longer valuable.
- We will foster intellectual nourishment, social connection, and personal accommodation.
- Accessible asynchronous content for diverse access, time zones, and contexts.
- Optional synchronous discussion to learn together and combat isolation.
- We will remain flexible and adjust to the situation.
- Nobody knows where this is going and what we’ll need to adapt.
- Everybody needs support and understanding in this unprecedented moment.