Conducting teaching evaluations for AIs
Proposing lower-division courses beyond 309J
Arranging Substitute
If you must miss in-person teaching, please email Senior Course Scheduler Sara Casselberry (Sara.Casselberry@austin.utexas.edu), and Associate Chair Clay Spinuzzi (clay.spinuzzi@utexas.edu). As soon as possible, let us know when and why you are planning to miss class and which option you plan to take:
- Ask a fellow lower-division instructor to substitute for the day. Please give the instructor access to your Canvas.
- Reach out to our ADs (jchurt09@utexas.edu, jarvizu@utexas.edu, ahr766@utexas.edu) to see if one of them can take on the class. Again, make sure they have access to your Canvas.
- Teach remotely over Zoom. This was a preferred option during COVID, but the department now prefers a live substitute. If you do this, please inform students via Canvas as soon as possible so they know what to expect.
Teaching is an extremely important obligation: You have many students relying on you for instruction and guidance. So the department asks you to miss in-person teaching only when absolutely necessary, to keep the department informed about your substitution plans, and to arrange for substitutes well in advance when possible.