Who takes over when a college teacher is sick or absent? (high school, professors)

[The Outcast]

When I was in High School we use to have subsititute teachers all the time when our regular instructor was sick or forced out of town. I never remember a sub in college. What happens when a Instructor or Professor at a college is out, who takes over?

[flyonpa]

If its just one class they usually cancel it, Had Bio class in college where the instructor in the hospital, for weeks, they had a endless parade of other profs come into the class and teach it. After 3rd prof, a bunch of us went to the dean of the college, Each prof was teaching different stuff, in different ways, when we got the mid term From the prof of the week. it had no reference to what the other profs were teaching. Dean gave the entire class the option of a Free/Retake of the class the next semester for a grade or take the class Pass/Fail (Pass = B/3.0) (Fail = D 1.0) Weeks after the pass/fail deadline.

Also Some school use Grad Student/Teaching Assnt to take over the classs for a day or 2.

[tpk-nyc]

When I was in college classes were cancelled if the professor was out. I had one professor who was an Orthodox Jew. She was out for all of the holy days at the beginning of each fall semester. It was usually three or four classes, depending on the calendar that year.

[khitty_kat]

Originally Posted by The Outcast

When I was in High School we use to have subsititute teachers all the time when our regular instructor was sick or forced out of town. I never remember a sub in college. What happens when a Instructor or Professor at a college is out, who takes over?

The class is usually canceled but sometimes our professor sends in a replacement. (;

[1200RT]

Originally Posted by tpk-nyc

When I was in college classes were cancelled if the professor was out.

Agreed. A note on the door or an email alerted to it. Usually it included an assignment for the next class if it wasn't already assigned.

[Football Zebra]

One of my professors is expecting and due at the beginning of October. She'll be out for a month and she has already arranged for us to have a guest speaker once a week, and the other day will be a "free" day for us.

[debzkidz]

When I was in college one of my professors had cancer. At the beginning of the semester, if he was out, class was just canceled. Then a TA began teaching the class. The professor actually passed away just before the end of the semester. The university had another professor that would occasionally come in and make an appearance but the semester was really just completed by the TA.

[charolastra00]

My professors almost *always* had make up classes if they were out for any reason, unless it was a "huge" class (over 35 people) in which case there was always a TA to take over.

4 or 5 of my professors were world famous in their fields and were often called upon to present at conferences. I took 3 classes with one professor like that (who also did a lot of work with businesses promoting sustainable development) and every class there were 2 or 3 days where she would be at conferences, plus 1 or 2 days where her son was sick. She would poll the class to ask which times the following week would be good for everyone to come in. If you had to miss, she would give you her lecture notes (incredibly detailed- I often hoped I could not attend just to get my hands on them!). Then we would have the makeup class and she would provide pizza and soda.

In fact, I think most makeup classes involved being bribed with food.

My campus was a residential, traditionally-aged campus so it wasn't like people had to go home to be with their families.

[Westerntraveler]

My professors always canceled class

[christina0001]

Almost always in my experience, class was cancelled. I only recall one time where a professor sent in a replacement.