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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 15, 2020 1:40 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> UAAC list (uaac@list.arizona.edu); adv-rcg@list.arizona.edu<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [uaac] FW: Week 4 Teaching Update
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, September 15, 2020 12:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:group_3_teachingandlearning@list.arizona.edu">group_3_teachingandlearning@list.arizona.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:group_3_teachingandlearning@list.arizona.edu">group_3_teachingandlearning@list.arizona.edu</a>>;
</span><span style="background:yellow">and many others [deleted for brevity]</span><span style="color:black"><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Folks, Liesl - (liesl) <<a href="mailto:liesl@arizona.edu">liesl@arizona.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> FW: Week 4 Teaching Update</span> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif; color:black">Earlier today, I sent the message below to a new, improved list of primary and secondary instructors, TAs, and departmental administrators
provided by the <b>amazing</b> Cori Cashen in the Registrar's office. Apologies if the message is duplicated. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif; color:black">Welcome to Week 4 of the semester; we are nearly 25% of the way through if you’re teaching a full-semester course. As per </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif; color:black"><a href="https://view.comms.arizona.edu/?qs=b7bd470c090cab39efde5b406375afc797c2ccc2bb88d3a304298810e9888f10c95d99286aecf0cbb213f62d75a1ed1d73b02f055b75b43f5e1c2964fd6f187ed077870dcc721f696b3328bd5d5ad450" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">President
Robbins’ email last night</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif; color:black">, students who live near campus are being asked to shelter in place for the next two weeks, and teaching will remain in Stage 1 (only essential
courses meeting in person) until at least 9/28. Periodic updates about the teaching stages can be found </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif; color:black"><a href="https://covid19.arizona.edu/updates" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">here</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif; color:black">. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Geneva",serif; color:black"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif">There have been many reports of students logging into class meetings in Zoom while driving so they can get their “participation points” for classes. <b>To be clear, NOBODY should be driving while
using Zoom</b>. Please urge students to conduct themselves safely, which includes safety on the road, and be flexible in your attendance policies so students don’t feel like they need to make this kind of a trade-off. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Geneva",serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif">Some instructors have adopted technology products for which students are paying out-of-pocket. Although this may be unavoidable in some cases, please realize that many students and families are
under increased financial pressure due to the pandemic and consider this in making decisions about adoption of technology and other course materials. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Geneva",serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif">Campus Health and Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) are open! Please let your students know that CAPS offers resources, workshops, groups, short-term counseling, psychiatry, and various
other specialty services. Check out their </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Geneva",serif"><a href="https://health.arizona.edu/counseling-psych-services" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif">website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif"> for
details and/or to sign in for a "virtual walk-in" triage session. Campus Health is also providing telemedicine appointments, as well as limited in-person visits. Check out their </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Geneva",serif"><a href="https://health.arizona.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif">website</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif">, or
call with any questions. For safety, please call first before walking into CAPS (621-3334) or Campus Health (621-9202).</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Geneva",serif"></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black; mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1; background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif">Provost Folks sent an </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif"><a href="https://provost.arizona.edu/news/2020/09/faculty-and-administrator-annual-performance-review-process-annual-review-2020" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">update</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif"> about
faculty annual performance reviews last week. Instructors will be able to opt into administration of Student Course Surveys this semester by working with their departmental liaisons. In this time of great upheaval, we urge all instructors to do regular check-ins
with students to determine what is working well, and what might be improved, to support their learning. Some recommendations for survey questions can be found in the Instructor Resources section of the fantastic </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif"><a href="https://teachingmodels.arizona.edu/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Teaching
Models site</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif">; you can administer these questions anonymously through </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif"><a href="https://help.d2l.arizona.edu/content/instructor-surveys" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">D2L
surveys</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif"> or other survey tools such as Qualtrics, Google Forms, or Survey Monkey. Just the act of asking shows that you care about students' experiences. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Geneva",serif"></span></li></ol>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Avenir-Book",serif; color:black">Although your courses have now settled into a routine, please remember that students may be still challenged in many ways: time management,
internet access, illness, anxiety, caretaking, work, and others. Be as flexible as you can in helping them to do what they need to do to succeed in your classes, and be cognizant that we are still in crisis mode. <i>And extend that flexibility and grace to
yourself</i>. We are all learning how to do our best in this new reality. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Geneva",serif; color:black"></span></p>
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