Procedures Covering Illness or Other Absences
(See also Temporary Leave)- If you are unable to be in your practicum setting on a practicum day, you must notify your practicum instructor immediately. If unable to reach the practicum instructor, you should notify your faculty field liaison directly or leave a message in the Practicum Office and request assistance. (See Practicum Manual for requirements to make up missed time).
- If you are ill and cannot attend the social work practicum or classes for a week or more, you should notify your faculty advisor who will inform your instructors.
- If illness is likely to interfere with your meeting a due date for an assignment or other requirements, you should obtain a medical statement at the time of your illness and submit it to the instructor on or before the deadline date. See also Grading Policies.
Absence Due to Illness – H1N1 Procedures (may be unnecessary past 2009-10)
If you are absent due to flu, you are responsible for contacting your classroom and field instructors to notify them of your first day of absence. Students are expected to stay at home until they are free of symptoms and instructors will make accommodations for missed classes or delayed assignments on a case-by-case basis. Due to the anticipated exceptional circumstances of this flu season, medical documentation will not be required for an absence under 7 days.
In order to receive academic accommodation, students will need to record all flu-related absences through the Student Web Service of ROSI (www.rosi.utoronto.ca). The University will rely on this absence record to monitor the numbers and locations of student absences for academic planning, so if at all possible, students should record their absence as soon as it begins. They should also remember to record the last day of their absence as soon as they are able to return to classes. The absence declaration may be completed online while the student is absent up till and including the day that the student returns to class. The ROSI-generated absence record should be provided to instructors as documentation of illness on the day of return.