Writing faculty should provide the Writing Center with copies of their papers assignments. Faculty should meet the return deadlines for these forms so that students have an accurate view of their class standing. Given the content and class size of English 180, faculty do not normally replace more than 3-6 classes per semester for student conferences. The English Department's attendance policy supports faculty members' rights to set attendance rules and penalties for each course. To be enforcable, these rules and penalties must be specified on the course syllabus and announced to the students.
Many faculty also establish a policy for tardiness.
A uniform attendance policy is established among the Teaching Assistants at the beginning of each semester. Progressive assignments should be returned within one class week, or their value in the learning process is measurably diminished. In this meeting the Director of Writing will aid the TA in formulating a consistent and coherent strategy based on the particular circumstance. Faculty members should establish a policy for preserving students' written work in a file kept by either the faculty member or the students until the completion of the course. In addition they should keep a separate record of all grades and information used in the computation of final grades.