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About<\/span>Class Descriptions<\/span><\/div>
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Don\u2019t Cancel That Class offers full-time and adjunct faculty members an alternative to canceling class. If you know that you need to be absent this semester, you can select from the menu of workshops listed below and a GCC faculty or staff member will come to your classroom and teach during your normal class period. Workshops scheduled through Don\u2019t Cancel that Class will not count as an absence, but please contact your dean ahead of time if you need to miss more than one class period or have other questions.<\/p>\n

Please plan ahead! You have the best chance of scheduling your top choice workshop if you submit the request form two weeks or more in advance. Instructors and students have also indicated that these workshops are most effective when:<\/p>\n

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  • Students are notified in advance about the change.<\/li>\n
  • Workshop instructors drop-in ahead of time and are introduced by the professor.<\/li>\n
  • Faculty share upcoming assignments or coursework with the workshop instructor so that the workshop content can be tailored to the class.<\/li>\n
  • There is some curricular integration between the workshop and the course (for example, a forum prompt in Moodle reflecting on the workshop).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n