In case of illness or emergency, which requires faculty to miss or delay a class session, please follow the procedures listed below:

If you are calling between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday-Friday, to cancel/delay a class, you MUST call your Division Office so that the office staff can track cancellations directly and facilitate the notification of students. For all classes held in Lawrence, you should call the Lawrence Campus and your Division Office. When calling the Lawrence campus, FIRST call Donna Evers at 978-738-7474. If you reach her voice mail, DO NOT LEAVE A MESSAGE. Hang up and call the Lawrence Campus Faculty Absent Line at 978-738-7220 and leave a message. This voicemail box is monitored routinely when Donna is not available to answer her phone.

• Arts, Business, Communication & Technology: (978) 556-3221
• Foundational Studies: (978) 556-3394 or (978) 556-3360
• Liberal Arts & Sciences: (978) 556-3394 or (978) 556-3360
• Law, Education and Social Professions: (978) 738-7484
• Health Professions: (978) 738-7474 or (978) 738-7447

If you are calling after 4:00 p.m., Monday-Thursday, you MUST call Enrollment Services at (978) 556-3700 and provide the CRN #, Course #, Section #, Room #, and meeting time.

The Enrollment Services staff will run a class roster and contact students if doing so is reasonable given the volume of student and phone traffic in their office; and, if the cancellation occurs at least one hour in advance of class start time. This decision is at the discretion of the Enrollment Services staff.

A staff member from Enrollment Services will immediately contact Security for posting of cancellation notice on classroom door. A phone call should also be made to try to reach someone in Lawrence at the Welcome/Express or CPAC to notify them of the cancellation.

Cancellation will be recorded by Enrollment Services. This record will be forwarded to Sharon McDermot at smcdermot@necc.mass.edu the following morning, and she will forward the information to the appropriate Division Office.

If you are calling after 4:00 p.m. on Friday and all day on Saturday to cancel/delay a class:

• Faculty teaching in Haverhill should call the Haverhill Security office at 978-556-3689.
• Faculty teaching on Franklin St. in Lawrence should call the Security Desk at 978-738-7499.
• Faculty teaching on Amesbury St. in Lawrence should call the Security Desk at 978-738-7699.
• Faculty teaching in Lawrence Riverwalk should call the Security Desk at 978-659-1299.

Security personnel will post a notice on the classroom door. Students will NOT be contacted. Security will notify the Academic Affairs Office by leaving a voice-mail message for Sharon McDermot at X3329. The Academic Affairs Office will notify the appropriate dean or assistant dean so that faculty can be contacted regarding make-up time.

Consistent with Article 13.04 of the DCE Collective Bargaining Agreement, in the event that a scheduled class is missed the faculty member will be responsible for completing the obligations of the employment contract and subject matter content. When the decision is to make up the class, the faculty will make arrangements for a room via email at registrar@necc.mass.edu prior to submitting their make-up proposal to their Academic Affairs supervisor. If a faculty member has been called to jury duty, the College will arrange for a substitute if that is the best alternative. Upon submission of appropriate documentation, the faculty member will be paid for the class sessions missed while serving on a jury. No make up may be implemented until the Dean or Assistant Dean has approved it in writing. Forms are available in your Division Office.

9/7/11 Updated