Frequently Asked Questions for Faculty

If you have tested positive for COVID-19 or have COVID-19 symptoms, please stay home and submit a COVID-19 Information Report. 

For additional information, visit the COVID-19 Containment and Response Guidelines web page.

The university requires that all employees and students be vaccinated  with one of the major vaccines in use in the United States (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson) or other vaccines recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO).

Individuals may request an exemption for medical, religious, ADA, or personal reasons. Additional details are available on the COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement web page.

Masks are not currently required, but are strongly encouraged while indoors and in the presence of others.

No person can be prevented from wearing a mask as a condition of participation in a university activity or entry to a building, classroom, or laboratory.

No, as a faculty member you should not inquire or require students to disclose their vaccination status.

Any student who begins feeling sick while at school should be encouraged to go home immediately. Those that report being sick prior to coming to campus should be encouraged to remain off-campus for the duration of their illness. If the student cannot immediately go home they should report to the Student Health Center and the university will provide space for short-term isolation. Faculty are encouraged to show empathy and employ flexibility in their attendance policy to encourage these behaviors.

• Advise the student to submit a Coronavirus Information Form and stay home. An RN from the COVID response team will contact the student to instruct on next steps.
• Symptomatic students being monitored by the Student Health Center are required to quarantine for a minimum of 5 days from the start of their symptoms and up to 10 days but must be cleared from the Student Health Center to return to class.
• Students will be advised to contact the Student Health Center at 909-448-4619 to schedule an appointment with the university physician for evaluation.
• Students must receive a clearance note from the Student Health Center or a note from an outside physician clearing their return to end quarantine or isolation.
• To ensure student privacy, faculty may not require negative test results to attend class. The Student Health Center will communicate ONLY with the student regarding their isolation requirements. A letter will be provided to the student from the Student Health Center, and the student may decide at their discretion to provide  it to their faculty. Faculty may request Student Health Center clearance notices from their student.

• Advise the student to submit a Coronavirus Information Form and stay home. An RN from the COVID response team will contact the student to instruct on next steps.
• Symptomatic students being monitored by the Student Health Center are required to quarantine for a minimum of 5 days from the start of their symptoms and up to 10 days, but must be cleared from the Student Health Center to return to class.
• Students will be advised to contact the Student Health Center at 909-448-4619 to schedule an appointment with the university physician for evaluation.
• Students must receive a clearance note from the Student Health Center or a note from an outside physician clearing their return to end quarantine or isolation.
• To ensure student privacy, faculty may not require negative test results to attend class. The Student Health Center will communicate ONLY with the student regarding their isolation requirements. A letter will be provided to the student from the Student Health Center, and the student may decide at their discretion to provide  it to their faculty. Faculty may request Student Health Center clearance notices from their student.

Advise the student to contact the Student Health Center for further guidance. If the student has a note or clearance from their personal medical provider, they may be cleared to come to class.

• If you have symptoms, submit a Coronavirus Information Form and stay home.
• If you do not have symptoms, self-monitor for symptoms for 10 days.
• If not exhibiting symptoms, free PCR testing is offered for exposed individuals via the testing vending machine, 3-5 days following the date of last exposure.
• Per Los Angeles County guidelines, highly protective masks must be worn by employees in all indoor settings, except while eating or drinking, for 10 days after the date of last exposure.
• For students, highly protective masks are encouraged but not required for 10 days after the date of last exposure.
• If you have recovered from COVID-19 within the last 90 days, you do not need to retest, quarantine, or isolate.

• All Excuse Notes will be provided to students via PDF document. The PDF is electronically signed by Director of the Student Health Center Jamie Solis.
• The file properties will identify either Jamie Solis or Alura Williams (Contact Tracing RN) as the document owner.
• If you have concerns about the validity of a note, please email the note to awilliams8@laverne.edu for confirmation of authenticity.

• Inform symptomatic or COVID positive students to fill out the Coronavirus Information Form and not to come to campus.
• Provide students with a link and/or QR CODE to access your course materials.
• Direct all COVID-19 or medical questions to the Student Health Center.
• Do not ask students for test results or ask any medical questions. An RN from the COVID response team will collect all pertinent medical information and assign isolation dates as appropriate.
• Do NOT ask for negative test results for students to return to class
• DO NOT ask for vaccination records
• Wait for the student to provide a note from the Student Health Center informing you of their date to return to campus.
• Be aware that just because a student gives you a note from the health center to miss class, it does not mean they have COVID-19. There are many medical reasons a student can be out.

Faculty will need to be prepared for delivering or accommodating remote teaching/learning should public health guidelines require increased remote operations. Specifically, each course’s Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS) should have a syllabus along with activities, assignments, and assessments that are asynchronous (i.e., pre- recorded tasks that students complete on their own). The syllabus should also clearly state the schedule of lectures, discussions, or other modules that are synchronous (i.e., happen in real time, be it in-person or live via WebEx/Zoom). In addition, all classes will need to be prepared for a paperless environment.

We ask that faculty make reasonable accommodations and work with impacted students to support continued progress toward course completion. Where supported, providing telepresence or remote access to live lectures is encouraged. Alternatively, recording lectures (if possible) and posting any additional resources in the LMS represents reasonable accommodations.

If you are sick or have COVID-19 and are unable to deliver courses remotely, please contact HR and notify your program/department and dean to seek accommodations.

If you’ve been exposed but do not have symptoms and have not tested positive, you do not need to quarantine, regardless of vaccination status, but must closely monitor symptoms and wear a mask when indoors for ten days post exposure.