Instructor teaching availability / constraint request form

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Before requesting reserves, please read the following information.

Please check the course descriptions in case it has a requisite that already serves this function. Ex. all LS 4XX courses have a prerequisite of "level at least 4A Legal Studies" to prevent students in lower academic levels and other programs from enrolling.

The following reserves are added to courses each term:

  • LS 221: "Legal Studies majors"
  • SOC 221: "Sociology majors"
  • SOC 280: "Sociology majors"
  • LS 300: "Legal Studies majors"
  • LS 322: "Legal Studies majors"
  • SOC 322: "Sociology majors"
  • SOC 370: "Sociology students"
  • LS 4XX courses: "Legal Studies majors"
  • SOC 4XX courses cross-listed with LS: "Sociology majors"
List each course separated by semicolon (;). Please list all courses you are assigned to teach for the term specified above, regardless of the department/school administering the course.
Will any of your courses be online or blended?
The assumption is that all your courses will be in-person. You may select more than one option.
Asynchronous courses have no scheduled remote activity (ex. lectures on teleconferencing platforms). Synchronous courses have a maximum 1.5h of scheduled remote activity.
Blended courses have a maximum 1.5h of scheduled in-person activity (ex. lecture) and an online asynchronous component.
Are you teaching any block courses?
Block course = 6-week course. Standard course = 12-week course.
The Teaching Window is the hours you are available to teach during the day/evening. Please select a teaching window even if the teaching window conflicts with restraints submitted. This is required for coding purposes. 
Teaching patterns

If you want to teach courses with different teaching patterns, please list the teaching pattern for each course. Note: you are strongly encouraged not to select the 1 day x 3h pattern because it causes scheduling problems like more time conflicts between courses, which makes it harder for students to enroll in the courses they need to graduate. There are only 4 timeslots per day for 3h courses: morning (8:30 am - 11:30 am), noon (11:30 am - 2:30 pm), afternoon (2:30 pm - 5:30 pm), and evening (6:30 pm - 9:30 pm). It is important to have diversity in the types of patterns offered for the schedule to have fewer issues.

3 HOUR TEACHING PATTERNS CANNOT BE GUARANTEED DUE TO SCHEDULING LIMITATIONS. 

Teaching availability
Select all that apply.
Please note that the scheduling software will not automatically schedule an instructor to teach after 5:30 pm even if selected on this form.  Instructors wanting/willing to teach after 5:30 pm should discuss this with their Chair/Director and scheduling representative when the meet pattern for the course is chosen.
Do you have time constraints?
Level 1 includes documented medical, religious, disability, or other human rights accommodations. Level 2 includes family (ex. child, partner, or elder care where there are medical or logistical conditions), academic (ex. regular research meetings, travel for approved academic-related work), and administrative (ex. UWaterloo committee meetings) accommodations. Level 3 includes family (ex. child, partner, or elder care where the request is of a preferential/convenient nature), academic (ex. specific class time for personal time management reasons or as a personal preference), and travel (ex. commuter-related request of a preferential/convenient nature) accommodations.
Constraint #1 reason
Level 1 includes documented medical, religious, disability, or other human rights accommodations. Level 2 includes family (ex. child, partner, or elder care where there are medical or logistical conditions), academic (ex. regular research meetings, travel for approved academic-related work), and administrative (ex. UWaterloo committee meetings) accommodations. Level 3 includes family (ex. child, partner, or elder care where the request is of a preferential/convenient nature), academic (ex. specific class time for personal time management reasons or as a personal preference), and travel (ex. commuter-related request of a preferential/convenient nature) accommodations.
Constraint #2 reason
Room requirements
The default assumption is that you have no room constraints for medical or disability reasons. A room request for medical or disability reasons will be accommodated. Occupational Health will ensure that established protocol with respect to accommodation on medical or disability grounds will be followed. An appointment with the Occupational Health Nurse will be required for confidential requests (unless such documentation is already in place). They will then confirm support of your request with your Chair/Director. Medical information will not be shared, only limitations and restrictions will be provided to your Chair/Director to ensure that the appropriate accommodation is met.
If any day or time assigned by campus course scheduling system is acceptable, leave this blank. Otherwise, please provide preferred date(s) (ex. block course), day(s) of week and/or time(s) of day. While the Scheduling Officer will attempt to satisfy requests for specific scheduling slots, some adjustment may be necessary to accommodate all requests across the Faculty.
Length of booking in hours per week (ex. 1.5h; 3h)
What activities will your students be doing during regular class times that will require the special resources of this room? Include total number of students included in the booking.
Please list all technologies (beyond the resources permanently in the room) and software (application name(s) and version) you are planning to use. If technical support is required for exams or any other reason, please note it here.
Briefly describe how the instructor plans on using the room to incorporate flexible/collaborative learning (e.g., group work and discussion) into this course.
1. Do you want to restrict which student groups enroll in your courses? We can add this as a reserve (spaces set aside for the high priority group of students you want in the course). 2. Why is this reserve needed?