Wufoo

Since our primary responsibility is to meet writers' needs, it is crucial that you honor your scheduled hours, arrive promptly for scheduled shifts, and ask other consultants to cover your absences.

**If for some reason you are unable to work your regularly scheduled hours and you know in advance:
Please send a request for coverage to the UWC e-email list (uwcstaff@uwc.utexas.edu) at least three days in advance. Once you have found someone to cover your shift, open an absence record in Filemaker, and be sure to click the button that allows you to send it to the front desk. This allows the front desk staff to record the exchange in the scheduling system. Recording your swap is important not only for the sake of accountability, but also so that the desk person will know who is working in the Writing Center during a given shift, in case writers wish to make appointments with you.

**If a problem arises or if you fall ill at the last minute and are unable to have someone cover your absence:
Submit the Wufoo form below as soon as possible to notify the UWC of your absence and to arrange make-up hours. When you return to work, open a Filemaker absence record to document your absence and indicate when you will make up the hours.

**After you make up your hours for any kind of absence (anticipated or unanticipated):
Return to the Filemaker absence record and indicate when you made up your absence.


Please note: Missing a shift without submitting this Wufoo form in advance or notifying the front desk via Filemaker is considered possible grounds for termination. Missing three or more UWC shifts per semester without getting your shift covered is also grounds for termination. (Exceptions will be made for religious holidays and university-approved absences.) In these instances, please expect that the Coordinator will schedule a conference with you to find out what's going on and find the best way to move forward.