210 East Columbus Drive East Chicago, IN 46312

You are here: HOME: TEACHER RESOURCES: STAFF CALL OFF PROCEDURES

• TEACHER CALL OFF NUMBER CELL 219-712-9284 (PREFERABLY BEFORE 6:30 A.M. OR 24 HRS OR MORE, PRIOR TO DATE OF ABSENCE)

• CALL CELL # BEFORE ADM.# AND LEAVE YOUR MESSAGE

• CELL PHONE LINE WILL BE TAKING OTHER CALLS OR MESSAGES

• DO NOT CALL ADM. BLDG TO LEAVE MESSAGE.

While calling, please follow these procedures:

1. ELIMINATE / REDUCE ANY NOISE THAT WILL INTERFERE WHILE LEAVING YOUR MESSAGE (TV'S, RADIO'S, TRUCKS, ETC.) {CANNOT GUARANTEE A SUB IF WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND MESSAGE AND HAVE TO REPLAY MESSAGE MANY TIMES, USING VALUABLE TIME NEEDED TO CALL A SUB.} IF YOU ARE DRIVING, STOP VEHICLE -AND THEN LEAVE MESSAGE. TALK DIRECTLY INTO PHONE DO NOT TURN HEAD IN DIFFERENT DIRECTION.

2. SPELL YOUR NAME SLOWLY, CLEARLY, NATURALLY

3. YOUR BUILDING(S) LOCATION

4. SUBJECT(S) YOU ARE TEACHING

5. REASON & DATE(S) OF YOUR ABSENCE(S)

6. RETURN DATE

A. CONFERENCES MUST BE APPROVED IN WRITING NOT REPORTED TO THIS NUMBER FOR "CALL OFFS"

B. DO NOT EMAIL YOUR DATE OF ABSENCE ON SAME DAY OF ABSENCE. CALL 219-712-9284 BEFORE 8 A.M. AND AFTER 8 A.M., CALL 391-4100 EXTENSION'S 308-VALDA or 325-JEANNE.

East Chicago Schools Choose School -- Elementary Schools -- Benjamin Franklin Carrie Gosch Benjamin Harrison Abraham Lincoln William McKinley George Washington -- Jr. High Schools -- Josheph L Block West Side -- High School -- EC Central

School City of East Chicago 210 East Columbus Drive | East Chicago, IN 46312 (219) 391-4100 | Fax: (219) 391-4146 Design: Jorge Ontiveros