Albany Technical College (ATC) is preparing for a “Bright Opening” this fall. ATC just released their fall 2021 Instructional Plan. The focus will be on designing a plan that will protect the health and safety of our students, faculty, staff, and visitors while providing quality technical education and customer service in a learning environment that promotes intellectual and social growth. As the college cautiously returns to in-person learning in the Fall, the health and safety of students, faculty, and staff will remain the top priority.  

ATC faculty and staff are enthusiastic about the fall semester and look forward to seeing students back on campus while remaining in a state of “readiness” to pivot to social distancing—with a mix of instructional formats of in-person, hybrid, web-enhanced, and online modes of instruction—if the situation warrants such a change. The college continues to follow the guidelines of the Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), Department of Public Health (GDPH), and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).   

The college’s Instructional Plan is designed to protect students, faculty, staff, and administrators from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) while offering quality in-person instructions as a preferred option for instructions; however, prepared to implement contingency plans if inadequate trends of infection rates are unfavorable: 

Contingency Plans  

·      Option #1- The college’s preferred and best option for instructional services is to return to a pre\COVID instructional delivery model (in-person) with established limits to classroom capacity.  

· Option #2- If inadequate trends in infectious rates within our region reach a disturbing level to public health and TCSG officials, the college will revert to a hybrid instructional delivery model with modified and limited lab contact.  

· Option #3- If infectious rates reach an unacceptable level for Public Health and State officials and a state of emergency is declared that suggests shelter in place orders, the college will revert to 100% online instructional delivery model.