Academic Integrity in the Classroom
Washington Caldwell Board Operations Approved May 17, 2010
Academic Honesty 483
The Washington-Caldwell School District prohibits cheating, plagiarism, or any form of academic dishonesty. Students are expected to conduct themselves honestly and with integrity in their work. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to: cheating, plagiarism, forgery, copying or stealing another person’s class work, creating more than one copy of one’s work for distribution, intentionally accessing another’s material for the purpose of using it as one’s own, offering one’s work for other students to copy, downloading information from other sources and presenting it as one’s own, unauthorized copying of software, unauthorized use of hard copy or software to develop one’s software.
In addition, the District recognizes that students vary in their understanding of cheating or plagiarism. This policy obligates faculty and staff to inform and educate the students about these guidelines in relationship to subject matter and grade level. It is the goal of the Academic Honesty Policy and these guidelines to develop responsible behavior among students and staff. Effective instruction about these guidelines should minimize the need for disciplinary action.
Definitions:
Cheating: is an act of deception by which a student misrepresents mastery on an academic exercise which, in fact has not been mastered Plagiarism: is a type of cheating in which a student attempts to receive academic credit for work prepared by someone else, either in whole or in part.
Guidelines:
District Administrator, teaching faculty and staff are responsible for monitoring student academic product, detecting academic dishonesty, and administering penalties. When the District Administrator, teacher, or staff member learn or suspect that a student has committed a form of academic dishonesty, the teacher or staff member shall contact the parent or guardian of the student and the District Administrator to notify them of the incident.
Consequences for academic dishonesty shall be assessed by the teacher, under the direction and advice of the District Administrator, and may include the following actions:
1. Redoing the academic product
2. Loss of co-curricular privileges before, during or after school
3. Designation of an “F”, zero, or no credit on the academic product that was involved in the academic dishonesty
4. Dismissed from school (suspension and/or expulsion)
5. Retaking the test
6. Receiving a lower overall grade in class
The student or the parent/guardian may appeal the penalty to the District Administrator. If there is an appeal, the District Administrator shall meet with the teacher and the student/guardian about the incident and penalty.
Academic Honesty 483
The Washington-Caldwell School District prohibits cheating, plagiarism, or any form of academic dishonesty. Students are expected to conduct themselves honestly and with integrity in their work. Academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to: cheating, plagiarism, forgery, copying or stealing another person’s class work, creating more than one copy of one’s work for distribution, intentionally accessing another’s material for the purpose of using it as one’s own, offering one’s work for other students to copy, downloading information from other sources and presenting it as one’s own, unauthorized copying of software, unauthorized use of hard copy or software to develop one’s software.
In addition, the District recognizes that students vary in their understanding of cheating or plagiarism. This policy obligates faculty and staff to inform and educate the students about these guidelines in relationship to subject matter and grade level. It is the goal of the Academic Honesty Policy and these guidelines to develop responsible behavior among students and staff. Effective instruction about these guidelines should minimize the need for disciplinary action.
Definitions:
Cheating: is an act of deception by which a student misrepresents mastery on an academic exercise which, in fact has not been mastered Plagiarism: is a type of cheating in which a student attempts to receive academic credit for work prepared by someone else, either in whole or in part.
Guidelines:
District Administrator, teaching faculty and staff are responsible for monitoring student academic product, detecting academic dishonesty, and administering penalties. When the District Administrator, teacher, or staff member learn or suspect that a student has committed a form of academic dishonesty, the teacher or staff member shall contact the parent or guardian of the student and the District Administrator to notify them of the incident.
Consequences for academic dishonesty shall be assessed by the teacher, under the direction and advice of the District Administrator, and may include the following actions:
1. Redoing the academic product
2. Loss of co-curricular privileges before, during or after school
3. Designation of an “F”, zero, or no credit on the academic product that was involved in the academic dishonesty
4. Dismissed from school (suspension and/or expulsion)
5. Retaking the test
6. Receiving a lower overall grade in class
The student or the parent/guardian may appeal the penalty to the District Administrator. If there is an appeal, the District Administrator shall meet with the teacher and the student/guardian about the incident and penalty.