Definition
Enrollment at AISJ requires adherence to the school’s standards of academic integrity. These standards may be intuitively understood, and cannot in any case be listed exhaustively; the following examples represent some basic types of behavior that are unacceptable:
Cheating: includes using unauthorized notes, study aides, or information on an examination; altering a graded work after it has been returned, then submitting that work under one’s own name; submitting identical or similar papers for credit in more than one course without prior permission from the course instructors. |
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| Plagiarism: submitting material that in part or whole is not entirely one’s own work without attributing those same portions to their correct source. |
Fabrication: falsifying or inventing any information, data or citation; presenting data that were not gathered in accordance with standard guidelines; defining the appropriate methods for collecting or generating data and failing to include an accurate account of the method by which the data were gathered or collected. |
Obtaining an Unfair Advantage: (a) stealing, reproducing, circulating or otherwise gaining access to examination materials prior to the time authorized by the instructor; (b) stealing, destroying, defacing or concealing library materials with the purpose of depriving others of their use; (c) unauthorized collaborating on an academic assignment (d) retaining, possessing, using or circulating previously given examination materials, where those materials clearly indicates that they are to be returned to the instructor at the conclusion of the examination; (e) intentionally obstructing or interfering with another student’s academic work; or, (f) otherwise undertaking activity with the purpose of creating or obtaining an unfair academic advantage over other students’ academic work. |
Aiding and Abetting Academic Dishonesty: (a) providing material, information, or other assistance to another person with knowledge that such aid could be used in any of the violations stated above, or (b) providing false information in connection with any inquiry regarding academic integrity. |
Falsification of Records and Official Documents: altering documents affecting academic records; forging signatures of authorization or falsifying information on an official academic document, grade report, letter of permission, petition, drop/add form, ID card, or any other official school document. |
Unauthorized Access to computerized academic or administrative records or systems: viewing or altering computer records, modifying computer programs or systems, releasing or dispensing information gained via unauthorized access, or interfering with the use or availability of computer systems or information. |
ACADEMIC HONESTY - Consequences
Given the fact that Academic honesty (as defined above and on page 19 of the AISJ Parent/Student Handbook) is considered a serious offense, the following revisions to our school policy in administering consequences for such actions have been put in place: |
First Offense
Student shall receive a 0 grade for the work in question. Parents shall be notified of the behavior. Referral shall be sent to administration. |
Second Offense
Student shall receive a 0 grade for the work in question and a 1 day in-school suspension. Parents are required to come to the school for a meeting to discuss incident prior to student being re-admitted to class. Third Offense
Student shall receive a 0 grade for the work in question and a 2 day in-school suspension. Parents are required to come to the school for a meeting to discuss incident prior to student being re-admitted to class. As well, the student shall be referred to the Superintendent for placement review.
We ask your assistance in ensuring your son/daughter has an understanding of what behaviors and actions constitute Academic Dishonesty and the subsequent consequence. |
