There will be a 10% deduction from the grade earned each day that the assignment is late.
Students may turn in late work up to five days after assignment was due.
After five days, the assignment will stay a zero in the gradebook.
Students can have no more than four zeroes in their class to be able to take the final exam.
Students have until 1:00 PM the day before final exams start to submit assignments for credit.
Prevention
Administration will email all students/parents at beginning of each session to inform them of the late policy.
Teachers will include late work policy on their introduction pages, as well as on class emails at the beginning of each session.
Escalation
After two days of student inactivity and failure to complete assignments, teachers will email student/parents to inform them of the grade ramifications and encourage the student to submit all assignments as quickly as possible.
After the email communication and three days of inactivity, the teacher will make a phone call to student/parent to inform them of the grade ramifications and encourage the student to complete all assignments in a timely manner.
After email/phone communication and four days of inactivity, teachers will communicate the situation to administration and administration will contact parent to inform parent of grade ramifications and/or likelihood of student success in the class.
Incidents of cheating/plagiarism will be handled as follow:
1st offense = student redo assignment for partial credit
2nd offense = no credit for assignment + referral
3rd offense = removal from course + F on student transcript + referral
*In an incident where a student turns in more than three assignments at one time that have been cheated or plagiarized, 3rd offense rules apply.
Students found cheating on a final exam will receive an automatic zero for the final, which will result in an F on their transcript. Infractions include:
Operating any electronic device once the exam has started.
Accessing any website away from their exam module.
Using any notes other than their hand-written 3x5 notecard.
Any other action used to gain an unfair advantage.
Prevention
Cheating / plagiarism policy will be posted on the Chandler Online Academy website and included in the student handbook.
Administration will include the cheating / plagiarism policy on the welcome letter emailed to all students/parents.
Teachers will include cheating / plagiarism policy on their introduction pages, as well as on class correspondence throughout the course.
