TO: Dr. Joe
Scarcella
FROM: Phil Fournier
DATE: 12/16/2004
RE: 502/3, WA1, Fournier
Note: This rather long
and cumbersome set of rules and consequences comes directly from college
policy. While I have no quarrel with
these rules, the list is way too long and no one is going to read it. I have my own “assertive discipline” plan
which I append at the end of this document.
Conduct - Rules and
Regulations
Any student found to have committed the
following misconduct is subject to the disciplinary sanctions outlined in Board
Policy §605.04B:
1.
Acts
of dishonesty, including but not limited to the following:
a.
Cheating,
plagiarism, or other forms of academic dishonesty.
b.
Furnishing
false information to any College official, faculty member, or office.
c.
Forgery,
alteration, or misuse of any College document, record or instrument of
identification.
d.
Tampering
with the election of any College recognized student organization.
2.
Disruption or obstruction of teaching,
administration, disciplinary proceedings, other College activities, including
its public-service functions on or off campus, or other authorized non-college
activities, when the act occurs on college premises.
3.
Physical abuse, verbal abuse, threats,
intimidation, stalking, harassment, coercion and/or other conduct which
threatens or endangers the physical and/or mental health and safety of any
person.
4.
Attempted or actual theft of and/or
damage to property of the College or property of a member of the College
community or other personal or public property.
5.
Hazing, defined as an act which
endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student, or which
destroys or removes public or private property, for the purpose of initiation,
admission into, affiliation with, or as a condition for continued membership
in, a group or organization.
6.
Failure to comply with directions of
College officials or law enforcement officers acting in performance of their
duties and/or failure to identify oneself to one of these persons when
requested to do so.
7.
Unauthorized possession, duplication or
use of keys to any College premises or unauthorized entry to or use of College
premises.
8.
Violation of published College
policies, rules, or regulations.
9.
Violation of federal, state, or local
law on College premises or at College sponsored or supervised activities.
10.
Use, possession or distribution of
narcotics or other controlled substances except as expressly permitted by law, or appearing on campus or at a college event while
under the influence of these illegal substances.
11.
Use, possession or distribution of
alcoholic beverages except as expressly permitted by law and College
regulations, or public intoxication on College premises.
12.
Illegal or unauthorized possession of
firearms, explosives, other weapons, or dangerous chemicals on College
premises.
13.
Participation in a campus demonstration
which disrupts the normal operations of the College and infringes on the rights
of other members of the College community; leading or inciting others to
disrupt scheduled and/or normal activities within any campus building or area;
intentional obstruction which unreasonably interferes with freedom of movement,
either pedestrian or vehicular, on campus.
14.
Obstruction of the free flow of
pedestrian or vehicular traffic on College premises or at College sponsored or
supervised functions.
15.
Conduct which is disorderly, lewd, or
indecent; breach of peace; or aiding, abetting, or procuring another person to
breach the peace on College premises or at functions sponsored by, or
participated in by, the College.
16.
Theft or other abuse of computer time,
including but not limited to:
a.
Unauthorized
entry into a file to use, read, or change the contents, or for any other
purpose.
b.
Unauthorized
transfer of a file.
c.
Unauthorized
use of another individual's identification and password.
d.
Unauthorized
use of phone and electronic devices such as radios, etc.
e.
Use
of computing facilities to interfere with the work of another student, faculty
member or College Official.
f.
Use
of computing facilities to send obscene or abusive messages.
g. Use of computing facilities to interfere with normal operation of the College computing systems.
17.
Abuse of the Judicial System, including
but not limited to:
a.
Failure
to obey the summons of a Judicial Body or College Official.
b.
Falsification,
distortion, or misrepresentation of information before a Judicial Body.
c.
Disruption
or interference with the orderly conduct of a judicial proceeding.
d.
Initiation
of a judicial proceeding knowingly without cause.
e.
Attempting
to discourage an individual's proper participation in, or use of, the judicial
system.
f.
Attempting
to discourage an individual's proper participation in, or use of, the judicial
system.
g.
Attempting
to influence the impartiality of a member of a Judicial Body prior to and/or
during the course of the judicial proceeding.
h.
Failure
to comply with the sanction(s) imposed under the Student Code.
i. Influencing or attempting to influence another person to commit an abuse of the judicial system.
The following sanctions (consequences) may be imposed upon
any student found to have violated the Student Code:
1.
Warning:
A notice in writing to the student that the student is violating or has
violated institutional regulations.
2.
Probation:
A written reprimand for violation of specified regulations. Probation is for a
designated period of time and includes the probability of more severe
disciplinary sanctions if the student is found to be violating any
institutional regulation(s) during the probationary period.
3.
Loss
of Privileges: Denial of specified privileges for a designated period of time.
4.
Restitution:
Compensation for loss, damage, or injury. This may take the form of appropriate
service and/or monetary or material replacement.
5.
Discretionary
Sanctions: Work assignments, service to the College or other related discretionary
assignments (such assignments MUST have the prior approval of the Judicial
Advisor).
6.
College
Suspension: Separation of the student from the College for a definite period of
time, after which the student is eligible to return. Conditions for re-admission
may be specified.
7.
College
Expulsion: Permanent separation of the student from the College. If a Judicial
Body recommends expulsion, it shall require the concurrence of the Vice
President of Student Services and the Superintendent/President, who shall recommend
that the Board of Trustees approve the expulsion.
Professor Phil Fournier’s assertive discipline plan
This is a college class. All students are here as a result of
selecting the course of their own free will and no one is required to stay in
the class. As a consequence of this,
adult behavior is both expected and demanded.
Lest there be any confusion as to what this means,
the following rules are set forth:
1.
Respect
will be shown to fellow students and the professor at all times. This includes not talking during lectures
unless called upon to answer a question, or by raising a hand to ask a
question.
2.
Cell
phones result in unacceptable class interruptions. Cell phones may be used on breaks, but must
be shut off during lecture and lab time.
3.
Safety
glasses will be worn at all times in the lab.
4.
Smoking
and tobacco chewing is not permitted in the classroom or in the lab per state
law. Smoking may occur in the designated
areas on break time.
5.
Name
calling and similar immature behavior will not be tolerated.
6.
School
policy discourages food in the classroom for hygiene reasons. However, this instructor realizes that many
of the students are also holding down jobs and time for eating can be hard to
find. Food and drink may be consumed in
the classroom prior to the start of class provided it is not carried into the
lab.
7.
Computer
usage and internet access will be in accordance with college rules; in a
nutshell this means no file downloads without prior approval and no accessing of websites not specific to the class.
8.
In
accordance with college policy, a zero-tolerance policy towards cheating and
the use of controlled substances applies in this class.
9.
Fighting
or racial slurs are intolerable and will result in expulsion from the class as
per school rules.
Consequences:
As is appropriate for
adults, consequences for rule breaking are either very mild or very
severe. In sixteen years of teaching,
this instructor has never needed to proceed beyond consequence number 1.
1.
Violation
of rules 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 will result in a verbal warning on the first
violation.
2.
Repeat
violations will result in a conference with the department head, the student,
and the instructor as to whether or not the student should stay in the class.
3.
Violation
of rule 4 will result is loss of lab privileges until safety glasses are put
on.
4.
Students
caught cheating will receive a “zero-credit” on the assignment or test.
5.
Violation
of rule 9 will result in referral to college administration for possible expulsion.
Student: I
have read and understood the rules of conduct.
I agree to behave according to the above set of rules and to conduct
myself as an adult.
Signed:
_____________________________________ Dated: ___________________