Academic Honesty Policy
PHILOSOPHY
According to IB, academic honesty must be seen as a set of values and skills that promote personal integrity and good practice in teaching, learning and assessment. It is influenced and shaped by a variety of factors including peer pressure, culture, parental expectations, role modeling and taught skills (IBO, Academic Honesty, 2009). Students at LBCS are expected to strive to develop the attributes of The IB Learner Profile that are embedded throughout the curriculum and in the school’s daily life. Therefore, the IB Learner Profile is the cornerstone to the school’s Academic Honesty Policy. In developing LBCS’s academic honesty policy we encourage our students to be:
PRACTICES
At LBCS we place a high value on honesty, and this extends to work submitted for assessment. Teachers are expected to work with students from the beginning of their participation in the PYP through the MYP, to develop shared understandings about personal responsibility as it relates to academic honesty. Approaches to Learning Skills are explicitly taught and naturally embedded throughout the curriculum to develop the skills necessary to maintain academic honesty. All members of the community are aware that the school treats academic dishonesty as a very serious matter.
The MYP team agrees that the academically honest student in years 1, 2 and 3:
Does
Does Not
Furthermore, the MYP faculty agrees to:
Cheating is defined as using unauthorized answers or sources to receive credit for schoolwork.
This includes , copying from your notebook when notes are not permitted, collaborating during work that is expected to be independent, , or copying someone else’s work.
Plagiarism is defined as a form of cheating when you present another person’s words or ideas as your own without giving the originator credit for the information. Some common examples of plagiarism are copying information from a book without using quotation marks and without including a bibliography at the end of the assignment listing the sources used. All information in academic assignments that is not common knowledge must be cited and documented.
Loomis Basin Charter School
IB Middle Years Programme
Academic Honesty Student Essential Agreements
The academically honest student in Grades 6, 7 & 8:
DOES
DOES NOT
In a cohesive and comprehensive way, students will receive instruction in:
Consequences of Academic Dishonesty
Students will receive a “zero” or “no credit” for an assignment attempted or completed through cheating. At the discretion of the teacher, the student may be required to complete the assignment (or an equivalent) for reduced credit or no credit. Depending on the student’s history of misconduct, its intent, or its severity, other action may be taken, including detention or suspension.
According to IB, academic honesty must be seen as a set of values and skills that promote personal integrity and good practice in teaching, learning and assessment. It is influenced and shaped by a variety of factors including peer pressure, culture, parental expectations, role modeling and taught skills (IBO, Academic Honesty, 2009). Students at LBCS are expected to strive to develop the attributes of The IB Learner Profile that are embedded throughout the curriculum and in the school’s daily life. Therefore, the IB Learner Profile is the cornerstone to the school’s Academic Honesty Policy. In developing LBCS’s academic honesty policy we encourage our students to be:
- Inquirers who acquire the skills necessary to conduct inquiry and research
- Knowledgeable by exploring concepts, ideas and issues
- Principled by acting with integrity and honesty, take responsibility for their own actions
- Open-minded by seeking and evaluating a range of points of view
- Risk takers by bravely and articulately defending their beliefs with evidence
- Thinkers as they integrate their understanding of a concept with others’ knowledge
- Caring of others’ intellectual property
PRACTICES
At LBCS we place a high value on honesty, and this extends to work submitted for assessment. Teachers are expected to work with students from the beginning of their participation in the PYP through the MYP, to develop shared understandings about personal responsibility as it relates to academic honesty. Approaches to Learning Skills are explicitly taught and naturally embedded throughout the curriculum to develop the skills necessary to maintain academic honesty. All members of the community are aware that the school treats academic dishonesty as a very serious matter.
The MYP team agrees that the academically honest student in years 1, 2 and 3:
Does
- His/her own work
- Acknowledges help from parents, older students and friends
- Cites the source of direct quotations
- Acknowledges who/where information was taken from
- Acknowledges reference materials in a bibliography and cites sources as appropriate
- Knows what constitutes cheating and abides by the rules
- Brings the effort of others who cheat to the attention of school officials
- Follows all exam rules
Does Not
- Use notes during a test unless allowed by a teacher
- Copy from another student during a test
- Copy from the homework of another student
- Hand in work as his/her own that has been copied
- Do homework for another student
- Give another student his/her own work to copy
- Communicate with other students during a test
Furthermore, the MYP faculty agrees to:
- Work with students to develop shared understandings about cheating, plagiarism, and other instances of academic dishonesty as a part of teaching ATL Skills
- Assist students in the proper use of the library and Internet as sources of information
- Award “zero” or “No credit” for an assignment attempted or completed through cheating
Cheating is defined as using unauthorized answers or sources to receive credit for schoolwork.
This includes , copying from your notebook when notes are not permitted, collaborating during work that is expected to be independent, , or copying someone else’s work.
Plagiarism is defined as a form of cheating when you present another person’s words or ideas as your own without giving the originator credit for the information. Some common examples of plagiarism are copying information from a book without using quotation marks and without including a bibliography at the end of the assignment listing the sources used. All information in academic assignments that is not common knowledge must be cited and documented.
Loomis Basin Charter School
IB Middle Years Programme
Academic Honesty Student Essential Agreements
The academically honest student in Grades 6, 7 & 8:
DOES
- His/her own work
- Acknowledge help from parents, other students and friends
- Acknowledge the source of direct quotations
- Acknowledge information taken from books, articles, magazines, and the Internet
- Acknowledge reference materials in a bibliography
- Know what constitutes cheating and abides by the rules
- Bring the effort of others who cheat to the attention of school officials
- Follow all exam rules
DOES NOT
- Use notes during a test unless allowed by a teacher
- Copy from another student during a test
- Copy from the homework of another student
- Hand in work as his/her own that has been copied
- Do homework for another student
- Give another student his/her own work to copy
- Communicate with other students during a test
In a cohesive and comprehensive way, students will receive instruction in:
- Use of the Library and Internet
- Basic note taking skills
- Simple paraphrasing and adaptation of source material
- Ways to acknowledge sources informally in writing and speech
- Relevant use of direct quotations and citations (MLA format)
- Simple ways to acknowledge information derived from electronic sources
- Writing a bibliography (easybib.com)
- What constitutes cheating?
Consequences of Academic Dishonesty
Students will receive a “zero” or “no credit” for an assignment attempted or completed through cheating. At the discretion of the teacher, the student may be required to complete the assignment (or an equivalent) for reduced credit or no credit. Depending on the student’s history of misconduct, its intent, or its severity, other action may be taken, including detention or suspension.