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Student Code of Behaviour
CWS is a place that promotes responsibility, respect, civility, and academic excellence in a safe learning and teaching environment. All students, parents, teachers, and staff have the right to be safe, and feel safe, in their school community. With this right comes the responsibility to be law-abiding citizens and to be accountable for actions that put at risk the safety of others or oneself.
The School expects that all students, teachers, and staff recognize and acknowledge that:
- Students are expected to treat every person with dignity, respect, and empathy regardless of their gender, race, and/or cultural background;
- Discrimination, harassment, or bullying on basis of race, culture, religion, gender, language, disability, sexual orientation, or any other attribute is unacceptable, as is the deliberate degradation of any individual for any reason whatsoever.
- Students are expected to dress appropriately for class;
- Cell phones must be turned off while in class;
- Any act that is considered illegal will be reported to the school principal.
Attendance
Regular attendance in any learning environment is vital to school success. Students who do not participate in their courses regularly will diminish their learning experience.
According to the Ontario Ministry of Education, each credit requires 110 hours of class time and it is essential to attend a class every day so that you will not miss valuable information. The teacher and your classmates cannot wait for a student’s return but must continue covering the credit course material.
Our policy with respect to attendance is the following:
- Any absences from school without a doctors’ note is an unauthorized absence;
- Travel arrangements due to holidays are illegitimate absences;
- After three (3) unauthorized absences, a verbal warning will be given to the student;
- A written letter to the parent(s)/guardian(s), will be mailed after five (5) unauthorized absences and the student will be notified of the consequences of further absences from class and the effect of absences on the ability to gain a credit;
- After ten (10) unauthorized absences the student will be removed from the class and will not receive a credit; If a student is removed from a course, there will be no refund of the course fee;
- The Principal may consider unauthorized absences excusable upon reasonable explanation and in consultation with the student’s parent(s)/guardian(s) and teacher.
Safety in Class
Canadian World Schools intends to provide and maintain a safe environment in which learning can occur. Protection of a person’s dignity and self-esteem is critical.
- All students are expected to treat people with mutual respect, courtesy, and consideration. Profanity will not be used in class at any time.
- All students will accept the authority of the teachers and all teachers will demonstrate respect for all students.
- Threats, remarks, abuse, or harassment by any individual which impairs the health and welfare of any student or staff member are not permitted and are to be reported to the Principal immediately. The Principal will discipline the student using a variety of means including counseling, contacting the home, or suspension from the course.
Cheating and plagiarism
CWS students must understand that the tests/exams they complete and the assignments they submit for evaluation must be their own work and that cheating and plagiarism will not be condoned.
CWS will work collaboratively with the students to develop strategies for helping students understand the gravity of such behaviour and the importance of acknowledging the work of others. CWS also developed policies that address, at a minimum, the following:
- prevention of cheating and plagiarizing
- detection of incidents of cheating and plagiarizing
- consequences for students who cheat or plagiarize
Policies will reflect a continuum of behavioral and academic responses and consequences, based on at least the following four factors:
- the grade level of the student,
- the maturity of the student,
- the number and frequency of incidents, and
- the individual circumstances of the student.
Late and missed assignments
CWS Students must understand that there will be consequences for not completing assignments for evaluation or for submitting those assignments late.
Where in the teacher’s professional judgment it is appropriate to do so, a number of strategies may be used by CWS teachers to help prevent and/or address late and missed assignments. They include:
- asking the student to clarify the reason for not completing the assignment;
- helping students develop better time-management skills;
- collaborating with other staff to prepare a part- or full-year calendar of major assignment dates for every class;
- planning for major assignments to be completed in stages, so that students are less likely to be faced with an all-or-nothing situation at the last minute;
- maintaining ongoing communication with students and/or parents about due dates and late assignments, and scheduling conferences with parents if the problem persists;
- in secondary schools, referring the student to School Guidance team or teacher;
- taking into consideration legitimate reasons for missed deadlines;
- setting up a student contract;
- using counseling or peer tutoring to try to deal positively with problems;
- holding teacher-student conferences;
- reviewing the need for extra support for English language learners;
- reviewing whether students require special education services;
- requiring the student to work with a school team to complete the assignment;
- understanding and taking into account the cultures, histories, and contexts of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students and parents and their previous experiences with the school system;
- providing alternative assignments or tests/exams where, in the teacher’s professional judgment, it is reasonable and appropriate to do so;
- deducting marks for late assignments, up to and including the full value of the assignment.
Please note: CWS will ensure that mark deduction will not result in a percentage mark that, in the professional judgment of the teacher, misrepresents the student’s actual achievement;
CWS teams will use a variety of strategies, as described above, to ensure that students submit their assignments for evaluation and meet timelines. Late and missed assignments for evaluation will also be noted on the report card as part of the evaluation of a student’s development of learning skills and work habits.
When appropriate, a student’s tendency to be late in submitting, or to fail to submit, other assignments (including homework) may also be noted on the report card as part of the evaluation of the student’s development of the learning skills and work habits.
CWS policies relating to late and missed assignments for evaluation will:
Describe how schools will inform students and their parents about the importance of submitting assignments for evaluation when they are due and about the consequences for students who submit assignments late or fail to submit assignments;
- recognize that policies and procedures should be designed to motivate and facilitate completion of work and demonstration of learning and, where appropriate and possible, allow for additional and/or alternative opportunities to do so;
- recognize that it is the responsibility of the classroom teacher, preferably in collaboration with students, to establish deadlines for the submission of assignments for evaluation and clearly communicate those deadlines to students and, where appropriate, to parents;
- ensure that mark deduction will not result in a percentage mark that, in the professional judgment of the teacher, misrepresents the student’s actual achievement;
- provide clear procedures for determining a percentage mark for the report card for a student who has failed to submit one or more assignments for evaluation on time or at all.
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