7.1 Accommodations
Academic accommodations and support services are available through the Counseling and Accommodations Services for students who have documented learning or other disabilities. The Center is staffed by professionals trained in understanding and managing learning, physical and mental health challenges. Champlain College will make all reasonable accommodations for the disability of an otherwise qualified student or applicant for admission. In order to be eligible to receive academic accommodations or other accommodations in residence halls, classrooms or extracurricular activities, students must provide documentation and meet with one of the designated counselors in the Counseling and Accommodations Services office. It is the responsibility of the student to provide the documentation, meet with the appropriate counselor and provide each faculty member with the accommodation forms. More detailed information regarding the College’s accommodations procedures is available from the Counseling and Accommodations Services. Students managing special learning, physical or emotional challenges are provided with reasonable accommodations, but are also held to the same standard of academic achievement as all other students.
Students with grievances related to an accommodations-related determination or procedures for, or provision of, accommodations, are encouraged to resolve the complaint with the Counseling and Accommodations Services (865-5484) whenever possible. If the student’s grievance is directly related to the actions of the Counseling and Accommodations Services, they may immediately file a grievance with the Vice President for Enrollment & Student Life in student-related matters (865-6429). Such grievances will be handled as described in the College’s Grievance Procedure for the Counseling and Accommodation Services. See the College Catalog for more details.
(Source: full-time Faculty Handbook, July 2015 edition.)
Note: Remind your students, orally and in the syllabus, that they should let the Counseling Center know about needed accommodations early in the semester and certainly not after an accommodation was needed.
7.2 FERPA Guidelines
The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) establishes guidelines for limiting access to and the disclosure of information contained within student education records to third parties unless an exception applies, to establish the right of students to inspect and review their education records, and to provide guidelines for the correction of inaccurate or misleading data through informal and formal hearings. See the FERPA policy in the College Catalog. Useful information is available online at
http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/faq.html.
(Source: full-time Faculty Handbook, July 2015 edition.)
7.3 Student Attendance
Students are expected to attend all of their classes. Not doing so may jeopardize their academic success. If illness, accident or similar circumstances make it impossible for a student to attend classes, the student should notify the appropriate faculty member(s). Instructors should provide students with a written attendance policy. A student’s lack of attendance does not result in an automatic withdrawal from a course. Students must officially withdraw themselves using the policy and procedure described in the College Catalog.
(Source: full-time Faculty Handbook, July 2015 edition.)
7.4 Verification of Student Attendance
It is crucial to verify class attendance of all students in order to comply with federal regulations about distribution of financial aid. In order to verify that students are attending class, and therefore are eligible for any financial assistance that has been awarded, faculty need to log in to the grading section of WebAdvisor. For each section that you are teaching, indicate any student who has never attended class by clicking on the “Never Attended” box for that student on the Final Grading Screen. You will get instructions at the beginning of each semester reminding you of the need to identify students who have never attended.
7.5 Student Academic Grievance Procedure
The purpose of this policy and procedure is to provide Champlain College students the opportunity for review of the facts pertaining to an academic decision affecting the student. Procedures are designed to provide objective and fair treatment of both students and faculty and to resolve disputes in a timely manner.
An academic grievance is a claim that a specific academic decision or action that affects the student’s academic record or status has violated published policies and/or procedures or has been applied in a way that prejudicially treats the student on the basis of any non-academic status or characteristic. The assignment of grades is not generally considered a justifiable grievance under this policy unless the previously described factors can be shown to have adversely impacted that grade or evaluation. Only the Provost (chief academic officer) has the right to file an administrative grade change should a grievance involving a grade be accepted.
For the complete policy, see the College Catalog.
7.6 Classroom Behavior
Each instructor is responsible for maintaining an in-person and/or online classroom environment that facilitates effective teaching, learning and safety. The classroom environment should be such that it prepares students for behavior that is expected in the professional and corporate environments in which they are preparing to live and work.
Inappropriate classroom conduct which disrupts in-person or online classroom or laboratory activities is a violation of the Champlain College Standard of Conduct. Examples of disruptive conduct include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Tardiness, leaving and returning during class, or leaving class early without permission from the professor;
- Any unauthorized use of electronic devices such as cellular phones, pagers and music devices in the classroom or laboratory;
- Personal conversations during class;
- Abusive language or epithets directed towards other persons;
- Posting inappropriate online posts;
- Refusing to comply with the directions of the instructor.
Disruptive and disrespectful behavior on the part of any student will not be tolerated. The instructor has the responsibility to determine appropriate standards of behavior in the class as long as the requirement does not infringe upon the individual’s rights. Science laboratory classrooms that may introduce a safety hazard to the student under certain circumstances may inherently require strict regulation of safety protocol in addition to normal rules of behavior.
An instructor may require that a student leave the classroom or laboratory - in-person or online space - if the student is disruptive and does not heed a verbal or written first warning. In an online class, an instructor may use his or her discretion to delete inappropriate posts. Return of the student to the classroom or laboratory may require a written pledge by the student to abide by the rules of expected classroom decorum or safety.
Continued inappropriate conduct or safety violations will be grounds for expulsion from the course in question for the remainder of the semester. Should a faculty member determine that a disruptive student should be dismissed from a class for the remainder of the semester with a failing grade, there shall be a written statement to the student, citing the student’s right of appeal under the standard grade change procedure or the Academic Grievance Procedure (see relevant sections in the College Catalog) and with copies to the Registrar, the student’s Faculty Advisor, the student’s Dean and the Provost and Chief Academic Officer. Further action may also be taken under the College’s Conduct Review Board process (see the Conduct Review section in the College Catalog).
(Source: full-time Faculty Handbook, July 2015 edition.)
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