FacultyMeetingNotes


 * Notes from Large Faculty Meeting (**May 12, 2010)

//Q: What procedures and processes would make you (the teacher) feel comfortable and secure when pursuing questions involving academic integrity?//


 * Under the system as initially created, someone other than the teacher made the call to/contact with the parent of the offending student – should bring that back
 * The consequences for cheating need to be clear
 * Encourage teachers to give non-traditional assignments – harder for the students to download/copy
 * Everyone should be strongly encouraged to use turnitin.com
 * When using turnitin.com with your class, allow the students the opportunity to see how much of their work is showing up as plagiarized before they officially submit the work so they can correct the problem.
 * Upload creative writing assignments to turnitin.com as well as research assignments
 * The level of consequences needs to be staggered and significant
 * Should students take a pledge at the beginning of the school year to emphasize our commitment to integrity?
 * Need to be aware of what the turn around time is in terms of processing a complaint (made by a teacher) – how long between the report and the consequences, how long to make the complaint
 * Results show that girls seem to be more likely to “share” their homework – we need to look at those who give answers as well as those who receive them
 * Maybe departments can get together and make sure that people are all assigning different problems (this was in the context of math)
 * Maybe we need to bring parents into the conversation – parents are suspected of “helping” a bit too much
 * This will not succeed unless there’s a faculty-wide buy-in
 * Should there be forms online to report cheating/discipline?
 * What issues surround communicating a student’s past bad acts to other teachers – privacy concerns?
 * We need more grade level conversations (to discuss students who keep cheating)