• Cheating/plagiarism is a serious offense and should be treated as such. Cheating on minor assignments can be handled within the classroom. An administrator and parents/guardians will be notified for cheating on summative/major assignments. Students who cheat may receive a non-grade related consequence and will be allowed to redo the assignment in a different form if necessary.  Students will earn a grade based on the replacement assignment. 

• Academic Integrity: Students must adhere to the school policy for academic integrity.  In addition to the consequences outlined in the student handbook, if a teacher can not verify the integrity of a student’s exam assessment, their work will not be submitted to the IB and their exam will be canceled (without refund). 

Academic Misconduct

Academic misconduct is defined as an action that gives a student an advantage or creates a disadvantage for other students such as cheating, collusion, plagiarism, duplication and/or falsification. 

Types of Academic Misconduct

Definitions & Examples (Included but not limited to…)

Cheating: giving or receiving unauthorized assistance on an academic assignment or assessment, including  IB exams

• Copying another person’s work

• Allowing another person to copy your work or to submit your work for assessment  (collusion)

• Using electronic devices to access answers to a test, quiz, or another assignment without teacher’s permission

• Unauthorized transmitting or receiving information or outside assistance on an assessment or any other assignment

• Taking unauthorized materials into an IB examination 

Plagiarism: Representing others’ ideas or work as your own

• Copying and pasting information/images from other sources and using it as your own or without proper citation

• Re-wording someone else’s work and using it as your own (paraphrasing without proper citation)

• Condensing someone else’s work and using it as your own

• Using any part of your previous work for other assignment/assessment components (duplication)

Falsification: verbal or written statement of untruth or behavior that could gain an unfair advantage

• Buying or using any assignment/assessment from another person or technological resource 

• Forging a signature

• Tampering with official records

• Falsifying scientific or other data for academic credit

• Taking an online assessment or completing an assignment under another student’s identity

Responsibilities of Stakeholders

Teachers will:

• Teach, practice, and review correct documentation and formatting (including but not limited to MLA, APA, Chicago, depending on course). 

• Specify the types of collaboration that are allowed when an assignment is given. 

• Create a testing environment to alleviate the possibility of cheating, and adhere to all testing proctor guidelines and protocols.

• Review the Academic Honesty Policy often, particularly before major assignments and tests.

Administrators will:

• Assure that all stakeholders are informed about the JCHS IB Academic Honesty Policy.

• Promote a culture of adherence to the JCHS IB Academic Honesty Policy.

• Encourage and support educators in enforcing the JCHS IB Academic Honesty Policy.

• Facilitate conferences if required and enforce appropriate consequences of participating in academic misconduct.

Students will:

• Hold peers accountable for academic integrity.

• Document borrowed materials by citing sources using an approved format. 

• Avoid situations that might contribute to academic misconduct. 

• Ensure that all smart technologies are utilized only when allowed by an instructor and are not used in an unauthorized manner. 

• Avoid giving or receiving unauthorized assistance on all school assignments, including but not limited to the use of collusion to produce and submit assignments. 

• Report any violations of the Academic Honesty Policy.

Guardians will:

• Be aware of the JCHS IB Academic Honesty Policy

• Provide a positive example for adhering to the JCHS IB Academic Honesty Policy

• Support faculty and administration in enforcing the JCHS IB Academic Honesty Policy

Consequences of Participating in Academic Misconduct

1st Offense: 

• Teacher will conference with the student about the infraction and discuss the appropriate behavior.

• Teacher will contact the student's guardian(s) and write a referral documenting the infraction.

• Teacher will set a timeline for the student to re-submit assignment for a maximum grade of a 70%.

• Student will be ineligible to receive an academic letter.

2nd Offense: 

• Teacher will conference with the student about infraction and discuss the appropriate behavior.

• Teacher will contact student’s guardian(s) and write a referral documenting the infraction. 

• Student will receive a zero on the assignment/assessment.

• Student will be placed on probation.

• IB Coordinator will conference with the student and guardian(s) about the infractions and be reminded that any additional infractions will result in dismissal from the IB program.

3rd Offense: 

• Teacher will conference with the student about infraction and discuss the appropriate behavior.

• Teacher will contact student’s guardian(s) and write a referral documenting the infraction. 

• Student will receive a zero on the assignment/assessment.

• Student will be dismissed from the IB program.