Course Essentials

Regular, active participation is expected of all students enrolled in the college. Students not actively participating may be dropped from the course. Specifically, a student may be dropped by the instructor for lack of active participation prior to the Last Day to Drop without a Mark on the Permanent Record and any time up to the Last Day to Drop with a W when the student is not actively participating.

Active participation in this class means you are engaged in the course's designed learning activities: participating in discussions and submitting assignments and papers. 

Before the Last Day to Drop without a W, students will be dropped if they have not submitted the assignments due during the first module of class: Learning Log 1, Participation Analysis Paper - Installation One, and participation in the Module 1 discussion.

Remember it is not enough for students to merely log in to Canvas to "attend" class. You must actively participate in the class, i.e., engage in the course's designed learning activities. This class teaches, reinforces, and assesses course content using a variety of learning modes. Just completing the learning logs will not count as active participation. 

A student also may be dropped by the instructor any time up to the Last Day to Drop with a W when he or she has been absent from or not actively participating in class for 14 consecutive days or has not submitted the required work which includes active participation in the weekly discussion forums, submitting assignments, and completing the weekly Learning Logs.

In general, it is the responsibility of the student to be aware of his/her current attendance/participation status. Students who have been absent or not actively participating in a course should notify the instructor of the reason. Notification in no way requires the faculty member to excuse the absence and in no way relieves the student of responsibility for completing and submitting missed work.

Students are responsible for officially withdrawing from any course in which they no longer wish to be enrolled. Non-attendance/non-participation does not release the student from this responsibility.

According to the Cerro Coso Student Conduct Policy:

Plagiarism is defined as the act of using the ideas or work of another person or person as if they were one’s own, without giving credit to the source. Such an act is not plagiarism if it is ascertained that the ideas were arrived at through independent reasoning or logic or where the thought or idea is common knowledge.

Acknowledgement of an original author or source must be made through appropriate reference, i.e., quotation marks, footnotes, or commentary.  Examples of plagiarism include, but are not limited to, the following: the submission of a work, whether in part or in whole, completed by another; failure to give credit for ideas, statements, facts or conclusions which rightfully belong to another; in written work, failure to use quotation marks when quoting directly from another, whether it be a paragraph, a sentence, or even a part thereof; close and lengthy paraphrasing of another’s writing or programming.  A student who is in doubt about the extent of acceptable paraphrasing should consult the instructor.

Students are cautioned that, in conducting their research, they should prepare their notes by (a) either quoting material exactly (using quotation marks) at the time they take notes from a source; or (b) departing completely from the language used in the source, putting the material into their own words.  In this way, when the material is used in the paper or project, the student can avoid plagiarism resulting from verbatim use of notes.  Both quoted and paraphrased materials must be given proper citations.

As allowed by District Policy 4F8G, ‘Every instructor has the responsibility and authority for dealing with such instances of cheating and plagiarism as may occur in class.  An instructor who determines that a student has cheated or plagiarized has a range of options, which may be as severe as giving a failing grade for the course.  Furthermore, the student may face other penalties as stated in the college’s Student Conduct Policy.  Finally, it must be understood that “a student who knowingly aids in another student’s cheating, e.g., permitting the other student to copy a paper or examination question, is as guilty as the other of the offense.” Penalties for plagiarism will include failure on the particular assignment and may include a failing grade in the course, an official report of academic dishonesty, suspension, or expulsion.

In this class, you will be visiting Early Childhood Programs and we will be discussing various observations of real people. In accordance with Principle 2.9 in the Code of Ethical Conduct (NAEYC, 2005), all efforts will be made to protect the privacy of children, parents, students, and staff. Identify children by using their first name only. In addition, students conducting classroom assignments in Early Childhood Programs will adhere to Principle 3B-1 and will follow program policies. Breach in ethical conduct and/or confidentiality will lead to disciplinary action up to and may include expulsion from the course.