“establishing a school-wide culture of high academic integrity among students and staff.”

THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

ACADEMIC INTEGRITYACADEMIC INTEGRITY

STRATEGIES: STRATEGIES: Academic Integrity

Honor Code Form: The Honor Code was distributed to the student at the beginning of the year and collected as part of the forms collection process. In addition, an Integrity section has been created under the “About TJ” tab on the new website. Included on the Integrity page is a link to the Honor Code. http://www.tjhsst.edu/abouttj/integrity/honorcode.html Honor Council: Students who attended the Academic Integrity Workshop at the beginning of the year were selected to serve on the Honor Council. With the Assistance of John Struck and Shawn Stickler, the students attended two all-day Restorative Justice training sessions. In addition, the Honor Council has presented an informational session to faculty members at JLC and will be presenting to students during 8th Period. The Honor Council is up and running and awaiting their first review.

New Student Referral Form: Shawn DeRose has led this process and created a “draft” of the new academic integrity form. He is working with Miruni Tecuci and Brian Phillips to finalize the draft and place the referral on teacher’s desktops (paperless). The new referral will allow teachers to easily report academic integrity violations.

Consequences: The revisions to the consequences of academic integrity violations were approved by the administrative team and posted on the “Integrity” under the “About TJ” tab on the new website. Shawn DeRose presented the revisions at the faculty meeting in early October.

Homework Committee: The homework has met twice since the beginning of the year and working toward building a consensus surrounding homework and student course load.

Academic Integrity Survey: Anne Applin and Shawn DeRose created and distributed a follow-up survey in December 2013. The survey was completed by 88 faculty members, 313 parents and 711 students. We will distribute a final survey in May and compare the results prior to the end of the school year.

STRATEGIES: STRATEGIES: Academic Integrity

FOCUS GROUPS: FOCUS GROUPS: Academic Integrity Survey

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Question: Question: Teachers Reporting Cheating

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Summer 2013 Winter 2013 % ChangeDisagree Strongly 14 6Disagree 28 12Not Sure 29 25

Agree 21 33Agree Strongly 8 24

2.810 3.570 27%

Summer 2013 Winter 2013 % ChangeDisagree Strongly 16 8Disagree 19 17Not Sure 43 42

Agree 20 31Agree Strongly 3 2

2.752 3.020 10%

Question: Question: Process is fair, impartial

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Summer 2013 Winter 2013 % ChangeDisagree Strongly 17 6Disagree 12 24Not Sure 61 36

Agree 7 30Agree Strongly 4 5

2.693 3.040 13%

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Question: Question: Students understand the Honor Code

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Question: Question: Parent & Child discuss importance of academic integrity

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Question: Question: Cheating is a serious problem

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Summer 2013 Winter 2013 % Change

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15 2532 4350 23

4.238 3.800 -10%

Summer 2013 Winter 2013 % ChangeDisagree Strongly 3 8 167%Disagree 9 25 178%Not Sure 28 34 21%

Agree 32 20 -38%Agree

Strongly 27 12 -56%3.717 3.030 -18%