Office of Student Life: Engaging Students for Academic Progress and Social Justice

1. Office of Student Life Student Conduct Dr. Nicky Damania

2. Mission Through innovative experiences in a co-curricular classroom, the Office of Student Life engages students in meaningful interactions and hands-on skill development that fosters academic progress, student success, social justice, and citizenship while serving the diverse breadth and scope of the Bakersfield College’s student community through recruitment, persistence, retention, and Graduation/Transfer efforts.

3. Learning Outcomes • The Office of Student Life supports students’ Academic Progress in the academic and social integrations by extending support to an individual’s educational experiences while satisfying the basic needs. • The Office of Student Life aids in Student Success by developing transferable skills through workshops and activities while interacting with others. • The Office of Student Life advocates Social Justice by accessing resources and expanding an individual’s awareness through interactions and education with similar and dissent groups. • The Office of Student Life encourages Citizenship as a reciprocal partnership where contributions from an individual invest into the community to instill one’s civic responsibility.

4. Areas • Student Conduct • Student Government (BCSGA) • Student Organizations • Student Activities • Student Assistance (Pantry) • Student Housing • Other Services

5. Student Conduct • When working with student complaints, students with reported behaviors, or students of concern, the Student Life reviews, investigates, and works with each student case carefully while integrating several student development theories that model after the restorative justice practices. • The fundamental premise of restorative justice practices is to engage with the student to lead to a helpful outlook, more cooperative and productive interactions, and more likely to make positive changes when the Office of Student Life and the BC community interact with them. • It has a greater impact on student learning and success than the typical punitive models.

6. Restorative Justice Objectives • Reflecting with the student in question about their purpose through self-authorship giving them constructive instruction that allows for self-reflection and clear understandings of self-beliefs • Aiding the students to self-acknowledgetheir responsibility and willing to gear their situation to a positive outcome. • Providing and connecting students to various on and off campus resources in hopes to achieve positive student success. • Assisting the students to connect their energies and interests with meaningful activities. • Finding closure while supporting the students through facing their consequences, learning from their situation, and moving past it for future success.

7. Student Conduct Areas • Student Code of Conduct • Title IX – Sexual Misconduct • Bias Incident Reporting • Early Alert • Students of Concerns • Academic Integrity • Student Complaint Process

8. Historical View

9. Annual Comparisonsof Open Cases

10. Cases FY17 102 Cases Feb 2017

11. Cases FY17 Cases whose incident date was within FY17. Numbers not inclusive of Early Alert.

12. Overview for all Open Cases

13. What is Academic Integrity? • Academic integrity means honesty and responsibility in scholarship. • Academic assignments exist to help students learn; grades exist to show how fully this goal is attained. • Therefore all work and all grades should result from the student's own understanding and effort. Source: The University of Oklahoma, 2010

14. Plagiarism Defined: 4F7D • Plagiarism is defined as the act of using the ideas or work of another person or persons 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 references, 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 quotations 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. Source: KCCD Board Policy 4F7D

15. Cheating Defined: 4F7D • Cheating is defined as the act of obtaining, or attempting to obtain, or aiding another to obtain academic credit for work by the use of any dishonest, deceptive, or fraudulent means. Examples of cheating during an examination include, but are not limited to, the following: copying, either in part or in whole, from another's test or examination; discussion of answers or ideas relating to the answers on an examination or test unless such discussion is specifically authorized by the instructor; giving or receiving copies of an examination without the permission of the instructor; using or displaying notes, "cheat sheets," or other information or devices inappropriate to the prescribed test conditions, as when a test of competence includes a test of unassisted recall of information, skill, or procedure; allowing someone other than the officially enrolled student to represent the same. Also included are plagiarism as defined and altering or interfering with the grading procedures. • It is often appropriate for students to study together or to work in teams on projects. However, such students should be careful to avoid the use of unauthorized assistance, and to avoid any implication of cheating, by such means as sitting apart from one another in examinations, presenting the work in a manner which clearly indicates the effort of each individual, or such other method as is appropriate to the particular course. Source: KCCD Board Policy 4F7D

16. Sample Syllabus Statement • Academic Integrity and Plagiarism Academic integrity includes cheating, fabricating or falsifying information or sources, improper collaboration, submitting the same paper for different classes without permission, and plagiarism. Plagiarism occurs when writers deliberately or unintentionally use another person's language, ideas, or materials and present them as their own without properly acknowledging and citing the source. Academic Dishonesty and Plagiarism in this course results in one or more of the following consequences: failure of the assignment, referral to the Dean of Instruction, and/or disciplinary actions by the Director Student Life. Cite sources carefully, completely, and meticulously; when in doubt, cite. Familiarize yourself with BC’s Student Code of Conduct and KCCD’s definitions of plagiarism and cheating (KCCD Board Policy 4F7D, pg. 114). Source: BC Students of Concern Team , 2014

17. Sample Syllabus Statement • Student Success Intervention (Early Alert): Every student has the potential to be successful. Using an early alert method faculty identify students who need to overcome challenges that prevent them from completing their coursework successfully, providing students with the opportunity to make changes. If you receive a “Student Success Notification” email, it is expected that you seek the assistance of the campus service area outlined in the notification as soon as possible. The notification will also be sent to the campus service area that you are referred to (for example: the tutoring center); therefore, do not be surprised if you receive a message directly from the service area. Should you have general questions or concerns about this program, please contact Sarah Villasenor, Early Alert Counselor, at svillase@bakersfieldcollege.edu or 661-395-4630. Source: BC Students of Concern Team , 2014

18. Step-By-Step Most Conduct Situations • Situation Occurs • Notify Student Life/Chair/Dean • Complete Incident Form • Email • Early Alert • Public Safety • Phone Call • Student Life investigates • Meets with student • Communicate with faculty • Student is sanctioned, optional • Sanctions are completed • Student is happy

19. Step-by-Step Student Complaint Process • Student is not happy • Faculty/Chair try to resolve internally with student • Student submits a student complaint intake form • Mets with Student Life • Student Life tries to work out internally • If not, signed complaint form is then sent to Faculty Chair and Dean • Chair meets with student and faculty within 10 instructional days • Chair resolves situation with both student and faculty with recommendation • Submission of Information and Deposition form • Student Life records and concludes with student

20. Cautionary Notes • Students may be dropped after an equivalent of two weeks missed • A faculty member may remove a student from class for the day of the removal and the next class meeting(KCCDAP 4F7E) • Must inform Department Chair, Public Safety, and Student Life • The Class Syllabus is your contract with the Student • Make sure it reflects your teaching philosophy and expectations of the students

21. Cautionary Notes • Cannot fail a student from the class based on situation, only the assignment • Resolve situations at lowest possible level • This means internally, if possible • Disruptive students are available • Work with new faculty (and old) regarding classroom management skills and techniques

22. Cautionary Notes • Set personal/professional boundaries with students • Don’t engage in enabling behaviors • Don’t hold the burden on your shoulders, let me share it with you • REPORT IT! • If you don’t hear back from me within one day, please follow up • In emergencies, call Public Safety at 395-4554

23. See Something,Say Something,Do Something! • We are Mandated Reporters • Report everything in the manner in which you received the information • Keep our community safe • We track and monitor all reports that come into the office

24. Questions Office of Student Life Campus Center, room 4 (661) 395-4614 / (303) 990-0933- text nicky.damania@bakersfieldcollege.edu www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/studentlife