3. KEY STUDENT MANAGEMENT POLICIES (CONT’D)
Violence (O-2.5)
Guidelines for SIAST Faculty, Staff and
Students for Resolving Student
concerns (POP Manual #7.4)
Student Conduct (A-2.5)
Student Appeal (A-2.7)
4. WHERE TO LOCATE POLICIES
www.siast.sk.ca
Click on “About SIAST”
Click on “Policies and Procedures”
Full alpha listing/listing by policy
grouping:
- G series (Governance)
- A series (Academic)
- O series (Operations and
Administrative services)
5. SETTING THE CONTEXT
Authority to set rules
Obligated to take action
Comply with rules of procedural
fairness
Consider concerns when disagreement
6. SETTING THE CONTEXT (CONT’D)
Contractual relationship and legally
binding:
Contract: Students pay a fee, SIAST
delivers quality training that qualifies
student for employment
SIAST defines the rules
Students have a right to challenge
7. SETTING THE CONTEXT (CONT’D)
Two Key Principles:
Right to be heard
Right to an unbiased decision
8. PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS
Objective decision making
Protecting the rights of
individuals
Enhancing public confidence in
process
Applies to daily interactions and
processes
9. STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Conduct themselves in
respectful, safe, healthy and
educationally conducive manner
Uphold values and standards of
academic integrity
Be aware of standards and policy
10. STUDENT RIGHTS
An educational environment conducive to
student success
Clear and unambiguous communication of
standards and policy
Consistently applied standards and policies
Presumed not to have committed a breach until
decision-makers have established a breach
has occurred
Right to appeal
11. STUDENT CONDUCT POLICY A-2.5
PURPOSE:
Positive and safe learning environment
SIAST will take action to restore or
protect learning environment
Describes academic misconduct
and non-academic misconduct
Outlines procedures/disciplinary
measures
12. STUDENT CONDUCT POLICY (A-2.5) (CONT’D)
Academic and non-academic misconduct
may be subject to discipline;
Disciplinary action will be progressive.
13. PROCEDURES FOR ADDRESSING ACADEMIC
MISCONDUCT
Allegations made known to student (or
students, individually)
Instructors to inform program head
Evidence must be presented and
student given opportunity to respond
If suspected misconduct
occurred, discipline (using progressive
model) will be taken.
Communicate in writing and document
in official file
14. ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT CONSEQUENCES
Grade reduction or loss of course credit
Academic misconduct reprimand
Academic misconduct probation
Academic misconduct suspension
Academic misconduct expulsion
15. PROCEDURES FOR ADDRESSING
NON-ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
Document Details
Inform student
Meet within 5 days of incident (severe
should be immediate)
If group of students, meet individually
with each student
Student(s) may bring support
(SA, classmate)
16. PROCEDURES FOR ADDRESSING
NON-ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT (CONT’D)
Evidence discussed directly with
student
Student given opportunity to respond
Consequences follow principles of
progressive discipline
Communicate in writing and document
in official file
18. STUDENT APPEAL POLICY (A-2.7)
Students will appeal despite your best
efforts.
Decision to have a student appeal proceed
does not mean you did anything wrong.
19. STUDENT APPEAL POLICY (A-2.7)
Any disciplinary or performance rulings
that
impact the education of a student may
be subject to appeal.
20. STUDENT APPEAL POLICY (A-2.7)
(CONT’D)
Reasonable grounds for a hearing:
Alleged misapplication of procedural
regulations or policy
Alleged inconsistent, discriminatory, or
arbitrary use of regulation and/or
determination of a penalty
New evidence that could impact findings
21. STUDENT STATUS DURING APPEAL
Student may continue in program unless:
Detrimental to environment;
Student’s personal safety; or
Safety of others.
22. STUDENT APPEAL POLICY (A-2.7)
Staged Resolution Approach:
Focus on early resolution (Original
Decision Maker and Student Level One
Appeal – Immediate Supervisor)
Level Two Appeal – Campus Appeal
Committee
Level Three Appeal – SIAST Appeal
Committee (Decision Final and Binding)
23. STUDENT APPEAL POLICY (A 2.7)
(CONT’D)
Appeals not covered in this policy:
Admission decisions
Grade appeals (unless biased, unfair
treatment)
PLAR and transfer credit
29. ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND SPECIAL
THANKS TO:
Alison Pickrell for David Hannah for his work:
sharing her Student-institution legal
previous relationships in colleges
presentations in and universities in the
this area. common law provinces
of Canada: An analysis
of case law from 1982 to
Lynn M. Smith for 1994. (Unpublished
her work: doctoral thesis, doctoral
Procedural thesis, BGSU)
Fairness for
University and
College
Students, (CACUS
S, 1998).