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Suggested Year of
Implementation |
Community |
Core Values |
Commitments |
Curriculum |
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Year One |
Organize an Academic Integrity Committee (AIC) to include students, faculty, administration and parents |
Clarify and articulate
connection between school’s core values such as
fairness, honesty, responsibility, trust and academic
integrity |
Sustain an AIC with a
written mission, code of conduct and monthly meetings |
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Recruit student AIC members from National Honor Society or other relevant clubs to support AIC activities. Recruit adult AIC members from faculty, administration and parent community to support AIC activities with representatives from relevant disciplines and clubs |
Review and seek
administration and school board support to define the
school’s mission to include academic integrity as a core
value |
Research, write and
implement a multiple-year AIC strategic plan |
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Design and implement a
qualitative and quantitative evaluation plan to guide
the AIC’s strategic plan |
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Year Two |
Recruit incoming freshmen
to AIC with introduction to high school integrity
standards in freshman orientation |
Clearly connect school
integrity policies to school’s core values in variety of
school media |
Review, revise and gain
approval to publish clear policies, procedures and rules
for teachers to implement in support of academic
integrity |
Create AIC information
brochures, flyers, posters, cards, other handouts,
videos for school TV network |
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Establish and maintain
current AIC information about mission, projects and
recruitment on school Website |
Create activities that
help students and faculty define academic integrity in
light of core values |
Obtain administration and
school board support to reinforce academic integrity
policies |
Develop faculty
professional development activities to support teacher
recognition of classroom procedures and instructional
strategies to advance academic integrity |
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Encourage school and
community librarians to publish clear academic integrity
messages and citation procedures |
Create messages to refute
any sub-culture reinforcing non academic performance |
Provide AIC a budget to
purchase relevant resources for its mission, stipend
chair and maintain membership in professional
associations |
Administer surveys to
promote student body engagement in integrity topics |
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Engage parents through
activities offered at parent associations and
orientation meetings |
Create messages to refute
high-performing students’ rationalizations for academic
dishonesty |
Integrate integrity themes
into faculty professional development goal statements |
Write articles for school
newspaper or Principal’s newsletters and school Webpage
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AIC committee members
personally recruit middle school students from middle
school honor society |
Recommend the hiring of
teachers and administrators who will proactively support
academic integrity as a core value of education |
Create an honor code
and/or pledge for students’ to affirm at year end |
Seek to integrate
integrity themes within summer reading assignments |
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Connect school’s core
values to enforcement of integrity policies |
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Publish relevant academic
integrity policies, procedures and rules in student
handbook, school website and class syllabi |
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Promote teacher procedures
to reduce cheating i.e.—teachers explanation of
expectations, use of different test forms, clear limits
for group work, Turn-it-in.com |
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Promote student behaviors
to reduce cheating—choice to learn, preparation, seeking
appropriate help in timely manner |
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Year
Three |
Connect integrity messages
to mentoring programs |
Find and publish within
community positive stories related to academic integrity
and the connection to core values |
Organize an honor court to
adjudicate integrity violations |
Create integrity lessons
and activities for homerooms or advisory classes, new
student orientations, students facing honor violation
penalties |
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Recruit drama classes or
tech (video) classes to produce AIC skits/videos |
Design and implement
discussion activities that support societies’ need for
academic integrity |
Seek fair and efficient
enforcement of academic integrity policies |
Create AIC lessons to
integrate into relevant subject areas |
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Request community members
to address integrity issues during career days or
college fairs |
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Maintain appropriate
records of integrity violations |
Create an AIC information
video or skits and show/perform at school lunches,
assemblies, school TV network |
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Solicit local business
community support for AIC budget and note support on
Website and publications |
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Provide positive
recognition for students/faculty demonstrating academic
integrity |
Create and present AI
lessons for students in middle schools |
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Maintain dialogue with
other schools and relevant professional associations |
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Publish stories and
evaluations of school integrity program (newsletters,
website, conferences, journals) |
