​Conceptual Model
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The figure below provides a conceptual model to support the implementation of an academic-integrity program. We recommend any school seeking to advance academic integrity organize their own Academic Integrity Committee (AIC). Organizers of an AIC would recruit influential leaders of the school community to include--administration, faculty and students, as well as parents and other interested community members.  The AIC provides an excellent student leadership and service-learning opportunity.
​Once organized with representatives of their community, AICs, are encouraged to perform a strategic analysis of the school and organize their activities to address--
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  • Community engagement and dialogue in the shared responsibility of supporting academic integrity,
  • Core Values of the school community by clarifying and articulating values that support the advancement of academic integrity,
  • Commitments of the school community to sustain an AIC and strategies the AIC uses to cultivate and maintain student and adult support of the academic integrity as part of the school’s mission, and
  • Curriculum of the school and how it focuses students on mastery learning which includes the respect for personal intellectual growth and protection of intellectual property.

​Definition for Academic Integrity
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Academic Integrity-- 
can be defined by honest academic work where:    
1.  the ideas and the writing of others are properly cited; 
2.  students submit their own work for tests and assignments without unauthorized assistance;
3.  students do not provide unauthorized assistance to others; and
4.  students report their research or accomplishments accurately.
(from Langley High School Honor Policy, McLean, VA)

​Suggested Project Activities

​There are a variety of activities that can be implemented to advance the mission of an Academic Integrity Committee (AIC) such as helping the school clarify its core values that support the goals of academic integrity, creating activities to help faculty and students define academic integrity and working to develop teaching practices that support students’ demonstrating academic integrity. Review the strategic planning timeline for more details.

​​"Ethics in action creates character."