Authenticity

1. All Faculties will provide a standard cover sheet which the student must sign and hand in with each out of class assignment. In signing this sheet the student is declaring that the work contained in the assignment is his own work and that anyone else’s work used in the course of the assignment has been properly sourced and referenced. Plagiarism will be treated as seriously as cheating in an exam and will be dealt with accordingly.

Late Work and Missed Assessment

1. All students are expected to complete all assessment work and hand it in to the teacher before 9.00am on the due date unless they have a legitimate reason. Legitimate reasons include a family bereavement, representing the College at a major sports or cultural event, or illness. A student must produce a medical certificate if because of illness, he/she is absent for an assessment, or is absent on the date an assessment is due and consequently fails to hand it in on time.
2. In all cases of legitimate absence a student may be awarded an achievement standard provided there is sufficient evidence* to indicate that the student would have gained this standard. Such evidence includes, but is not restricted to, class test marks, formative assessments, & results from practicals.
3. Where there is insufficient evidence the student will be given one opportunity to be further assessed in the standard missed.
4. A student initiates these procedures by meeting with Deputy Principal, NZQA and will be given at this time the appropriate forms to be completed.

*Note: the concept of sufficient evidence means that the student has had the opportunity to accumulate such evidence. Therefore a student who has been in class prior to assessment but has completed no work and was then away for the assessment would receive ‘not achieved’.

Any student who was absent for the assessment, or did not hand in an assessment on time, without a legitimate reason would receive a ‘not achieved’ and would NOT have the opportunity to be assessed in the standard missed.

Any student absent from school on a deadline day must make every effort to get the work into the school office by 9.00am. This may mean asking family or friends to bring the work in. Alternatively it can be faxed or couriered. If this is not possible then the student’s teacher must be notified by phone, fax or email. Without this communication to the teacher the work will not be marked.

Re-assessment

1. A student who has sat an internal assessment and received a ‘not achieved’ would, where practicable and at the discretion of the Hof, be given opportunities to be further assessed. Course outline information issued by each department is to clearly state how further assessment opportunities are managed.

Appeals

1. Any student is entitled to appeal any grade allocated to any assessment if he/she feels it has been marked incorrectly and/or unfairly. He/she may also appeal any decision made with regard to any other NCEA assessment policy.
2. The appeal in the first instance must be made to the students’ classroom teacher within seven school days of receiving the assessed script. If however the student feels that the outcome of the appeal is unjust, he/she may then take it to the Head of the Faculty concerned. If the student is still unsatisfied with the outcome he/she can appeal to the DP NZQA and then if still unsatisfied he/she can appeal to the principal. Note that the Dean is not part of the appeal process.    

Information to Students

1. Information will be given to students via the school’s NCEA handbooks, school website and via the course outline information given to students at the very start of the course.
2. All the above will contain the policies on appeals, authenticity, missed assessment and reassessment.
3. The course outline will also include:

• Standards being taught /assessed and whether internally or externally assessed
• Dates of assessments and further assessments and whether further assessment opportunities exist
• Credit value

Misconduct

1. Students caught cheating will receive 'not achieved'. The incident is to be documented and a copy given to DP NZQA by the Hof.
2. The student is not eligible for the scheduled further assessment.
3. A formal letter outlining the issue is to be sent home by the HoF within one week of the incident.  This letter to be countersigned by the Principal and a copy to DP NZQA.