Academic Integrity Policy

4 Preventive work

The whole school community is responsible for participating in and promoting high standards of academic integrity. The individual responsibilities are divided as follows:

Preventive work
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The School Management team Keeps focus in the organization on the topic, provides the school body with clear definitions and guidelines.
The Head Teacher Keeps the overall attention to the rules and regulations that apply for the student body – all ideas and interpretations are communicated well in the dialogue. Creates an overall understanding about proper conduct. Promotes the ideal. Promote the IB learner Profile.
Subject teacher Trains students to be academic honest by focusing on the writing process, how to cite and make references, source evaluation, as well as critical thinking. The subject teacher also authenticates the student’s work and works with students to promote the IB learner profile attributes.
Students Are principled and positive towards learning – this includes the principles of good academic conduct and works towards the ideals of the IB Learner Profile. The student also signs a declaration that the work submitted is their own and according to the standards.
Parents and legal guardians Are informed about the standards and support the student and school in promoting academic honesty.

The school actively promotes academic integrity through the following means:

  • Beginning of the year workshops include the following topics:
    • Types of misconduct
    • Note taking techniques
    • Summarizing
    • Paraphrasing
    • Proper citation – direct and indirect citations
    • Zotero referencing techniques
  •  Assessment of the students’ understanding of the above topics
  • Case Studies with investigating misconduct examples
  • Review in connection with presentation of EE in January
  • Review in connection with IA by subject teachers