Birney Academic Honesty Policy

ALICE BIRNEY ELEMENTARY
AN INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE WORLD SCHOOL

Think Globally, Learn Locally

ACADEMIC HONESTY AND INTEGRITY POLICY
Updated 2022

SCHOOL MISSION

Our goal at Alice Birney Elementary, an International Baccalaureate World School is to promote students who demonstrate an age-appropriate depth of understanding of the world around them, politically, socially, and culturally. We will develop and inspire students to use knowledge to promote peace, tolerance, and understanding of others in their daily endeavors. Our aim is to nurture the inquisitiveness, independence, and caring in young people so that they will act to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. Through their tenure at Birney, our students will become increasingly more active, compassionate, and peaceful citizens of the world community.

Based on trust, respect, fairness, creative expression, and personal and professional contribution to our world, the IBO defines Academic Honesty as “... a set of values that promote personal integrity and good practice in [teaching], learning and assessment.” (IB.2007)

Students at Birney learn and practice research, thinking, communication, social and self-management skills. Learning these important life skills help IB students express themselves confidently, authentically, honestly, and responsibly, in the classroom and in the real-world. Students are encouraged to gather, evaluate, organize, and share relevant information and resources through the creation of works cited pages and bibliographies. Students understand that a bibliography or works cited page can point readers to resources where they can find more information. A bibliography can also help the reader to evaluate the sources used or cited in a report of information or an essay. Teachers and staff model the IB learner profile traits, and IB approaches to learning skills as they demonstrate academic integrity.

Academic Dishonesty
        Plagiarism: Representing of the ideas or work of another person as your own
        Collusion: Supporting cheating by another student, as in allowing your work to be copied          during an assessment
        Cheating: Taking or copying of academic work from another

Academic Honesty in the IB Learner Profile

“Academic honesty is a fundamental and important value for IB programmes and it is central to a constructivist-learning approach. Across all IB programmes, at all levels, students must be creative, independent and principled learners and they must show they are working in this manner in explicit and transparent ways. However, responsibility for the integrity of their conduct, and especially for avoiding collusion and plagiarism, cannot rest with individual learners. Since misunderstanding of plagiarism is widespread and opportunities for finding and using others’ work in ways that breach IB values are now greater than in the past, there is a need for explicit attention to requiring and supporting honest academic work in the PYP.”

Jude Carrol – IB position paper 2012

Principled

act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for all even when no one is watching, or may never know

take responsibility for our own work, actions and consequences

do not mislead others by promoting, sharing, presenting, or misrepresenting information or facts we know to be false

demonstrate thinking, social, and self-management skills

show integrity by completing work with your own thinking instead of copying someone else without permission

ask artist’s or author’s permission and/or cite their sources when copying, or distributing or sharing their work

understand that there may be consequences for academic dishonesty

demonstrate personal responsibility when using technology and library resources

follow copyright rules even when no one is looking and would probably never know

Inquirer
demonstrate research skills

design or use original photos and images

give credit to authors when copying musical or electronic work including Google images

ask permission to use copyrighted images or documents by locating and contacting the original author or artist

if permission is not granted from original author/artist, use copyright-free images, photos, and music from creative commons websites or copyright-free resources

Communicator
paraphrase accurately

cite sources within the text and include bibliography or a works cited page

demonstrate communication skills

contribute new ideas to the world using own words, ideas, and artistic expression

Thinker
understand, respect and reflect on creative and design processes

demonstrate creative thinking and reflection skills

think before speaking, writing, creating, or sharing

protect and promote the rights of others

Risk-taker
know that errors can and will happen

reflect, correct mistakes, try again, and persevere

courageously share honest opinions, ideas, and arts with others

express freely

educate others about respecting the rights of artists, authors, musicians, etc.

Knowledgeable

know where to find copyright-free images and music

know how to cite sources by using appropriate conventions

understand what it means to be academically honest

learn about copyright and academic honesty

Caring

demonstrate self-management skills by citing sources, even when it takes more time and effort

use only images and music that they have the right to use or created themselves

show kindness, use positive feedback, and share helpful suggestions when other writers share their work

collaborate with others to teach and inform them about a topic

help others learn more about a topic by including a bibliography

Open-minded

read bibliographies to understand more about where the author found the original information.

demonstrate social skills that respect others’ property.

understand that being fair includes respecting others’ intellectual property

understand that others, with their differences, can also be right

locate and consider a resources that include a variety of perspectives

Specific Roles and Responsibilities

Administration, Coordinator and Library staff are responsible for:

scheduling time for and conducting policy review and revision
defining what constitutes academic dishonesty
posting Academic Honesty Policy on school website
following copyright and fair-use law throughout the school

Teachers are responsible for::

reading, knowing and participating in the review process for Academic Honesty/Integrity policy
knowing IB approaches to learning research skills
discussing Academic Honesty/Integrity and/or including in essential agreements as developmentally appropriate
designing developmentally appropriate learning experiences (e.g. Common Core Writing Standards and IB ATL research skills) to teach how to ethically use others’ work in support of their own
knowing, following and modeling academic honesty (see appendix: Common Sense Media)
clearly communicating expectations for academic integrity on specific assignments and rubrics (ie. cite all images)
teaching research skills (how to gather, organize, use, and share information)
defining and teaching what, when, and how to copy, paraphrase, and summarize
In upper-grades

teaching students how to identify a citation
teaching students to locate and copy a citation from a database such as Encyclopedia Britannica
teaching how to create an Modern Language Association (MLA) citation by using citation tool such such as Citation Machine
teaching students the purpose of using or making a bibliography or works cited page

bibliography as a resource to locate and learn more about a topic so others can easily locate sources to learn more about a topic
evaluating the accuracy, currency, or reliability of information
modeling how to learn more about a topic from the bibliography

clearly defining consequences for cheating, copying without permission, or plagiarizing
beginning to introduce copyright law (Title 17) and public-domain
teaching students to find fair-use, creative commons and copyright free resources

Families are responsible for:

reading the school’s policies
understanding of what constitutes academic honesty and academic dishonesty (particularly plagiarism, collusion and copying during an assessment)
respecting U.S. copyright and fair-use laws when helping children with homework
understanding and accepting consequences of academic dishonesty

Students are responsible for:

reading and understanding the policy (as developmentally appropriate)
contributing to essential agreements
demonstrating academic honesty that is appropriate for age/grade
understanding how to collaborate
knowing how to use text features to find information
demonstrating self-management, social skills, caring, and responsibility participating in, and contributing to digital social media networks or shared platforms (comments on Google Classroom, uploading to SeeSaw)
identifying bibliographic information (title, author, illustrator)
Upper grades

reading Academic Honesty policy
knowing what is and what is not academic honesty
understanding purpose for bibliography or works cited page
learning how to identify bibliographic information to find more resources on a topic
using images from fair-use and copyright free sites
submitting work that follows expectations of Academic Honesty
confirming that all work submitted for assessment is theirs
citing and acknowledging the work and ideas of others, including images and music
accepting consequences and learning more about Academic Integrity if Academic dishonesty is suspected; even if it was not intended or on purpose

CONSEQUENCES for Academic Dishonesty - Plagiarism, Collusion or Cheating:

1st offense: Reflection Slip, call home, student may be asked to redo the work

2nd Offense: Call home, “0” on assignment

3rd offense: Call home, “0” on assignment, possible parent conferences and/or additional consequence from administrator

Policy on Review

The policy was last reviewed in 2022.

Resources to lLearn More

https://www.copyright.gov/history/Copyright_For_Kids.pdf

https://copyrightandcreativity.org/

https://www.edutopia.org/article/teachers-guide-copyright-and-fair-use

Guide for using videos and movies in the classroom : Common Sense Media https://www.edutopia.org/article/teachers-guide-copyright-and-fair-use

Works Cited

“Academic Honesty in the IB Educational Context.” International Baccalaureate Organization, 2014. Available https://www.ibo.org/globalassets/new-structure/brochures-and-infographics/pdfs/academic-honesty-ib-en.pdf

From Principles into Practice. International Baccalaureate Organization. 2018. Cardiff, Wales.

Appendix

Common Sense Media Summary of Teacher’s Guide to Using Movies and Videos in the Classroom: U.S. copyright law permits the use of movies, videos, and other performance displays during face-to-face teaching activities in a nonprofit educational institution, classroom, or similar place devoted to instruction. In other words, you can show students a movie in your classroom as long as it has an educational purpose. However, there are additional important points to remember:

🧑‍🏫 The exemption is granted for face-to-face teaching, which means the teacher must be present in the classroom during instruction with the movie.
🧾 Whether you rent or purchase it, you need to "get" the movie legally.
📝 In terms of streaming, if your school has a subscription to an educational streaming service designed for classroom use (like Swank), you should be fine. But think twice before using your personal streaming services, such as Netflix or Disney+. The terms and conditions for some streaming services indicate they are for "individual use" and can't be used in group settings.
⏩ Fast-forward to specific scenes if you want to show clips, instead of "ripping" them.
💵 Of course, never show a movie and charge a fee!

Bottom line: Before you teach with a movie in your classroom, check with your school or district's administration to get their advice. They might have specific policies in place. (Common Sense Media, 2022)