ATTENDANCE POLICY - TARDINESS - DROP POLICY:
Students are expected to attend all classes as scheduled. All efforts should be made to not miss any class. In the event a student is absent due to illness or any other reason, he or she must notify the school in advance whenever possible. All absences must be approved by the Student’s instructor.
Program lengths are calculated excluding any holiday and vacation times. In order to ensure program completion is on-time and the required program hours are fulfilled, class times can and may be rescheduled on an alternate day of the week (Sunday through Saturday).
Students who are tardy more than 15 minutes for class are considered to be absent. Students who leave class more than 15 minutes early are also considered to be absent.
Students who arrive to class 1-15 minutes late are considered to be tardy. Students who also leave class 1-15 minutes before the end of class are also considered to be tardy. A student being tardy 3 times is the equivalent of one absence.
Students who miss a significant portion of any course within a program will be expelled from the program. Both unexcused and excused absences without approved make-up work completed cannot exceed more than 10% at the time Rate of Progress/Passed Measurement is calculated.
Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician Program:
All Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician students must complete all required theory and clinical hours to graduate. Whenever possible the instructor must approve all absences in advance.
Approval for all absences is at the instructor’s discretion.
In order to meet the criteria for attendance and the specific course objectives, students must arrange make-up time of missed hours with the instructor for all instructor-approved absences.
Make-up theory hours can include case studies, independent study, written examination, attendance at seminars or workshops, auto-tutorial laboratory, and research reports. Make-up clinical hours can include performance evaluation(s) in the skills laboratory or additional time in the clinical area with clients/patients. |