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A Review or Consultation
may be called for personal or professional conduct at any
time based on concerns either in the classroom, the field,
or with the community at Smith. Any member of the community
can inform the Associate Dean of concerns about personal or
professional conduct. Except as provided below, the processes
for determining whether a Review will be held and how a Review
will be conducted are the same as those that govern Reviews
for field work or academic performance.
When concerns raised
about professional or personal behavior occur in the summer
and alert the School to issues which may potentially be relevant
to performance in the field, ordinarily a consultation will
be the appropriate procedure. The committee composition will
be the same as it is for consultations around academic performance.
Personal and professional
conduct which call for a Review process and which are subject
to dismissal include, but are not limited to, such matters
as the following:
1. |
All forms of dishonesty including cheating,
knowingly furnishing false information to the School or
placement agency, any alteration or misuse of School or
placement agency documents, records, or instruments of
identification. |
2. |
Theft of or intentional damage to property of the School,
College, placement agency, or of members and visitors
of the above. |
3. |
Physical abuse of, or threat of physical abuse to,
any person on College or placement agency premises, or
at School-sponsored or supervised functions. |
4. |
Conduct involving serious or substantial plagiarism
shall automatically necessitate the calling of a Review.
The role of the Committee is to determine whether or not
serious or substantial plagiarism occurred. If a determination
of serious or substantial plagiarism is made, dismissal
is automatic. A student charged with serious or substantial
plagiarism cannot withdraw from the program in good standing.
A Review must take place, and in its absence, a student's
record shall read "Withdrawn: Not in Good Standing." |
5. |
Other conduct which renders a student an undesirable
member of the School community. |
Professional conduct
resulting in dismissal is defined in terms of the Code of
Professional Ethics adopted by the National Association of
Social Workers.
If the Committee determines that the student’s personal
or professional conduct is such as to render him or her an
undesirable member of the School community, the Committee
may dismiss the student from the School. The decision to dismiss
may be appealed to the Dean only on the grounds of gross error
in procedure, material violation of the student’s rights,
new evidence unavailable at the time of the review, or extreme
bias on the part of the Committee. Appeals may not be filed
based on disagreement with the Committee’s decision.
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About
the Handbook
Table
of Contents
Introduction
Master's
Program, Summer
Master's
Program, Winter
The
Academic and Field Work Performance Standing Committee
Administrative
Policies & Procedures
Other
School Policies
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