To support this role, faculty members emphasize effective oral communication. As a result, faculty should assist students in this endeavor by calling attention to effective and ineffective communication. They may ask students to revise presentations or written work as a part of course requirements. Liability Insurance Students in College of Education programs need tort liability insurance. They, not the State University of West Georgia, are responsible for things done while participating in professional clinical experiences.
Financial penalties can be extreme, particularly when public school students are injured.
Students are to obtain professional tort liability insurance through one of the professional organizations or from some other source. Information concerning these organizations is available from each College of Education department. No College of Education student may participate in a professional clinical experience without proof of insurance to the Assistant Dean for Field Experiences. Only those students being given credit for experience in a school, institution, or agency where they are employed full time as a certified instructor or in an equivalent professional capacity are exempt from this policy. Students are expected to adhere to the highest standards of academic honesty.