Also see College of Education policies, below. Plagiarism occurs when a student uses or purchases ghost-written papers. It also occurs when a student utilizes the ideas of or information obtained from anther person without giving credit to that person. If plagiarism or another act of academic dishonesty occurs, it will be dealt with in accordance with the academic misconduct policy as stated in the Uncatalog , Undergraduate Catalog , and Graduate Catalog . 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 director of Clinical Experiences. Only those students being given credit for experience in a school, institution, or agency where they are employed full time as a certified educator or in an equivalent professional capacity are exempt from this policy.