Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3361:50 - University of Cincinnati › Chapter 3361:50-45 - Professional Practice › Section 3361:50-45-13 - Professional practice: practice quarter requirements

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Practice
			 quarter registration: students on approved professional practice assignments
			 are involved in a full-time academic experience at the university of
			 Cincinnati. In order to be officially considered a full-time student of the
			 university and to receive credit for a practice quarter, each student is
			 required to register with the university while on practice assignment. The
			 registration form used is the "Professional Practice Quarter Registration"
			 card. This card must be completed and mailed (preferably by certified mail) to
			 the division of professional practice no later than the second day of the
			 official practice quarter as shown on the professional practice calendar. Any
			 student who fails to register is unofficially withdrawn from the professional
			 practice program and thus may not receive credit for the practice
			 quarter.
(B) Student practice
			 quarter report: All students are requires to complete the report covering the
			 practice quarter and provide this report to the division of professional
			 practice no later than three school days prior to the required post work
			 quarter interview with their faculty adviser.
(C) Performance evaluation: All students are
			 evaluated by their employers each practice quarter using the "Employer
			 Appraisal of Professional Practice Student" form. Professional practice faculty
			 advisers also assess student performance and assign grades for practice
			 quarters.
(D) Standards of
			 professional conduct: Each student is expected to meet all of the requirements
			 of professionalism inherent in the employing organization.
The student must work the entire quarter as prescribed on the
				professional practice calendar, except when given prior permission for an
				irregularity by his/her professional practice faculty adviser. If a student
				cannot report for work on a scheduled work day, his/her employer should be
				advised as soon as possible. The professional practice faculty adviser should
				also be advised if it seems likely that the absence will extend beyond one or
				two weeks.
Should an absence exceed three weeks of the practice quarter,
				the student must request an "Administrative Waiver" for that practice quarter.
				The student must immediately inform his/her professional practice faculty
				adviser of the situation and complete and return three copies of the "Student
				Petition Form", including on the form a detailed explanation of the reasons for
				requesting an "Administrative Waiver".
Students observe only company holidays, not university holidays
				or vacations, while on their practice assignments. If a student spends all or a
				material part of a practice quarter in activities other than working on an
				approved practice assignment with an employer participating in the program, or
				substantially fails to meet the published standards of conduct for the practice
				quarter, the student will receive an "Administrative Waiver" or an
				"Administrative Waiver with Prejudice" for that quarter.
(1) An "Administrative Waiver" has no
			 detrimental effect on the student's certification. This designation is utilized
			 when the student is unable to secure or complete an appropriate practice
			 assignment through no fault of his/her own, such a failure to secure an
			 appropriate assignment due to the economy after all reasonable efforts,
			 termination of an assignment for reasons other than performance, illness for
			 such a period of time as to negate the educational value of a practice period,
			 participation in a "ROTC Summer Training Unit" or any other situation where a
			 penalty regarding certification would be inequitable in the judgment of the
			 professional practice faculty adviser and the division of professional
			 practice's professional standards review committee.
(2) An "Administrative Waiver With Prejudice"
			 will result in the loss of one scheduled practice quarter in relation to
			 certification. This designation is utilized when the student is unable to
			 secure or complete an appropriate practice assignment due to failure or refusal
			 to comply with his/her responsibilities for the practice quarter, such as
			 personal restrictions as to geographic location, section availability, salary
			 level, or because of violations of published standards of conduct for the
			 practice quarter. This action recommended by the professional practice faculty
			 adviser could be coupled with professional practice and/or college academic
			 sanctions such as probation, suspension, etc. The university of Cincinnati
			 student code of conduct is applicable to students while on professional
			 practice assignments.