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A message to students from Anne Sado,
President of George Brown College
Re: Semester Completion Strategy
March 15, 2006
Dear Philip,
I know you are concerned about the impact of the faculty strike on your education. We are, too. That's why we're developing Semester Completion Plans to ensure that you can meet your essential program requirements, regardless of the length of the strike.
Each student's situation is different. The plan for your program will depend on your circumstances, programs of study and the length of the strike. In most cases, graduating students will be able to complete their course requirements within two weeks following the end of the strike. For other students, we'll make adjustments to the balance of your program so that you won't be disadvantaged.
The plans we are making are based on two principles: Academic Integrity and Fairness to Students. To ensure academic integrity over a compressed classroom timeframe, student success will be measured by your ability to demonstrate achievement of outcomes rather than by measuring the quantity of material covered. Reasonable accommodations will be made to access material that would have otherwise been covered in class including deadline extensions, remediation and alternative procedures for evaluation.
Of course, you are still responsible for your own learning. That means continuing to study and complete assignments during the strike and making sure you can demonstrate that you can meet the essential outcomes of your course as described in your course outline. We will work with you to ensure you are ready for work or your next semester at college.
Members of our academic team will be contacting you shortly but we encourage you to visit the website at www.georgebrown.ca, WebCT and/or telephone your department managers using the listed phone numbers on the Faculty Labour Negotiations section of the web. We are open and available to support you.
It is possible that the strike will impact the timing of the end of your semester. In that event, faculty members and chairs will develop individual solutions for students who have prior commitments related to work, travel or other extenuating circumstances. Should this extension to the semester be required, you will be notified by the end of the month.
We continue to urge OPSEU (the union that represents college faculty) to return to the bargaining table and we remain optimistic that we can settle this dispute. Our commitment is to you and helping you achieve your success.
Sincerely,
Anne Sado, President
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