Disciplinary Actions
When student behaviors during fieldwork education courses do not meet acceptable standards, depending on the nature and severity of the infraction, one or more of the following actions may be taken at the discretion of the OTD Faculty:
37.1.1.
Fieldwork faculty may notify students of inappropriate behavior either orally or in writing. Such notification may take the form of verbal feedback, documentation in a critical incident report, and/or documentation as part of the student’s fieldwork performance evaluation. The fieldwork educator will also notify the IHP OTD Fieldwork Program that may take additional action.
37.1.2.
The DCE. ADCE, and/or Fieldwork Coordinator may issue a Notification of Concern (see Appendix D) to the student. If inappropriate behaviors are sufficiently grave or a second Notification of Concern is issued, the DCE will report the incident to the Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures for further action (See Part III, Section 13.4.)
37.1.3.
Fieldwork and/or Academic Faculty may require certain remedial actions on the part of the student as a contingency to continuing in the program or passing the fieldwork experience.
37.1.4.
Fieldwork Educators and/or the DCE, ADCE, and/or Fieldwork Coordinator may choose to terminate a fieldwork experience. At the discretion of the DCE or ADCE, a grade of “F” may be assigned for any fieldwork education course terminated for reasons of unacceptable behavior.
37.1.5.
The Committee on Academic Policies and Procedures may terminate a student from the program because of unacceptable conduct in the academic or fieldwork setting, following due process and written notification and documentation of the infraction. Students have the right to initiate grievance procedures for disciplinary action, according to the processes delineated in the Institute’s Online Catalog.
Further information on guidelines for conduct and procedures related to disciplinary action are delineated in the
Institute Online Catalog.