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This is a petition against the School of Social Work's Attendance Policy that is being motioned to pass at the next school council meeting. The Attendance Policy states:
" THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
August 29, 2017
Draft attendance policy (Revision)
The School considers class attendance and participation to be an essential competent of integrated learning in professional social work education. Therefore, regular attendance is required in all social work courses, Instructors may count late arrivals or early departures as an absence.
The University accommodates students with disabilities who have registered with the Disability Resource Centre (DRC). Students, who will require accommodations due to disability, should contact the DRC preferably not later than the first week of class.
Students, who are unavoidably absent due to varsity athletics, family obligations, religious obligations, or other similar commitments, cannot assume they will be accommodated. They should discuss their commitments with the instructor in advance. This level of communication and accountability reflects expectations for professional social workers in their place of employment.
If students miss three or more classes. They may be considered to have not met the requirements of the course.
If students have valid reasons, they could be withdrawn from the course with approval of the instructor—otherwise, they would fail the course. "
UBC’s School of Social Work teaches it’s students to be inclusive, adaptive, and accepting of a person's individual needs, and to adjust practice to each individual case. However, this Attendance Policy does the opposite.
This attendance policy has the ability to do a lot more harm than good to the students in the UBC social work program. Ultimately, we do not know what is going on in someone's personal life that can cause them to be late or miss a class.
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I think the policy doesn’t consider the other obligations people have. Students are also employees somewhere, parents, siblings, caretakers etc. and sometimes other commitments necessitates an absence. Especially in social work, the policy can be oppressive to people who have to attend to other commitments such as work (when shift schedules change) to make ends meet. I believe that the focus should be participation and not attendance. A student can attend class but not contribute or engage in the learning.
seems overtly strict. case by case basis seems better?
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Status: Closed — this petition is no longer accepting signatures.
Final supporters
This is a petition against the School of Social Work's Attendance Policy that is being motioned to pass at the next school council meeting. The Attendance Policy states:
" THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK
August 29, 2017
Draft attendance policy (Revision)
The School considers class attendance and participation to be an essential competent of integrated learning in professional social work education. Therefore, regular attendance is required in all social work courses, Instructors may count late arrivals or early departures as an absence.
The University accommodates students with disabilities who have registered with the Disability Resource Centre (DRC). Students, who will require accommodations due to disability, should contact the DRC preferably not later than the first week of class.
Students, who are unavoidably absent due to varsity athletics, family obligations, religious obligations, or other similar commitments, cannot assume they will be accommodated. They should discuss their commitments with the instructor in advance. This level of communication and accountability reflects expectations for professional social workers in their place of employment.
If students miss three or more classes. They may be considered to have not met the requirements of the course.
If students have valid reasons, they could be withdrawn from the course with approval of the instructor—otherwise, they would fail the course. "
UBC’s School of Social Work teaches it’s students to be inclusive, adaptive, and accepting of a person's individual needs, and to adjust practice to each individual case. However, this Attendance Policy does the opposite.
This attendance policy has the ability to do a lot more harm than good to the students in the UBC social work program. Ultimately, we do not know what is going on in someone's personal life that can cause them to be late or miss a class.
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Things happen in life. Is it not a bit heavy handed to use such a rigid policy when treating things case by case would probably be more respectful of people's intersectionality? Of course, I'm not condoning those who are consistently unexciused but the responsibility should be with the individual to communicate with the professor's directly rater than ny following a sweeping mandate. Yes, students and should be committed to our learning but we're not just students. P.S. public transit isn't the greatest. Please let that first 10-15 minutes of class slide
I think the policy doesn’t consider the other obligations people have. Students are also employees somewhere, parents, siblings, caretakers etc. and sometimes other commitments necessitates an absence. Especially in social work, the policy can be oppressive to people who have to attend to other commitments such as work (when shift schedules change) to make ends meet. I believe that the focus should be participation and not attendance. A student can attend class but not contribute or engage in the learning.
seems overtly strict. case by case basis seems better?
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Things happen in life. Is it not a bit heavy handed to use such a rigid policy when treating things case by case would probably be more respectful of people's intersectionality? Of course, I'm not condoning those who are consistently unexciused but the responsibility should be with the individual to communicate with the professor's directly rater than ny following a sweeping mandate. Yes, students and should be committed to our learning but we're not just students. P.S. public transit isn't the greatest. Please let that first 10-15 minutes of class slide