Attendance Policy
Students are required to attend all sessions with no exceptions due to the compressed time schedule of courses. Thus, if a student has to miss course sessions, the student can not complete the course for credit as attendance at all sessions is required.
Once a student has completed all of the courses that are offered on site, our staff will put together a plan for the student to complete any course(s) that were missed. Frequently the school decides to continue offering a program and the student just continues with course(s) at the school site. If the school doesn’t continue offering our program, then we can offer courses independently, suggest other sites to complete coursework and/or the student can take courses through the TTC and/or PTC in the summers.
A student can complete a course independently with the permission of their school administrator. The student will need to have their school director or his/her designee send the Program Director, Carolyn Brunner an email verifying that the student had 'special circumstances' and was unable to attend the entire course. A 'special circumstance' would include illness, childbirth, death in the family, attendance at a school-sponsored event such as a field trip, etc.
The approval to complete courses independently because of a 'special circumstance' is in the best interest of the school and fellow students in the program. The school and/or the students in the cohort have to pay for the costs for each course. When a student doesn’t take the course as scheduled with the cohort, the rest of the students and school still have to pay the total cost of the course with one less person to help with that total cost.
Thus, requests to complete a course independently must be made after all on site courses have been completed by the student.
Completing Coursework After the Initial On-Site Course
Students who joined the cohort after the first course was offered on site can complete a course independently if necessary. Once a student has completed all of the courses that are offered on site, our staff will put together a plan for the student to complete any course(s) that were missed. Frequently the school decides to continue offering a program and the student just continues with course(s) at the school site. If the school doesn’t continue offering our program, then we can offer courses independently, suggest other sites to complete coursework and/or take courses through the TTC and/or PTC in the summers.
The approval to complete courses independently because of a later start in the degree program is in the best interest of the school and fellow students in the program. The school and/or the students in the cohort have to pay for the costs for each course. When a student doesn’t take the course as scheduled with the cohort, the rest of the students and school still have to pay the total cost of the course with one less person to help with that total cost.
Thus, courses completed independently will only be offered once a student has completed the courses that have been offered on site.
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http://www.buffalostate.edu/ilsc
Students are responsible for notifying International Graduate Programs for Educators of any change of name, mailing address or email address so that information and other mailings can be properly directed. Requirements and programs are subject to change, and students must be aware of current regulations.
