ELS Language Centres is committed to a safe, educational and nurturing environment for all students and staff. ELS fully supports and complies with all applicable laws and ordinances, as well as all host institution regulations and policies. All students are expected to come prepared to learn and to treat ELS and host institution staff and other students with mutual dignity and respect.
Students are expected to adhere to the following:
- Attend all classes on time and be prepared to learn.
- Not use electronic devices such as cell phones, headphones and other types of equipment in the classroom.
- Treat all ELS Language Centre staff and classmates with dignity and respect.
- Follow all ELS Language Centre and Host Institution facility rules, policies and regulations, including policies on smoking, alcohol consumption and the use of illegal substances.
- Treat all ELS Language Centre and Host Institution’s facilities, resources and equipment with care and respect.
- Not harass or intimidate ELS Language Centre or Host Institution staff or classmates or act in any way that causes mental or emotional distress.
- Abide by the terms of their student visas, if applicable.
In general, the following steps will be taken for violations of this ELS Student Code of Conduct.
1st Offence: The student will be reminded of the rule that was broken and given a verbal warning. If the student is a minor, the student’s parent or guardian will be informed of the violation. This warning will be dated and placed in the ELS student file
2nd Offence: The student will be given a written warning which will be dated and signed by the student and the ELS staff member. The student’s sponsoring agency or agent will be notified, as will the student’s parent or guardian if the student is a minor. A copy of the written warning will be included in the student file.
3rd Offence: The student will be expelled from the program and will be given an ELS Expulsion Letter, which will instruct the student to either immediately transfer to another school or immediately return to his/her home country. Expelled students cannot continue their studies at any ELS Language Centre. The student’s sponsoring agency or agent will be notified, as will the student’s parent or guardian if the student is a minor. The Expulsion Letter will be included in the student file.
ELS Language Centres reserves the right to immediately bypass the normal disciplinary steps in cases of extreme violations or serious misconduct.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
ELS Language Centres believes in the importance of academic honesty. Students are expected to produce their own work on all assignments and not to cheat on examinations.
- When cheating is suspected, ELS reserves the right to retest the student or require the student to redo any homework or writing assignment in a supervised setting.
- Anyone who is caught cheating on a test, as witnessed by a teacher, or who hands in an essay or research paper which he/she did not write, and ELS possesses evidence of this, will immediately fail the level and will be placed on academic probation.
- Anyone caught cheating a second time will be expelled.
