AUTHENTICATION- This means being able to demonstrate that all the work that you submit is your own. You must acknowledge all sources of information that you have used, even help given by your parents or a tutor. Remember that it is your responsibility to be able to authenticate your work. This means that you must work consistently in your classes, so that teachers have the opportunity to see your work in progress.
If it is suspected that part or all of the work that you have submitted for assessment is not your own, the following procedures will occur:
1. Your teacher will discuss the situation with Ms. Milne (VCE Coordinator)
2. If it is felt that you need to answer some questions relating to the authentication of your work you will meet with a panel consisting of your class teacher, a VCE Coordinator and an Assistant Principal, and be given an opportunity to demonstrate that the work is clearly your own.
3. If you are unable to demonstrate that the work is your own, you will have broken VCAA rules and the panel will discuss the severity of this, and assign a suitable penalty following VCAA guidelines. The most severe penalty would be to receive ‘N’ for the outcome/SAC and therefore ‘N’ for the unit.
4. You will be notified at the end of this meeting of this penalty, and the panel will assist you in ensuring that you understand your mistakes and do not break the rules again.
5. You and your parents will receive notification of the outcome of the meeting in writing. This letter will also contain information on how you may appeal to VCAA if you think that (a) you did not break the rules or (b) that the penalty imposed was too severe.
