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We have just created what we call the Judicial Committee. I believe its purpose is similar to your Honors Council. I am interested in the setup and the workings of your Honors Councils. Also, what do you do as far as training for both students and faculty that sit on the council?
We call it the community council This group decides by consensus all major disciplinary issues. there are five students and three faculty members and it is run by a student.We do a full day retreat with a person an outside person. He does a number of case studies with us and gets the students and teachers do really understand their role. The person is a prof at a local university.
With each passing year, our Honor Council is gaining importance. The students apply to be on the Council, although not all hear every case (there is a rotation, as is true with the faculty members). In terms of training, I don't think much has been done, which is a shame. At one of my former schools, I took all the student leaders on a three day retreat to the mountains of North Carolina and worked on leadership training. The head of the Honor Council was a part of that. In theory, he/she was supposed to return to the group and share the experiences. At my current school, we have talked about sending the students to a neighbor school that has a very strong Honor Council to meet with its students for some training/insight.
Our Honor Council has one elected student rep from each class, one student rep appointed by faculty from each class, two faculty members appointed by head of upper school and the upper school dean of students who serves as chairman. The president of the Honor Council is always the elected senior. Typically, there is enough stability on the council to train new students with existing students. We have taken them on retreats and training trips around the country. They are charged with education of the student body and presiding over honor council meetings. Recommendations are made to the US Head and final appeal rests with the headmaster. We feel that the most important activity is the education of the community.
We take our students and faculty annually to an Honor Conference (can't remember the exact name) that occurs in February, I believe, at the Episcopal School of Dallas. If I remember correctly, there is nominal fee for the conference, which attracts independent high schools and includes models for honor councils from both the secondary and college worlds (I remember one year that Rice had a representative there who spoke about their honor code.) Our council is called the Academic Honor Board and deals only with academic infractions.
There is an organization that conducts workshops for adults and students. http://www.csee.org/events/10
I have not attended any of their sessions, but know colleagues who speak highly of their programs. I plan to attend one of their workshops in February.
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