COVENANT

I.By Enrolling in this program, we agree to:

§Attend regularly – including being on time and coming back promptly from breaks.Let us know in advance if you will have to be absent and make arrangements to take care of missed work.Get notes and in-class materials from fellow students and/or the Web.

§Read all assigned readings and come prepared for class.

§Participate regularly and actively in Web Crossing activities, and check the web page at least twice a week for schedule changes, announcements and links

§Spend at least 3 hours per week per credit hour of concerted effort on program-related material (including time in class and on web crossing).{If you find that essential class work requires more than this of you, discuss with the faculty ways to make your work more efficient and/or get needed help.}

§Articulate and assume responsibility for our own work. Note that plagiarism will not be tolerated, and will result in loss of credit.

§Work to communicate creatively and effectively, participating actively but not dominating and striving to demonstrate integrative, independent and critical thinking. 

§Participate collaboratively and responsibly in our diverse class, and teams for projects.

II.We agree to 

§Live and learn under Evergreen’s social contract.

§Discuss any concerns and differences with each other.(Various resources are available if you need help or advice in directly dealing with the other party(s) involved.)

§Inclusiveness:In all interactions, we agree to listen carefully to each other and to respect and value differences, including background, belief, ethnicity, race, religion, sexual orientation, class, background, age and experience

III.Collaborative evaluations – We will take part in an innovation being used in a number of Evergreen programs in which the faculty and student collaborate on a single evaluation, rather than using separate student and faculty evaluations.The goal is to encourage more effective self-assessment, in depth and relevant evaluations and streamlined transcripts.

a.Detailed general guidelines will be handed out and discussed early in the quarter.

b.You will write a draft of an evaluation of yourself in the third person.

c.You will exchange this draft with several other students and give each other constructive suggestions.

d.Before the end of week 10, you will submit this eval to the faculty by email or on disk (while keeping a backup copy on disk).

e.The faculty will look at this draft along with their notes and your program portfolio, make changes and additions they deem appropriate and discuss the evaluation with you at your evaluation conference.