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Students are responsible for providing evidence of their achievement of the overall expectations within the time frame specified by the teacher; and in a form approved by the teacher. There are consequences for not completing assessments or for submitting those assessments late.

Submitting work late is a learning skills and work habits issue and may impact on the student’s grade. The Ministry requires teachers to separate evaluation of achievement of the curriculum expectations from the development of learning skills and work habits.

Students submit work late of many reasons and teachers should take time to understand the reason for a late assignment. Reasons could include:

• Legitimate explanation
• Poor time-management skills
• Poor academic skills
• Poor understanding of the assignment

Students who know ahead of time that they will submit late or miss an assessment are expected to discuss the situation beforehand with the teacher. Students who are absent on the day of an assessment for legitimate reasons are responsible for:

• The work covered and assigned during the class
• The handing in of assessment at a time negotiated with the teacher
• The writing of any missed tests at a negotiated time

If a student does not submit an assessment on the due date the teacher will contact counselor to notify of the outstanding work that day.  If a student is absent on the due date, a legitimate reason must be provided to the teacher in order for the student to submit the assessment. The assessment must be submitted upon the first day the student returns. 

Teachers may deduct marks for late submissions. Where in the teacher’s professional judgement it is appropriate to do so, a number of strategies may be used to help prevent and/or address late and missed assignments. These can be found on page 44 of Growing Success.

Students who do not submit assessments after one week may be given zero.