School, Department, and Program Policies
Centennial College policies apply to staff, faculty and students. The following additional guidelines are important for students in the program.
School of Transportation, Motive Power Technician Programs
Use of electronic communication and/or entertainment devices in classes, labs, or shop environments.
Department: Motive Power Technician
Effective as of: August 23, 2021.
- Intent
The intent of this policy is to minimize the disruption for, and enhance the safety of, students during learning activities.
- Purpose
The purpose of this document is to outline the policy relating to student use of various electronic communication and/or entertainment devices during classroom, lab, and shop activities.
- Scope
This policy applies to all students enrolled in the Motive Power programs.
- Definitions
Electronic communication devices include but are not limited to cell/smart phones,
Pagers, tablets, Personal Digital Assistants (PDA), laptops and any other two-way communication devices.
Entertainment devices include but are not limited to MP3 players, iPods,
DVD players, music and/or video players, laptop or notebook computers and any other entertainment devices.
- Policy Statement
During classroom activities;
(i) Entertainment devices – (e.g. MP3, iPods) are not to be used or worn during classroom activities.
(ii) Cell phones – are required to be switched to “vibrate” mode.
Students are not permitted to make or receive phone calls during classroom activities. If students are required to exit the class in order to receive/pick up phone calls or messages. (*)
(iii) Laptop or notebook computers – students using these devices are required to sit at the front of the class (e.g. in the first few rows).
(*) Students that consistently leave class to answer their phones, use laptop or notebook computers for purposes other than those required by the class they are attending, or who fail to follow/adhere to the requirement of this policy will be subject to the procedures specified in the Disruptive Student Behaviour in the Classroom and other Learning Environments policy.
- During lab or shop activities;
(i) Electronic and entertainment devices are not permitted in the labs or shops (i.e. cell phones, iPods, MP3s, laptops and/or notebooks, etc).
Students that consistently leave the lab or shop to answer or use their phone, etc. or who fail to follow/adhere to the requirements of this policy will be subject to the procedures specified in the Disruptive Student Behaviour in the Classroom and other Learning Environments policy.
- 6. Reference to Existing Policy / Procedure
AC100-38
Disruptive Student Behaviour in the Classroom and other Learning Environments
- Attendance
It is the policy of the School of Transportation that all attendance will be recorded and tracked for all students in all programs for theory and lab classes. This information may be considered a factor in assigning additional course work/assignments for evaluation purposes.
