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Guidelines for Independent Study

Independent Study is designed primarily for seniors, for students who have exhausted the CWA

curriculum in a particular discipline, or for students who have a significant passion for a subject

not offered within the school's curriculum. Independent Study classes are generally not approved

as a way to solve a scheduling conflict.

Offering an Independent Study class requires teachers to take time from their planning period

when they are normally meeting with students, planning lessons, grading papers or tests, or

meeting with colleagues to coordinate curriculum. Therefore, a teacher should provide guidance,

support, and direction, but not daily instruction. A teacher supervising an Independent Study

should only meet with a student once or twice per week. Independent Studies are generally not as

demanding or rigorous as a traditional class taught five days per week. Thus, these courses will

be graded on a Pass/Fail basis and students will earn .25 credit per semester completed.

Students will be required to submit a portfolio of work at the end of each semester in order to

receive credit. Courses will be identified on the transcript as Ind. Study followed by the

department (i.e. English, History, Science, etc.).

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