Sheridan introduced the new Academic Appeals and Consideration Policy and Procedure in the Fall 2014 term. In March and April 2015, the OTR reviewed the procedures with a series of focus groups across the academic and service areas. As a result, minor changes were made to the Policy for clarity and a number of changes were made to the Procedure to streamline the Process – these changes are in effect at the end of this term for any Appeals received for the Winter 2015 term.
The following documents support the new Policy; all documents are located on the Policy Website https://policy.sheridanc.on.ca/default.aspx
- Academic Appeals and Consideration Policy
- Academic Appeals and Consideration Procedure
The following forms are available on both myOTR (for external use) and REGNet (for internal use by employees)
- Level 1 Appeal Form*
- Level 2 Appeal Form*
*A printable version of the forms to ensure AODA compliance will be available at the front counter of the OTR offices at all campuses.
Change Highlights:
- Policy – inclusion of 2 additional populations impacted in Enrolment Eligibility (Apprenticeship and Accredited Programs)
- Procedure –
- New PDF writable forms
- Support for students to guide them in the process prior to Level 1 Appeals
- Requirement for students to meet with a Student Advisor at Level 2
- Late Appeal process that requires the students to file such requests with the Faculty Office. The Associate Deans have developed and agreed to the criteria by which the Late Appeals will be considered.
- New communications/email protocol
Thank you to all who participated in the Appeals review and to the leadership of the OTR Projects and Development team for implementing the process changes.