STUDENT
POLICY AND ENROLMENTS
We hope your time as a student will be a productive and satisfying
learning experience for you.
As
a staff group, we believe that being a student pilot carries
with it certain rights and responsibilities, as does being a
staff member.
In
setting out some of these rights and responsibilities we aim
to clarify:
(a)
What you, as a student pilot, can reasonably expect of us, and;
(b) Our expectation of you, as a student pilot.
We
value things like excellence, honesty, co-operation, respect
for others as individuals, and fairness. From our side, then,
you can expect us to show that respect and concern for you by:
•
taking care not to in any way exploit our position of relative
power and authority in relation to you
• treating you with the courtesy and respect we would
want for ourselves
• accommodating and respecting your different points
of view
• treating you as associates in the learning experience
• being punctual
• being honest with you about our mistakes and oversights
if we make them;
• listening to you and responding to your needs, as
best we can
• being available for student consultation and responding
to your calls and messages as promptly as we can (please attempt
to make an appointment and bring your regular instructor with
you)
• being fair in assessing your work and being willing
to regularly reflect on our own human biases regarding age,
gender, ethnicity, place of residence, etc. We aim to be mindful
of their potential influence
You
can expect us to seek and encourage regular feedback from you
on:
•
the quality of our teaching performance
• the quality of your learning experience as a whole
You
can also expect us to provide feedback for you by:
•
making reasonable efforts to provide written and/or verbal
comments in such a manner that you might reasonably learn
from the experience.
We
will be trying to conduct ourselves in a professional manner
as educators, so you can also expect us to:
•
provide the best quality education possible in the available
circumstances
• show enthusiasm for our subject(s)
• do our best to keep abreast of current technology
in our field
• be familiar with key resources and references
• keep to scheduled times
• hold high expectations of you, as students and be
willing to offer support to help you reach your best standard
• spare you the burden of listening to improper public
discussion on staff problems and conflicts should they arise.
Our problems should not become yours
We
will expect of you, as student pilots, that you:
• treat us with the courtesy and respect you would want
for yourself
• are also punctual and prepared for classes and your
programmed flights
• take serious responsibility for your own learning.
We can do many things, but we cannot make you learn. Only
you can
• conduct yourself with consideration and regard for
your fellow student pilots
• will and should seek help and advice and clarification
from staff when you need it.
We
believe you have rights in this learning association.
• You should not tolerate unfair discriminations
• You have the right to offer feedback to staff even
if it has not been expressly solicited
• You have the right to seek a second opinion on assessment
matters where you have strong reason to believe you are being
unfairly treated, and where you have tried unsuccessfully
to negotiate and discuss the matter
• You have the right to complain to the Instructor,
Chief Instructor or Chief Flying Instructor (in that order)
if you believe a staff member is behaving unacceptably.
Believe
our staff has rights, too, in this association.
• Staff have the right to expect student pilots to also
be mindful of the potential influence of students' own human
biases (re age, gender, ethnicity, etc) when evaluating staff
performance
• Staff have the right not to be harassed by students,
or be subjected to unreasonable behaviour.
We
look forward to working with you at Melbourne Flight Training.
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