Welcome to the Office of Judicial Affairs

Mission Statement

The Office of Judicial Affairs promotes standards of behavior that support the CCBC Mission, Vision, and Values of Learning, Responsibility, Integrity, Inclusiveness and Excellence. The Office of Judicial Affairs administers a disciplinary process that maintains the integrity of the academic community and protects student rights.

Goals

• Provide opportunities to resolve student conduct issues before escalating to Code of Conduct violations.
• Implement the Code of Conduct in a consistent, fair and timely manner.
• Educate the College community on issues related to the Code of Conduct.

Professional Staff
Caroline Scott
Dean of College Life
(443) 840 - 3443
Dundalk Campus A - 104A

Penny Jester-Sorrick
Administrative Assistant to the Dean of College Life
(443) 840 - 3823
Dundalk Campus A – 104

Fran Smither
Director of Judicial Affairs
(443) 840 - 3156
Dundalk Campus A – 102A

Judicial Affairs Advocates

The role of Judicial Affairs Advocate is to facilitate the resolution of conflict between parties and will attempt to mediate the situation. The Judicial Affairs Advocate will interview all necessary parties and will attempt to mediate the situation. If the situation cannot be resolved by the Judicial Affairs Advocate, the case will be referred to the Director of Judicial Affairs for a Disciplinary Conference or to a Hearing Board depending on the case.

Additional Services:
- Assistance to faculty and staff relating to student behavior
- Leadership training for student community advocates and hearing board representatives
- Mediation Services
- Workshops relating to classroom management, Code of Conduct

Charolene Oliver
Judicial Affairs Advocate
(443) 840 - 4130
Catonsville/Hunt Valley/OwingsMills

Patricia Quintero-Hall
Judicial Affairs Advocate
(443) 840 - 3206
Dundalk

Eric Washington
Judicial Affairs Advocate
(443) 840 - 2108
Essex/Community Centers

Faculty guide to addressing Disruptive Behavior

What constitutes disruptive behavior?

According to the CCBC Code of Conduct, disruptive behavior involves engaging in disorderly or disruptive conduct on college premises or at college-sponsored activities which interferes with the activities of others, including studying, teaching, research and college administration.

Some examples of disruptive behavior...

• Making physical or verbal threats
• Making loud and distracting noises
• Answering cell phones or allowing electronic devices to beep
• Exhibiting erratic, irrational behavior
• Persisting in speaking without being recognized
• Repeatedly entering and leaving a room without authorization
• Acting in a manner which disrupts a class or administrative process

What can faculty do about disruptions?

The primary responsibility for implementing strategies to address disruptive behavior in the classroom rests with the faculty. The following are several steps that faculty can take:

• Include behavioral norms and expectations in the course syllabus.
• Discuss what constitutes disruptive classroom behavior at the first meeting of the class.
• Establish an environment in which opposing views may be expressed in a civil and respectful manner.
• Exhibit the type of behavior you expect from the students.

Process to address disruptive behavior in the classroom

• Address the disruptive behavior with a general comment to all students and/or follow up with the individual student in private after class.
• Ask the student to stop the disruptive behavior and warn that further disruption may result in disciplinary action.
• If the student continues to be disruptive, ask the student to leave the class for the remainder of the class period and to meet with you before returning to class. At this point, inform the Department Chairperson/Coordinator and Judicial Affairs Advocate that their assistance may be requested.

Longer suspensions from a class, or dismissal on disciplinary grounds, must be proceeded by a hearing or disciplinary conference, as addressed in section 19 of the Code of Conduct.

• Document the disruptive behavior on the Student Violation of Classroom Standards (SVCS) form that is available.
• If the student refuses to leave the classroom contact Public Safety, who will escort the student from the classroom and notify the Office of Judicial Affairs. The Office of Judicial Affairs will investigate further, if necessary, and refer the student for a disciplinary conference or to a hearing board.