Harassment includes but is not limited to:

-Verbal Harassment: Derogatory comments and jokes; threatening, embarrassing or intimidating spoken words, humiliating or insulting language;

-Physical Harassment: Unwanted physical touching, contact, assault, deliberate impeding or blocking movement, or any intimidating interference with normal work or movement;

-Written Harassment: Letters, notes, emails, instant messages, or social network communications that are cruel, demeaning, sexual, discriminatory, threatening or intimidating in nature;

-Visual Harassment: Derogatory, threatening, demeaning or inflammatory posters, cartoons, drawings, or Internet postings and/or inappropriate leering or gesturing;

-Sexual Harassment: Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, making unsolicited sexual advances and propositions, using sexually degrading words to describe an individual’s body, displaying sexually suggestive objects or pictures, telling inappropriate or sexually related jokes, and making reprisals, threats of reprisals, or implied threats of reprisals following a negative response to sexual advances.

-Hazing Harassment: Behavior, whether in a group or not, that attempts to emotionally or physically humiliate, degrade, or harm, another person.

It is the student’s responsibility to:

Conduct himself or herself in a manner that contributes to a positive school environment;

Avoid any activity that may be considered discriminatory, intimidating or harassing;

DEROGATORY AND OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE & BEHAVIOR (Written, Spoken, Music, etc)
that is degrading, violent, sexually explicit, or has inappropriate content, will not be allowed on any VGCD platforms and services. This includes all VGCD-OWNED discussion forums (Discord, walkie-talkie app Voxer, Slack, email, etc) and used as part of standard instruction.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES — WHEN logged onto Live Stream courses over Zoom/Slack, etc., STUDENTS will be asked to turn OFF ALL electronic devices (except the laptop, phone, or tablet through which they are accessing the VGCD live stream. This is intended to minimize interruptions and distractions, and any conduct that interferes with the educational process.

EXTORTION/COERCION

Extortion and/or Coercion—Extortion and/or coercion are expressly prohibited, and an offender will be suspended and liable for dismissal.

GAMBLING

Gambling—Gambling of any kind is not allowed on

PHYSICAL HARM

Harm to Oneself/Others—Any student endangering him/herself, or others, or threatening to do so, immediately affects the welfare of the entire community. Students who threaten harm to others in the community (through VGCD-owned platforms like private Discord rooms, Voxer, etc) will receive automatic warning in writing and, if repeated, the student may be liable for dismissal.