Student regulations – Musrara School
Definitions:
1. Applicant: any individual who applied to the three-year program at the school, following the necessary requirements, including payment of the registration and acceptance committee fees.
2. Student: any individual accepted to the School by the Acceptance Committee who followed the necessary registration requirements, including settlement of the tuition as required. A student must participate in the program, meet the academic requirements, and guarantee to follow the school rules and regulations.
3. Full-time student:
A student registered at the school under the conditions specified in provision 2, who studies in a full School program.
A student completing his or her duties before obtaining a graduation certificate.
An apprentice in the scholarly and research fields, who takes part in academic activity and projects of the school, and who attends the school at least once a week.
4. Part-time student:
A student who received a negative grade in a compulsory course.
A part-time student will continue his or her studies on the condition that they complete the required duties in the school within the timeframe set by the Teaching Committee.
A part-time student will be considered a full-time student, and his or her studies will be validated, after completing all duties and meeting all School requirements within the set timeframe.
5. Public of Students: the sum of full-time and part-time students attending the school, excluding external students.
Program structure:
The duration of the programs in the Photography, Visual Communications, New Music, and New-Media Art Departments is three years. Every academic year is divided into two semesters, with a semester break between them. Students maintain full obligation to the program.
Administration and acceptance regulations:
Applicants who completed 12 years of study and regard themselves as suitable for studying in the program (prior knowledge or background is not a condition for acceptance) are eligible for applying to the full program. In special cases, the Acceptance Committee is authorized to decide upon the acceptance of an applicant who did not complete 12 years of study, according to the personality and background of the candidate.
Personal interview – each candidate will be summoned to a personal interview before a committee consisting of the school faculty.
A portfolio – in photography, design, art, music, or another artistic field – is compulsory.
Assignments and exercises – during or after the interview, candidates will receive a number of assignments and instructions, usually in photography or design.
Academic requirements:
1. Attendance
Active attendance and participation in classes. Teachers will take attendance in classes.
Attendance in an online class means attending with an open camera. Abstaining from turning on the camera will be considered as absence from the class unless permission is given by the lecturer.
Lecturers in courses requiring active participation may report to the school secretary students who are absent, or whose participation is not sufficient, and even demand that their studies in the course be discontinued.
A student absent from over 20% of the course activity is risking his or her expulsion from the course.
Students absent due to illness or reserve military service must provide the corresponding documents and report to the school secretary’s office.
The work and behavioral codes at the school are in compliance with the nature of the activity, and students must follow and obey the rules.
2. Course participation exemption
In some cases, credits can be given without signing up for classes or courses at the school, if the student obtained them in another institution (higher education facilities or an institution equivalent to a school).
A request for exemption from one of the courses can be submitted to the School’s Teaching Committee. The decision to grant a student exemption from a course is reserved for the Teaching Committee and the teacher in charge of the particular course. Notice of exemption from a course will be given to the student in writing, and the exemption will be recorded in the student’s personal file.
Exemptions will be granted only based on the submission of credentials, a positive grade sheet, and approval of the number of credits that is equivalent in the institution where the parallel course was taken.
3. Exams
Submitting papers and carrying out projects in practical courses, which include workshops equivalent to exams in theoretical courses.
The submission of the projects or exams is done throughout the course or the semester, or at the end of the academic year, depending on the decision of the teacher or Teaching Committee.
In theoretical courses – students who failed can retake the test on the late-testing date.
In courses where there is an applied project in workshops – the lecturer or Teaching Committee are not obligated to enable a student who failed an additional submission.
A student who did not submit a paper or take an exam on the set date due to reserve duty or any other reason deemed justified, will be entitled to a special exam date.
Only students who fulfilled their attendance and active participation duties, as required by the course, are entitled to take an exam.
4. Assessment and grading
At the end of a semester and academic year, or at another predetermined date, students will receive remarks in writing on each of the courses in which they participate.
Students who failed one or more courses will receive a notice.
Grading scale: excellent, very good, good, fair, satisfactory, failed (unsatisfactory).
5. Conditions of progress to next year
Progressing to the next stage of study is contingent on the student’s meeting the academic requirements, reaching the minimum grade required in each of the courses studied in the current year, and accumulating all necessary credits.
Failing two central courses will prevent the student from progressing to the next year. The Teaching Committee, in certain cases, is authorized to approve completion or repetition of a subject or course.
6. Appealing a grade
Each student is entitled to appeal before the lecturer or Teaching Committee a grade he or she received, failure in a certain subject or expulsion.
In a theoretical course, a student who failed can take a late test. In other subjects, students can re-submit a project only subject to a decision by the Teaching Committee.
7. Certification entitlement
A student will be entitled to a graduation certificate from the school upon completing all the mandatory studies, reaching a positive assessment, and presenting graduation papers and projects.
8. Termination of studies
A student will receive an oral or written assessment and notices from the lecturer, Teaching Committee, or the director of the school, according to the circumstances. The Teaching Committee is authorized to expel a student from the school if he or she does not fulfill the duties as determined in the yearly study program.
9. Termination of study by the school
A student whose studies were terminated by the school due to academic reasons or otherwise, in accordance with regulations, will be charged with the tuition and other payments up to the notice date.
A student who retracts his or her registration, or choses to discontinue his or her studies, will receive a refund, after the following deductions:
Up to 15 July – the full tuition will be reimbursed, after deduction of the advance payment.
15 July to 1 September – 5% of the tuition will be deducted in addition to the advance.
1 September to the beginning of the academic year – 10% of the tuition will be deducted in addition to the advance.
From the beginning of the academic year to the end of the first month – 40% of the tuition will be deducted in addition to the advance.
1 December to 31 December – 50% of the tuition will be deducted in addition to the advance.
After 31 December there will be no reimbursements.
*The registration fee is non-returnable.
Any notice of termination or change in the course of the studies must be given in writing. An oral notice is non-admissible in any case.
10. Resuming studies after a break
The decision to resume a student’s studies is subject to the consideration of the School’s Teaching Committee.
11. Teaching Committee
The Teaching Committee is authorized to decide on changes in the study program and cancel or add classes or courses in the studied subjects.
12. Bituah Leumi (social security)
In compliance with the regulations of Bituah Leumi, the School will transfer the personal details of its students to the Bituah Leumi Institute, in order to enable Bituah Leumi to address demands of payment of Bituah Leumi fees, parallel taxes, and health insurance premiums on the legal dates and by a deducted student rate.
13. Alterations to the School regulations and calendar
The school authorities are entitled at any given time to change teaching or school regulations, add to or deduct from them, or cancel them entirely, even during the course of the academic year. Notice of alterations as mentioned will be made public on the school’s bulletin board. Each student at the School is subject to any such alterations so long as he or she is a student, and even if the alterations were validated only after he or she began studying at the school.
Regulations for the prevention of sexual harassment
Sexual Harassment Prevention Protocol
The Musrara School takes seriously sexual harassment and is committed to preventing it firmly and providing a safe workplace and school environment, free from any kind of sexual harassment.
In any incident of sexual harassment or discrimination on any ground or incident of sexual harassment or discrimination against another employee or student, please contact the designated person who will treat the complaint.
Sexual harassment is a forbidden act constituting a criminal offense, civil wrong, and a strict disciplinary offense. The Sexual Harassment Prevention Protocol specifies the procedure for filing a complaint and effectively treating sexual harassment.
According to the Israeli Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law, 1998, sexual harassment constitutes one of the following:
1. Blackmailing someone into performing an act of a sexual nature.
2. An indecent act (one incident is sufficient).
3. Repeated overtures of a sexual nature, even though unwelcome by the other person. However, in incidents of taking sexual advantage of a relationship of subordination or authority in the workplace or higher education facility; exploitation of a relationship of dependence or education; an incident involving minors, physically helpless individuals, or patients; a relationship of subordination or authority; there is no requirement to demonstrate unwillingness.
4. Repeated references to human sexuality, even though unwelcome by the other person. However, there is no requirement to demonstrate unwillingness in the cases specified in provision 3 above.
5. Degrading reference to the gender or sexual tendencies of a person.
6. Examples of sexual harassment:
6.1 Any harm to an employee or employment candidate originating in sexual harassment, by the employer or agent acting on behalf of the employer.
6.2 Any harm to an employee or employment candidate following a complaint or lawsuit over harassment, by the employer or agent acting on behalf of the employer.
6.3 Any harm to an employee or employment candidate following assistance given by the employer to another employer concerning a complaint or lawsuit over harassment, by the employer or agent acting on behalf of the employer.
The protocol determines ways to prevent sexual harassment and defines ways of handling complaints.
Disciplinary regulations
1. Definitions:
The school: The Naggar Multidisciplinary School of Art and Society.
Teacher: any individual in a teaching or instruction position on behalf of the school.
Employee: an individual employed by the school or acting in the service of the school, who is not a teacher.
Student: any individual registered to the school and accepted as a student, or an individual who completed his or her academic duties but has not yet received a graduation certificate, or an individual who complies with the definition provided in the school regulations.
Disciplinary offense: the offences specified in provision 3 in this protocol, including attempt to solicit or assist others in committing these offenses, and violation of the disciplinary regulations determined by the school from time to time, and published as customary at the school.
2. School Discipline Committee
The authority for discussing and adjudicating disciplinary offenses is the School Discipline Committee. The Committee comprises a representative of the school’s administration (chairperson), representative of the faculty (including the head of the relevant department), and representative on behalf of the students.
3. Disciplinary offenses:
A disciplinary offense constitutes one of the following, committed by a student:
3.1 Disobeying instructions by the authorities, teachers, or employees of the school, given while performing their roles.
3.2 Maliciously delivering false information to the school or its authorities, teachers or employees, for the purpose of obtaining an advantage at the School, either in relation to academic studies or any other benefits.
3.3 Misconduct on the school premises.
3.4 Copyright violations.
3.5 Academic integrity violations.
3.6 Violating regulations or instructions pertaining to usage of School equipment or facilities, maliciously or unintentionally causing damage to them, or theft of School equipment.
The concerned parties will be summoned to a School Disciplinary Committee hearing in writing. A notice will be delivered personally or by registered post.
The complainant or a representative on his or her behalf will serve as a persecutor during the hearing.
The chairperson of the School Disciplinary Committee is authorized to initiate proceedings as he or she sees fit.
4. Proceedings
The School Disciplinary Committee will discuss a complaint within 30 days of its filing, and preferably as early as possible, depending on the severity of the matter at hand and the circumstances.
In any case, the School Disciplinary Committee will hear both parties.
The School Disciplinary Committee will hear witnesses, take impressions of the documents presented before it, and decide by a majority vote on any issue brought before it.
The student will be authorized to be aided by a fellow student and/or receive legal representation.
The Committee discussions will be protocoled, and a detailed verdict in writing will be sent to the student, the complainant, the school director, and the representative of the students.
On the occasion that the student does not appear at the hearing as scheduled in the notice, legally served to him or her at least 14 days prior to the hearing, the chairperson of the Committee is authorized to hold the discussion in the absence of the student; this after confirming that the notice was indeed received by the student, and on condition that the student did not submit an official and detailed request to postpone the hearing, at least 7 days prior to the date specified in the invitation. Such a request must be found justified and be approved by the chairperson.
The decision of the Committee shall come into effect on the day it was made unless the chairperson decides otherwise.
The decision of the School Disciplinary Committee is subject to appeal by the accused or by the complainant (hereinafter: the appellant).
In urgent and exceptional cases, the timeframes above can be shortened. In these cases, the invitation process must be performed in a timely fashion and the delivery must be confirmed.
5. Retention of authority
The School Disciplinary Committee retains the authority to discuss and adjudicate on the disciplinary offense, even in cases where criminal proceedings against the students take place in a court of law. The Committee has the power to postpone its discussions until after these court proceedings are completed, and even refrain from holding them altogether. The complainant or the accused can appeal such a decision.
6. Supreme Disciplinary Committee
The Supreme Disciplinary Committee is the supreme authority for treating disciplinary matters within the school, and it is composed of 4 members as follows: School director or a representative commissioned by the director (serving as the chairperson of the committee), representative of the school’s public administration, teacher, and chairperson of the Students’ Association.
The Supreme Disciplinary Committee shall discuss appeals concerning the decisions made by the Inter-Departmental Disciplinary Committee, or cases in which the Inter-Departmental Committee requests its verdict. The teacher will be chosen by the director of the school, from among the faculty. The student representative will be chosen by the public of students.
Appeals and proceedings in the Supreme Disciplinary Committee: an appeal shall be filed within 15 days of the date on which the decision made by the Inter-Departmental Committee was submitted. The Supreme Committee shall hear both parties. The Committee is authorized to pardon the accused, or mitigate, convert, or harshen the punishment. The discussions will be protocoled, and the decisions will be served to both parties in writing.
Student rights regulations – fertility treatments, pregnancy, childbirth, adoption or becoming a foster parent or designated parent.
The events under these regulations shall be hereinafter referred to as “qualifying events”.
The responsibility for ensuring that the rights under these regulations are exercised is assumed by the students’ secretary’s office of the school.
Maternity leave
A student who gave birth is entitled to absent as follows, while this absence will not be considered a violation of the school regulations:
Theoretical classes – six subsequent weeks from the date of the birth.
Practical work (practicum) – the student will notify the head of the department and the students’ secretary of the expected absence. A student absent due to fertility treatments, adoption, or becoming a foster parent, will be permitted to be absent from up to 30% of the overall classes in each course, subject to corresponding documents.
Attending classes with a baby
A parent (mother or father) will be permitted to attend classes with a child of up to 4 months of age.
Entry with a baby to the school laboratories will not be permitted, including the JerusaLab, carpentry, music shelter and studio, this due to safety issues.
Course assignments and exams
Students absent due to a qualifying event will be permitted to submit school assignments within two months of the date of the event, and will coordinate the submission with the lecturer.
A student absent from an exam due to a qualifying event will be entitled to take the test on a later occasion, to be coordinated with the lecturer.
A pregnant student is entitled to 30% extra time in any exam.
A student absent from a course due to a qualifying event will be permitted to repeat the course with no additional charge.
Partners
A student whose partner experienced a qualifying event will be exempt from presence for a period of one week from the event.
A partner absent from an exam during the 3 weeks following the qualifying event will be permitted to take the exam on a later date.
Lactation
The school will make every effort to designate an appropriate lactation space. Students can contact the school secretary’s office for information on available spaces.
General instructions for School behavior
Safety regulations
In any case of technical malfunctions, the responsible instructor must be informed. It is strictly forbidden to move or fix electrical devices, photography equipment, and the like. On the occasion of a power outage, it is forbidden to touch the circuit box and central outlets. Only authorized personnel will handle such cases.
Film should only be developed in the wash area.
Food and beverages are strictly prohibited in the laboratories and studios.
Smoking is confined to the smoking area only.
Furniture shall not be used for any other purpose than its intended purpose, nor should it be removed from its designated area.
Duty roster
Each student is compelled to take part in the duty roster, according to a list posted on the bulletin board. The duties include lending teaching materials according to the needs of the teachers in each course, organizing and cleaning the classroom at the end of a class, preparing chemicals, clearing laboratories, ensuring tidiness and cleanness, wash room, coffee area and studio. Each shift consists of one week throughout the entire year.
Equipment maintenance
Students are requested to take good care of the equipment and supplementary accessories. In the case that damage is caused as a result of negligence and incorrect handling of the equipment, the student responsible for the damage will have to face charges.
The school equipment, facilities and photography materials should in no case serve for personal use.
Copyright
General
The Musrara School regards the works of the student, created in the framework of his or her studies, as the fruit of collaboration between the student and the school. This chapter of the protocol aims to regulate legally the issue of copyright of the works of the student, created in the framework of his or her studies (hereinafter: the “works”).
The school acknowledges the unique talent of the students and the effort put into the works and intends to preserve them and make use of them as is customary and subject to the instructions as put forth in this chapter.
Copyright of works
The student consents that the rights in the works, including the copyrights, are the full property of the school. This refers both to works created independently by the student or in collaboration with others. The school is hence entitled to retain, publish, distribute, or sell the works or their documentation at its sole discretion.
The parties hereby agree that the school is the copyright holder of the works. The conditions are set forth as follows:
The student will have the right to be given appropriate credit in the work, as is customary and as far as it is possible. The school guarantees that in any case that the work is exhibited, the name of the student will be mentioned, as is customary and as much as the circumstances permit it. Any mention of the school in relation to the work shall be followed by mention of the name of the student.
Any considerable alterations to the work, such as cropping of a substantial part of it, a change in its colors, etc., or its inclusion in another work, is subject to the consent of the student. For removal or any doubt, framing the work, without cropping out an essential part of it, does not demand the consent of the student.
On the occasion that the school sells the work, the student is entitled to half of the receipts received by the school for the work. For the removal of doubt, it is agreed that the school has the right to sell more than one copy of any digital work, without limitation, or otherwise to decide to limit the number of copies sold, at its sole discretion.
In this provision, “work” refers to the work or any copy of the work.
Works retained by the school
The school has the right to select certain works from among the works created at the school and retain them in its sole possession. The school will inform the relevant student upon selecting one of his or her works for its sole possession.
For these works that the school decides to keep in its possession, the school will reimburse the student the costs of the immediate materials used in the work.
The school guarantees to properly store and preserve these works.
Upon the student’s graduation from the School, the School will notify the student regarding works that it is not interested in exclusively retaining. The rights in these works will be reverted to the student in full and without charge, with the following exceptions:
The school has the right to receive credit in any publication / distribution / sale of the work.
The school has the right to receive half of the receipts of any income from the work, including prizes and / or sale of the work / part of the work / the rights to the work.
For removal of any doubt, during the course of the student’s studies at the school and in the framework of the school, the student will not be permitted to distribute, advertise, duplicate, or sell the works, without the explicit written permission of the School’s Teaching Committee.
Sampling and patents
The parties agree that all patents and samples produced or conducted by the student, individually or collaboratively, during the student’s studies at the school and within the school framework, are the sole property of the school, as follows:
The school has the right to register in its name or in the name of an agent acting on its behalf, any sample, patent or other product produced by the student within the school framework.
The school has the right to register as owner of the invention, patent, or sample.
The student guarantees to cooperate as much as necessary in the preparation of the registration application for the patent and / or sample he or she produced within the school framework.
The student guarantees to maintain full discretion, and not reveal or make public any details concerning the patent and / or sample to a third party.
The student will refrain from any act or omission that could obstruct the exclusive rights of the school in the registration of the patent or sample.
Regulations of the Phototherapy Department
Course of study at the Phototherapy Department
Duration: two years.
First year: two semesters, Friday workshops and summer workshops.
Second year: two semesters, Friday workshops and summer workshops.
Absence
The Phototherapy Department demands full attendance and active participation in classes.
Attendance is obligatory in all classes with no exceptions and subject to absence regulations.
Each course and workshop require attendance of at least 80% in order to receive a grade / pass.
Attendance in an online class means attending with an open camera. Abstaining from turning on the camera will be considered as absence from the class unless permission is given by the lecturer.
Students must not be absent from more than one class per course in the practicum courses (practicum seminar in the first year and practicum supervision in the second year).
Friday workshops and summer workshops – absence from up to one session.
The school secretary’s office and relevant lecturers must be notified of any absences.
Paper submission
Regulations of the Phototherapy Department:
An extension for submitting a paper, which does not exceed two weeks from the original submission date – permission in writing must be obtained from the lecturer of the course.
A request for submitting a paper, which exceeds two weeks from the original submission date, must be handed in writing to the department’s Teaching Committee through the secretary’s office of the school.
An extension that exceeds the calendar year will only be given upon special approval by the Teaching Committee of the department and the student will be charged an extra 300 NIS.
Ethics
Full discretion is required with regards to personal and private content and visual materials brought up during the classes and workshops.
Full discretion is required with regards to content and visual materials brought up in the practicum supervision.
Upon presenting photographic material related to therapy, students are obligated to blur out facial features and the faces of the patients (with the exception of individual and group supervision within Musrara School).
Third year and training certificate in phototherapy in Musrara’s Phototherapy Department
Students interested in obtaining a certificate of training completion in phototherapy from the Naggar Musrara School, will continue their supervised practicum for another, third year, to complete 600 hours of phototherapy, subject to approval by the department faculty. In addition, students are required to complete 275 hours of personalized photography studies.
Acceptance to the third year is subject to the completion of all academic duties of the biannual program and to the decision of the department’s Teaching Committee.