Attendance and Makeup Policy Information

OSBN Regulations Require 100% Mandatory Attendance For All Classroom, Lab And Clinical Sessions.

  • OSBN regulations requires all that every student must complete all required hours of the program. Any missed hours must be made up. 100% attendance is expected of all students.
  • Students are expected to attend and to be on time for all classroom, skills labs, and clinical sessions.
  • Attendance is recorded daily, and missed time is cumulative.
  • All missed time must be made up. Students are responsible for making up all missed time, including partial day absences, full day absences, and being tardy.
  • Because all time is mandatory under OSBN regulations, missing any time, including being late or leaving early, can result in not accumulating enough time for a student to move forward in their training program, and will delay and may prevent students from completing their programs.

Consequences of Missed Time

  • Students are responsible for all material covered in their absences, making up missed time, and for the academic consequences of their absences.
  • Students with makeup time remaining from the class/lab portion of their program will not be allowed to take their final exam and proceed into clinicals until all the missing time is made up.
  • Students with makeup time remaining from clinical time will not be eligible to complete their program until all the missing clinical time is made up.
  • Students who must wait for makeup time to complete their program risk having their programs delayed, or not being able to complete their programs within the required OSBN timeframe.
  • In compliance with OSBN regulations, all NA-1 and MA students must successfully complete the clinical portion of the program no later than four (4) months following the last date of classroom instruction.
  • It is a condition of the program that CNA-2 students must successfully complete the clinical portion of the program no later than four (4) months following the last date of classroom instruction.
  • Students who do not meet the attendance requirement and fail to complete their program within the OSBN regulation required timeframe will be dropped from their program, without refund.

Understanding that emergencies and extenuating circumstances may unexpectedly impact student attendance, on specific occasions Caregiver Training Institute will allow students attending the didactic classroom portion of their program on campus the opportunity to attend their class virtually so that they can avoid missing class and incurring make-up time.

Non-Attendance Withdrawal Policy

Students who are absent five (5) consecutive calendar days with no communication with the institution will be withdrawn from their programs of study. 

  • Students withdrawn due to lack of attendance may apply for re-entry the following term. Approval for re-entry is based upon a student’s Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) in the program and the student’s ability to prove that circumstances leading to withdrawal have been resolved.
  • Students approved for re-entry must pay a $25 re-entry fee and the current program tuition rate. 
  • Students may appeal in writing to [email protected] if they feel an error has been made in their attendance records.

Makeup Policy Information

ALL MISSED TIME MUST BE MADE UP

Students are responsible for all material covered in their absences, making up missed time, and for the academic consequences of their absences. They are responsible for making up all missed time, including partial day absences, full day absences and being tardy. Tardiness includes arriving late, leaving early, returning beyond the time allowed for breaks or lunch. 

MAKEUP TIME IS NOT GUARANTEED

The availability of makeup time is impacted by several factors:

  • The availability of openings in other regularly scheduled classes.
  • OSBN regulations that set student-instructor class ratios and specify how missed time must be made up.  
  • All makeup time must be attended under the supervision of OSBN-approved instructors at Caregiver Training Institute.
  • BOLI (Bureau of Labor and Industries) employment regulations preclude makeup time being scheduled during break or lunch periods.

How To Arrange For Class & Skills Lab Makeup Time

  • To make up time students should review the public Google Makeup Hour Form to identify date and times that would accommodate their schedule. 
  • Students should sign up for the appropriate time no later than 24 hours prior to the scheduled time. 
  • Instructors will provide the facilitator with an appropriate assignment to complete the gaps left in the curriculum. 
  • Makeup time should not be used in leu of schedule time and class should only be missed in case of emergency. 

How To Arrange For Clinical Makeup Time

  • Clinical makeup time must be scheduled with the Clinical CPR Coordinator. 
  • Clinical makeup time will be offered at a facility as follows:
    • Students who are absent or tardy during clinicals must make up the time they missed in clinical for an entire day in a different available clinical facility in a program cohort with openings.
    • In the event students have partial clinical hours remaining to be made up, the additional makeup time will be scheduled at the beginning of an available clinical and the student will leave at the beginning of an appropriate break period.
    • This makeup option is very limited, and dependent upon availability.