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POLICY ON STIPEND CALCULATIONS AND POINT VALUES

The following point values will be used to calculate stipends.  Stipends will be based on a total of $40.00 per month.  Therefore, a student earning 100% will earn a stipend of $40.00.  Students must earn at least 70 points to earn a stipend.

Category

Total Points Possible

Explanation

Classes

Up to 64 points per month

8 points per class

Advising

Up to 18 points per month

9 points each session (for two sessions each month), or 18 points for any one session of greater than two hours

Monthly Meeting

4 points per month

 

Activities

Up to 8 points per month

If just one activity, 8 points will be earned.  If two activities, 4 points per activity

Quality Points

Up to 4 points

If a student earns an average of 5 performance points in any one class, he/she will earn 1 quality point for that class.  If the student earns an average of 4 performance points in any one class, the student will earn 1/2 quality point for that class.  Performance points of 3, 2 or 1 will not be given quality points and no points will be subtracted from class points.

Newsletter articles

2 points per article

 

Bonus Points

 

 

Honor Roll, Merit Roll & Improvement

Up to 4 points per grading period

4.0 gpa will earn 4 points, 3.0 gpa will earn 3 points, and a gpa improvement of .5 or more in a grade period will earn student 2 points.

If a student has already earned 100%, she/he may choose non-cash “incentive” of up to $10.00 in value.


Total    100  Points                                          Students earning 100% will receive $40.00