A proctor is needed for all online distance education students. The student's local pastor in most circumstances will be the approved proctor. Students coordinate with their professors and proctor when they are ready to test, and the proctor mails the test to FGS for grading. It is the proctor’s responsibility to ensure the academic integrity of the testing process.

Exam Procedures for Proctors:

1. What does a proctor do?

A proctor is a liaison between FGS and its students to ensure that testing is done under secure conditions.
The proctor:

*Receives and administers the exam.

*Ensures the identity of test-takers.

*Maintains proximity with and is able to observe the student during the entire test-taking period.

*Ensures that test-takers complete the exam according to the instructor's instructions.

2. What are the proctor's responsibilities?

*Only the proctor may handle the actual exam prior to and following its completion.

*No copies of the exam other than the copy used for test-taking are to be made at any time.

*No person other than the proctor and student may view the exam. (The student may have access to the exam only during the time period allowed by the instructor.)

*The proctor must follow the instructor's requirements for administering the exam.

*The proctor must prepare the exam for return mail by sealing it in an appropriate envelope, immediately after the student completes it.

3. Who can be approved to serve as a proctor?

An acceptable proctor is the student's Pastor or a member of the Pastoral Staff.
Relatives, friends, spouses, neighbors, and co-workers are not acceptable proctors.

4. What technology must the proctor have access to at the testing site?

Each proctor must have:

*A valid and working e-mail address

*Internet access for downloading a PDF (Adobe Acrobat file) from a secure website (Exams are distributed to proctors via the Internet.)

*A printer

5. How does the proctor receive exams and return them to FGS?

*The exam will be e-mailed to the proctor prior to the scheduled time that the exam is to be administered.

*An approved proctor must have access to e-mail, the Internet, and a printer to print the exam.

*The proctor must prepare the exam for return mail, immediately after the student completes it. The Student will provide an appropriate envelope and necessary postage to the proctor at the the time the exam.