Team 8 Classroom Procedures

1. Team 8 Classroom Procedures Miss Collins

2. Entering the Classroom • Enter the room quietly • Get the materials you need from your book bag • Get the materials you need from the counter by the door • Leave book bags on the “pond” side of the room • Be in your seat before the “Tardy bell” rings • Begin bell work or “Do Now” work immediately. A timer will be set for bell work.

3. Stay Seated • Do NOT get up for any reason unless instructed to do so. • More on this later.

4. Further Note about being TARDY • In this class, we follow Mr. Stokes’ rule about tardy – • YOU MUST BE IN YOUR SEAT WITH ALL MATERIALS necessary when the tardy bell rings, period. • CONSEQUENCES: 1st offense: Stand at door, get work out and work silently until directed to your seat. 2nd offense: Lunch detention – The Brig • 3rd offense: The Brig x 2 and Parent contact • 4thoffense: Conference, Brig, PC….

5. 5th Offense for Tardy • At this point, it is clear that you need some help learning to follow instructions. Therefore, I will help you by sending you to the office with a discipline referral, offense # 53: • OFFENSE 53 (270): Failure to follow classroom or other directions. • CATEGORY III-B OFFENSES 52 THROUGH 53 REQUIRE: • FIRST TIME- • Overnight Suspension (O/N) (parent/guardian conference required) • SECOND TIME- • 1 Day ISS (parent/guardian conference required) • Counseling (required) • THIRD TIME- • 1 Day ISS (parent/guardian conference required)

6. Entering the room during class • Knock only once on the door • WAIT to be “waved” in by teacher or until someone opens for you. • Enter the classroom quietly • Go DIRECTLY to your seat. • GET to work IMMEDIATELY! • Consequence for not following instructions: You will have one warning, then you will receive lunch detention, the “Brig.”

7. When you are absent • YOU are responsible for any missing work. Repeat: YOU are responsible for any missing work. All work is posted on our websites. We will not be prodding or asking you to turn in work. • You have 5 days to complete missing work per district policy IF the absence is excused. After 5 days, you are not permitted to turn in missing work.

8. Getting to Work Immediately • Have all your materials (paper, pencil, homework, class notebook) ready before the tardy bell rings. • Read the assignment that is posted on the board or overhead. • Begin working on the assignment. • Consequence: IF you do not get everything you need from your book bag the first time, you are NOT permitted to get up and retrieve it. You will hopefully learn from your mistake and do better tomorrow. Do not bother your neighbors for materials. If you do, you will be assigned to the Brig.

9. 2nd Consequence for Not Being Prepared The Brig • If you are not prepared more than once, you will be assigned to the Brig for that day. This means you serve silent lunch in 803 with Miss Collins. • If you continue to have difficulty with being prepared, we will follow the same consequences as for Tardy – failure to follow directions consequences.

10. Why? It matters…. • Learning self-control and discipline helps you in the long run. • You will be more successful in life if you learn how to be on time and prepared. • I care enough to expect your best.

11. Coming to Attention You Do: • STOP TALKING (if you were talking to begin with…) • Look at the Teacher • Listen for Instructions • Continue working when instructed.

12. SLANT What it means: Why? Sitting up and actively listening is an important part of our routine. If we do not sit up and actively participate, we don’t give our best. I expect your best from you, you should expect it FOR yourself. You are what you do, if you lie down or slump, you will make yourself tired. If you have energy to chat at lunch, you have energy to learn. • S Sit Up • L Listen • A Ask and Answer Questions • N Nod your head • T Track the Speaker

13. Asking a Question You Do: DO NOT: Blurt out questions Blurt out comments about yourself or others. Ask personal or irrelevant questions (NOT PERSONAL TO YOU, AND NOT PERSONAL TO ME!) Bad Examples: Can I go get water? How many children do you have? What is your middle name? • Raise your hand • Wait to be called on • WHEN called on, (Wait for it……) ask your question • Good Examples: • “Why did SC farmers decide to grow so much cotton?” • “Can you explain the colonial role in mercantilism one more time? I don’t quite get that process.”

14. Getting Materials As you come in the door: If there are Hand-outs during class: Assigned student helper will bring materials to you. Stay seated. If you come in late WITH A PASS, follow the directions to the left. • Quietly go by the counter or computer cart where materials are located. • Pick up prepared materials. • Get your personal work materials. • Go directly to your seat. • Get to work. • Leave the property of others alone.

15. Headings on Papers Every Paper you turn in should contain this heading in this order: Headings should go in upper right corner of paper. Why? Because this is how they do it in high school. Because this is how I asked for it. It makes it easier for me to sort through papers – there are 90 of you, one of me. Doing it wrong, could cause you to spend time in the Brig. You have to learn to do a job as assigned. Now is a good time. • NAME • CLASS PERIOD • DATE • ASSIGNMENT

16. Turning in Homework Where and how: Why: You must do it this way, because this is fair to those who do their homework. If you are a slacker, why should you get credit by doing it at the last minute? More importantly, learning is about practice. When you are asked to do homework, it is assigned to help you improve your understanding of the topic. • Should be dropped into the basket on the counter/by the door as you enter the class and before the tardy bell. • Have it ready when you walk through the door. This may require “planning ahead” on your part.

17. No Homework Consequences • If you do not have your homework IN THE BASKET be prepared for the following: • Serve time in the Brig and do twice the amount of practice • Lose 5 points • If you decide not to show up for detention or need to schedule for another day, you have up to 5 days to serve. After that, you will lose credit on the assignment – zero credit.

18. Passing in Papers in class • Papers will be passed forward • The person at the front of the far right row will pass their stack to the next row • The person at the front of the row closest to my desk will place the papers in the basket on the front of my desk.

19. Participating in Class Part I • Use the Language of Opportunity: This means that we use correct grammar when reading, speaking and answering questions about our subject area. • Why? We do this because practicing the language of the world of work prepares you for a successful future.

20. Participating Part II • Raise your hand to answer a question or contribute to a discussion. • Wait to be called on or recognized. • Why? • Again, this is what adults must do to be successful in the world of work. • It is rude to talk while someone else is talking. • When you talk over someone else, you are giving the message that what they have to say is not important. • People with self-control are the most successful people in life.

21. Participating Part III • Do NOT answer for another student • Why? • Discussion is a time for learning, not a time for showing off. • Everyone deserves to learn. If you help others, they learn to listen to you instead of learning to participate. We ALL deserve to participate in life and learning. You won’t always be there to give us the answers.

22. Participating IV • No OPT OUT: • This means that everyone must participate. It is not ok to say “I don’t know” during discussion. • It is not okay to write “I don’t know” on a paper. • If you do not know the answer, we will help you through it. But you must participate. • Why? • Discussion may be part of the day’s grade. I want you to succeed. • In life, there are many things that you may not know how to do well, but if you keep practicing, you will get better. I want you to be your best. • I believe in you, even if you do not yet believe in yourself.

23. Participating V • Right is Right • The answer to questions must be completely right. In life and work, being completely correct matters. • The same applies to this class. You must know and give the complete correct answer. • Why? • In life, it matters. If you are working in construction and your boss asks you the measurements of a room, it matters if you say, “twelve by eighteen” but leave out the type of measurement. 12 x 18 what? Inches? Feet? Yards? If you mess up, your boss will be mad, you may lose a day’s pay, who knows?

24. More on “Right is Right” • Sometimes, life really does depend on being completely right. • Does it matter? • In the real world, being completely right can save someone’s life, if you are a doctor, a nurse, an astronaut…. • What are some other jobs where it is important to be completely right? • Do you want someone working on you, your house, your bank account, or your grade if they are not completely right?

25. When Given an Assignment… • Check the board for the week’s assignments • Write the assignments in your agenda • Ask questions if you have any

26. End of Class Dismissal • The teacher dismisses the class • Do not cue off of other students, the clock, or the bell • Put your materials away • Help clean up and put things away if asked. • Exit quietly.