2 Course Policies

Assignments have deadlines. We respect that everyone needs to be able to manage their time. Work required within a deadline ensures that you will receive timely feedback on you learning in time for you to reflect and improve over the year that we are together.

We also respect that learning plants seeds that might not bear fruit for many years. High school is a challenging time period, and it is compulsory, meaning you might not have chosen everything your asked to do. That lack of freedom is something that even adults have to deal with. We have found that attending to the details even when it wasn’t what you chose to do can earn you the freedom to pursue independent study, internships, and earn the trust of your community.

2.2 Behavioral Expectations

2.3 Assessments

2.4 Syllabus

* Norms and Policies

2.5 Habits (from Elevate)

- Note taking :: Note taking is an essential skill for students *Cornell Notes* detailed first then capture big ideas and summarize. *Split Page* sparse first then illustrate. - Dynamic Reading :: - Time Management :: - Memorization :: - Studying :: Preparing for assessments like exams and performance tasks is an important skill that changes the closer you get to the assessment.

2.6 Behaviors

- Talk - Listen - Write - Read - Reiterate/Recall - Think - Explore - Learn - Attempt - Reflect - Analyze - Deduce/Infer - Critique - Formulate - Weigh/Evaluate/Judge - Predict - Design

2.7 Nos and What ifs

Students sign a cell phone contract that parents sign to agree to the policy regarding cell phones in the classroom.

2.8 No ...

} - Cell phones are not permitted in the learning environment - charging phone -

2.9 What ifs

- parent/student contract - tracker - restorative meeting - restorative parent meeting - Friday after school homework/restorative convo -

2.10 Norms

2.11 Academic Habits

2.12 Culture

The way we act and treat others is an expression of culture. People forms groups and naturally create normal way of behaving, which supports the goals of the group.

2.13 Classrooms

The nature of the classroom imposes certain cultural norms that govern how we act in the classroom. Very practical demands own a large share. We are a large group in a relatively small space. Think of riding on the subway. How much you can move, how loudly you speak are norms set by the culture of that environment. Working together in classrooms will demand that we recognize its cultural demands.

2.14 Speaking

Our classroom culture has demands on our speaking. Our voices are powerful tools for communication. By speaking to others we activate their eardrums by creating vibrations in the air with our vocal chords. Our voices are unique in how they sound and in what we choose to say. We can honor the power of our voice by asking what it means to have voice.

2.15 Our space

Each of us sharing this classroom space have a right to a piece that we own for the time we are here. In this space I can store my belonginings without worrying about them. I can know that the group respects that this space is mine. I have the right to focus and produce in that space.

2.16 Learning

The act of learning, deliberate learning, defines our culture. Coming together to prepare young people for the challenges and demands of adulthood is our primary purpose. Toward that goal we put the needs of learning first. To learn you must feel safe, you must have mental clarity, physical well-being (it’s hard to learn when your hungry), focus, motivation, and prior knowledge. Learning is fragile and demands our full attention and committement if it is to succeed.

2.16.1 The Golden Rule

All of our personal needs are also shared responsibilities for the needs of others. Each member of our community has the same rights to space, safety, and focus as every other.

2.17 The teacher

The teacher strives to foster a culture of learning in which each member of the community holds a place as valuable, visible, honored. The teacher attempts this facilitation as a way of modeling the learning process for the community. Anyone can be the teacher. [1]

2.18 Motivation

2.19 Habits

2.20 Note taking, Cornell

2.21 Studying

- Successful people keep a journal: rapper, mathematician, principal. Look to leaders in our own profession: AP Mac is a role model. Look to leaders in our own profession.

2.22 Memorization

2.23 Materials

- 3 ring binder - Journal (are journal pages embedded in the workbook?) - Pencil and pen and colors

2.24 Classroom Roles

- Meta data technician (structure vs rendering vs meta data applies to classroom learning) - Class empathizer - Homework helpers - Partner pairs -