Classroom+Expectations+and+Procedures

**Classroom Rules** **Procedures**
 * Mrs. Evans’ Classroom Rules and Procedures**
 * 1) **Be Respectful**
 * 2) **Be Responsible**
 * 3) **Be Safe**

**Entering the Classroom**

 * Enter the room quietly; go directly to your assigned seat; refer to the board for catalyst direction; and begin working on your catalyst and writing agenda.

**Tardy Arrival**

 * Any student who is **NOT** in the classroom when the bell rings is considered tardy. Enter the room quietly; sign the tardy log; if students are working on the catalyst-pick one up and go directly to assigned seat; or go directly to your assigned seat, and begin working.

**Classroom Dismissal**

 * The bell does **NOT** dismiss students. Students should remain seated quietly, continue their work, and wait for teacher dismissal. When teacher gives the prompt to dismiss, students check their surroundings for neatness, pack their belongings, and leave the room quietly.

**Classroom Interruptions**

 * **Announcements**: Stop what you are doing; sit in seat quietly with feet on the floor and hands on desk; put pencils/pens down; listen attentively.
 * **Classroom Visitors:** Continue to work quietly. You are expected to follow the same procedures. If the visitor needs to speak with the teacher privately, you are expected to remain in your seat without talking.
 * **Emergency Drills**: On teacher directive, line up in a single, straight, silent line; walk quietly to the assigned area; remain quiet and in a single line during the entire drill; listen for teacher instructions; walk quietly in a single, straight, silent line back to the classroom

**Listening and Responding**

 * Everyone has the right to be heard and respected when speaking. Raise your hand to make a comment; wait to be called; and speak one person at a time using an inside voice.
 * **Classroom Language:** Always use business language in the classroom: avoid slang; use an inside voice; observe the rules of basic grammar; and remember your manners by using please” and “thank you.”
 * **Listening to Others**: Stop what you are doing; sit in seat quietly with feet on the floor and hands on desk; put pencils/pens down; listen attentively.

**When You Need Extra Help**

 * **Tutorials:** If you require science tutoring outside the classroom, sign your name to the tutorial Request attached to the class website. Tutorials are the first and third Wednesday of the given month from 4:10 pm to 5:15. You must make prior arrangements for a timely pick-up or have a hand written note that includes your parent/guardian’s phone number in order to walk home. All notes will be verified.

**Moving Around**

 * **In the Room:** Raise your hand for permission; when acknowledged by the teacher, go directly to the assigned area moving quietly; return to your desk quickly. Hold **ALL** trash until the end of the block and thrown in the trash can on your way out the door.
 * **Refocus:** If you have been refocused for a classroom infraction, stand up quietly with your pencil; move to the refocus area; take a form from the folder; and complete the form. When the form is completed, stand up quietly and move to the teacher; stand quietly and wait for the teacher to acknowledge that you are ready to return to your desk or workspace.
 * **In the Hallway:** you are expected to walk in a single, straight, silent line down the hall. You are to line up on the third block off the wall or lockers.

**Assignments**

 * **Classroom Work Folders:** Keep all incomplete work in your Work Folder
 * **Completed Assignments**: Place in the chest of drawers by the exit. If the assignment is placed anywhere else in the room, it will **NOT** be graded. Locate your block’s drawer; place the completed work inside the drawer.
 * **Late Assignments**: As adult workers will are given deadlines to complete our work assignments. It is our responsibility to make arrangements to complete our work in a timely manner thereby meeting those deadlines. Students are responsible to also work within a specific time period. The teacher reserves the right to modify or provide an alternative assignment based on extreme tardiness.

**Restroom or Hall Passes**

 * Students should use the restrooms and lockers at the assigned times. For extreme emergencies, students will be issued a total of two (2) passes per nine (9) week block. Passes will **NOT** be issued during the first or last fifteen (15) minutes of class or during times of direct teacher instruction. Only one (1) person will be granted a pass at a time. The student must sign out and back into the classroom.
 * Students must be prepared for class. They will **NOT** be allowed to go to their locker to get materials.

**Passing or Collecting Papers or Items**

 * **Individual Papers or Items**: Take the item; turn to your neighbor; pass the item on the next person quickly and quietly.
 * **Group Papers or Items:** The group will designate a material’s handler who will pass or collect items.

**Paper Heading**
September 16, 2015 Block 3 A   Section Review Volcanoes Page 656 # 1-5 ||
 * All papers have the following heading in the upper right corner: First and Last Name; Student Number; Date; Block, Assignment Name, and if warranted the page number. Papers will **NOT** be accepted for grading without the proper heading.
 * || Mrs. Evans # 301

**Pencil Sharpening**

 * Be prepared for class with several sharpened pencils. Should you require a pencil, raise your hand for permission to leave your seat; quietly walk to table; take a pencil from the sharpened pencil jar; and at the end of class, return the pencil to the needs sharpening jar. You will be allowed to borrow a pencil only once during a class block.

In order to have a positive, comfortable learning environment, it is important that you respect and follow the classroom rules and procedures on a daily basis. There will be appropriate rewards for following the above guidelines, as well as consequences for not following the rules and procedures. For reference, glue this paper to the inside cover of your Science Notebook. Severe infractions will receive immediate administrative referral. ||
 * == **Rewards** == || == **Consequences** == ||
 * # Verbal Praise
 * 1) Call or Letter Home
 * 2) Pick your Seat
 * 3) Homework Pass
 * 4) Bonus Points
 * 5) Grab Bag
 * 6) Special Treat
 * 7) and more (refer to reward system) || # Conference with student/Warning
 * 8) Parent Call/Conference
 * 9) Grade Conference/Level RTI Tier 2
 * 10) Loss of Privilege/Detention
 * 11) Refocus in ISS
 * 12) Counselor Intervention-Behavior Contract
 * 13) Administrative Intervention