SHS ACADEMICS

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SHS ACADEMICS

• 2009 2010 SCHOOL YEAR

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Same old, Same old

• Bell work and closing activities daily
• Use the uniform grade distributions
• Continue to place two grades on PowerSchool per
  week
• Refer to the district grading policy for all
  concerns on grading. (www.scsk12.org)
• Please refer all students who struggle
  (academically or socially) early to guidance for
  conferences
• Call parents weekly (even if it is about student
  improvement).

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Same old, Same old

• Use the syllabus template just as you did last
  year
• Remember to give a five paragraph essay writing
  assignment each 9 weeks to your students
• Give a syllabus, discipline policy, and parent
  letter to every student by Wednesday, August 12,
  2009. All of these documents are due to me by
  Monday, August 10, 2009 at the end of the day.

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New This School Year

• Lesson Plans
• You are responsible for keeping a written copy of
  weekly lesson plans for the 2009-2010 school
  year.
• All objectives and assessments must be written
  clearly on the board or on all electronic media
  presentations.
• All objectives and SPIs must be written on your
  assessments.
• I will call for lesson plans unannounced during
  the school year. I will announce on a Tuesday,
  and expect them by the following Friday morning
  by 7 AM.
• If you do not turn in lesson plans, you will have
  a conference with me if lesson plans fail to
  turn up from this area, other steps will be
  taken.
• You have to use the lesson plan template , just
  as you did last year.

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New This School Year

• Evaluations
• Administration will begin during the last week of
  September this year.
• New Teachers and teachers who are candidates for
  tenure will be evaluated in the first rotation.
  A rotation will begin every six weeks.
• All first year teachers to SHS must develop a
  unit plan this school year. It will consist of a
  total of ten lessons with all assessments
  (pre-assessments, quizzes, and unit tests).
• All teachers who are scheduled for walk-through
  assessments will meet with me before the
  evaluation process begins.
• All administrators will evaluate teachers.

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New This School Year

• Guidance
• No students will be allowed to come to guidance
  unless they have a pass from their guidance
  counselor.
• If a student needs to see a guidance counselor,
  they will complete a Request to See A Guidance
  Counselor Form from their English teacher.
• The counselor will write a pass for students to
  come to their office, and will send them back
  with a pass to class with a date and time.
• Do not write a pass for students to come to
  guidance for any reason.
• If a student needs to see Ms. Lloyd, please refer
  the student to a grade-level administrator. The
  grade-level administrator will call Ms. Lloyd to
  see the student immediately.

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Changes in Curriculum

• Bell Work
• All students in Gateway courses should have bell
  work that emphasizes area of weakness as reported
  by ThinkLink or by areas of review in the current
  area of study.
• All upper-level courses in mathematics, science,
  English 11, English 12, Government, Economics,
  and US History should focus on ACT for bell work.
• Closing Review
• A closing review is expected daily exit tickets
  or exit quizzes are allowable.
• These reviews must relate to the lesson that you
  are teaching.

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Changes in Curriculum

• Common Assessments
• All courses at SHS will be vertically aligned
  through the usage of common assessments.
• All courses will have a common first semester and
  second semester exam.
• Exams will meet all standards and SPIs as
  determined by the course curriculum guides and
  pacing charts.
• Please see your department chair on how to locate
  this curriculum guide.
• All of these tests will be created by Tuesday,
  September 15, 2009. All teachers will be
  involved in the writing of these tests.

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Changes in Curriculum

• Academic Interventions
• Parent phone call home
• Parent Teacher Conference
• Academic/Behavior Learning Contract
• Student Intervention Team (SIT)
• Referral to Special Education Services

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Changes in Curriculum

• ZAP (Zeroes Arent Permitted)
• Students will not be allowed to simply earn a
  zero.
• Level One
• Teacher gives the student the opportunity to make
  up the grade with no penalty. Teacher determines
  point value of the assignment.
• An email or call is made immediately to the
  parent about the make up date and the grade.
• Level Two
• Teacher refers the student to their grade level
  administrator where they are given academic
  detention after school.
• During academic detention, student will complete
  the work for a grade of 70.
• A parent teacher conference is set up for the
  student. An academic contract will be formulated
  for this student, with steps to academic success
  and clear consequences for academic decline.

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Changes in Curriculum

• ZAP (Zeroes Arent Permitted)
• Level Three
• Teacher refers the student to their grade level
  administrator where they are given Friday school
  to complete all missing assignments.
• Student will receive 50 for all missing
  assignments.
• We will follow the academic contract plan for
  consequences.
• Level Four
• Teacher refers the student to their grade level
  administrator where they are given academic
  detention after school.
• Student receives 0 on all work.
• Student and parents are referred to an SIT team
  meeting for more intervention.

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Changes in Curriculum

• Major Projects
• All major projects with the exception of term
  papers will need to have assignment sheets and
  parent information letters sent home before the
  assignment is due.
• The parent/guardian must send a slip back signed
  to you saying that they have received the
  assignment schedule, grading rubric, and project
  guidelines.
• If you have some questions or concerns about the
  project or scope of a project, please see me
  before you give the assignment out to the
  students.