1. Expectations and Policies

2. About Me… Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina
Attended college at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington
I majored in History
I played soccer in college
I taught in Dekalb County for 10 years, then took 4 years off to stay home with my daughter
I returned to teaching because I LOVE IT. You will never see me complaining…

3. A Typical Day In This Classroom…
Silent Entry
Seated and prepared when the bell rings
First 10 minutes is for attendance and organization – you will always have something to be working on during this time
I will then proceed with the lesson
We will engage in a review
You will remain seated and quiet and wait for me to dismiss you after the bell rings

4. Things That You Need to Know:
Tutorial TBD
I am always available before school at 8:15

5. Electronic Devices:
Cell phones, Ipods, earbuds If caught with any of these, it will be given to me and I will hold it until the end of the period

6. Talking There will be none unless you are prompted
This is a learning institution; we cannot have excessive noise and disruption
If you insist on not following this policy, you will receive one warning and then subsequent detention and phone calls home

7. Movement You may not get out of your seat
If you have trash at your desk, you must wait unit you exit the room to dispose of it
Pencils are not allowed, so no pencil sharpening will be necessary
First time is a warning, and then we will proceed with the discipline plan

8. Kindness
I like to kid because I believe it builds a repoirt with students… however, I will not tolerate any type of bullyingor intolerance
You will be given a verbal reprimand and serve detention along with a call home for this type of activity.

9. Materials When you enter this class, you must have all of your things
You will not be given a pass to retrieve your things – EVER.

10. Restroom Pass You may only leave the room with the designated pass
I will log when you leave and return and check for any patterns etc.

11. Extra Credit
I do not offer extra credit per-say, however, I do allow students to add bonus points to tests and quizzes if the student produces a word for the “Word Wall”
Instructions for that will be given at time of assignment

12. Clean Up Exiting this room should be orderly
Your desk must be clean, trash off the floor, wrappers, in trash, crayons, pens, and paper put away

13. My Things You are not allowed to touch my personal items
These include my desk, the shelves, closet, and cabinets.
No one is permitted behind my desk EVER.

14. Missing Work
Work with an excused absence will be made up ONLY within the New Manchester High School Policy
The time frame is one week
Missing work will be entered into the gradebook with a score of a “1”
True zeros will have a “0”
Zeros are assignments in which you received an actual score of a zero and were not absent OR you did not make up your excused work within the one week time frame
An assignment listed with a grade of “1” can be made up for full credit within the designated time frame for make up work

15. Organization In order to be successful, you must be organized
This means having:
Binder
5 dividers – one for each unit
Paper or Spiral Notebook
Pens

16. Consequences Generally, consequences will go as follows:
1st Time – Warning
2nd Time – Detention, call home
3rd Time – Referral
However, some offenses require immediate action and can result in immediate detention or referrals