Every Community Resource Syllabus should include detailed:
I. Course Information
II. Instructor Information
III. Course Description
IV. Week-by-week descriptions
V. Texts, course-packs, readings
VI. Methods of Evaluation
VII. Plan for Documentation of Work
I. Course Information
Course Title
Location of CR
Days and times that the CR Instructor and student meet and that the student works on course independently.
II. Instructor Information
Instructor's Full name
Contact Information - (email), (phone), preferred method of contact
Qualifications for instructor teaching this CR, e.g. degrees, course work, and/or experience.
III. Course Description and Objectives
Briefly describe the course
List the content expectations that students must successfully demonstrate.
***If the course will be used to fulfill a graduation requirement, then the State of Michigan high school course content expectations must be used. See a CR Monitor for a list or go to the Michigan Department of Education website for links to all high school content expectations***
IV. Week By Week Description
A week-by-week description of what the student will be doing. List the topics to be covered, activities, assignments, quizzes, and/or tests, If the course is a graduation requirement, note which content expectations will be addressed each week.
V. Texts, Books, Readings, Materials
The name of the books used for this course, author, date, and edition.
Supplementary readings. List any other readings, whether required or recommended, and whether readings are on reserve in the library or available for purchase in the bookstore.
Materials: any additional materials required. (e.g., art supplies, computer)
VI. Grading / Evaluation
If you have chosen a letter grade option, you must include a grading rubric. Clearly describe what needs to be done to earn an A, B, etc.
State what percentage weight each category will hold. For example, homework 25%, projects 50%, unit tests and quizzes 25%
If you have chosen a pass/fail option, include the criteria for receiving a passing grade.
***If the course will be used to fulfill a graduation requirement, and that content has a common assessment, the student will be required to take the common assessment***
VII. Documentation of Work
All students must submit evidence of their work to the CR Monitor several times over the course of the semester.
Explain what artifacts, completed work or project the student will be showing to the CR Monitor as documentation of work completed during their study.