Expectations & Processes

Algebra 2:

STUDENT EXPECTATIONS:

1.     Be prompt and prepared. Make sure to have your supplies with you at the beginning of class.

2.     Be polite and respectful when participating in discussions, lessons, activities, etc.

3.     Be productive. Use your time wisely and use electronic devices appropriately for educational purposes at the appropriate times.

4.     Be positive. You can be successful in this course, and I am here to help you.  Students are also expected to communicate to the teacher any failure to understand a lecture or assignment. Don’t say, “I can’t do this,” instead say, “I can’t do this, YET.”  Please seek help when needed by asking me (during class, during tutorials, or request an appointment), your classmates, or use appropriate available resources in your Canvas course and other internet resources.

5.     Prepare your technology so the classroom is an excellent learning environment for everyone. Personal phones should be put away. Classroom devices should be used during appropriate power up times and for appropriate educational purposes.

6.     Follow school rules.

7. Unless specified, you must ALWAYS show work.  NO WORK=NO CREDIT!!!! Showing your work and justifying your answers will be crucial to getting full credit on class assignments and assessments.

8. Absences and Makeup work: Students are responsible for making up work due to an absence (extra -curricular or personal). 

   1. Any assignment due the day of the absence will be expected to be turned in the day the student returns to class. 

   2. Students will have the same number of class days they were absent to make up a quiz or assignment.  After the allotted time given, the student will not be able to make up the assignment or quiz. 

   3. Tests are scheduled at least one week in advance and require the student to email the teacher regarding the absence.  Test will be taken the next class day.

9. NO LATE WORK IS ACCEPTED.  Pay careful attention to due dates which are listed on the calendar in Canvas.  Communicate any problems regarding assignment dates as early as possible, so that alternative arrangements (if warranted) can be made.

Students are encouraged NOT to wait until the last minute to begin work on assignments. Repetition is a key to learning in mathematics, and that works best when the repetition occurs over several days (instead of one marathon learning session). Additionally, if a student waits until the last minute and then encounters technical issues, a late assignment will not be accepted.

10. Be honest.  Try your best, ask for help when you need it, and only submit work that you have done. While studying with other students is appropriate and encouraged, this is not meant to replace individual effort. Students who attempt to take credit for someone else’s work commit a serious offense, and those offenses will be dealt with according to the code of conduct. During tests and quizzes all extraneous objects are to be removed from your workspace.

For this course, academic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to:

A) Working with anyone else on quizzes and tests

B) Copying someone else’s work/answers or allowing another student to copy your work, on any

assignment (homework, quizzes, examinations)

C) Allowing someone else to do any of your work in the course for you

11.  Students are also expected to communicate to the teacher any failure to understand a lecture or assignment.  Success in the class may be gained by/from active participatory learning, studying, doing assigned work, asking questions, and seeking help when difficulties arise.