Richard Dean Eckley

Schedule

A Day

Period 1 - Freshman Football

Period 2 - Business Information Management

Period 3 - Business Information Management

Period 4 - Wrestling

B Day

Period 5 - Freshman Football

Period 6 - Advertising and Social Media Marketing

Period 7 - Conference

Period 8 - Wrestling

Foundations of Business Communication

Grading Policy

Daily/Quizzes - 100%

Grades:

Evaluation of student performance in Foundais based on the following areas.

100% = Daily Assignments and Assessments (includes SAM Modules*, Business Documents, Quizzes, etc)

* SAM (Skills Assessment Manager) is the interface we use to learn Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. 

SAM Grades:

SAM Projects

• Each SAM assignment will be graded. When you submit your assignment to SAM, SAM evaluates your assignments and assigns a grade. The grade report is given immediately and identifies which tasks you did incorrectly. Students are highly encouraged to make corrections. Three attempts are given. 

• Turn in your work (even if incomplete) before you leave class. 

• What you'll see in HAC:

0 =  If a "0" is in HAC, then SAM gave you a "0". Maybe you didn't save your work or maybe you created 2 files and turned in the wrong one.

M = SAM shows that you didn't turn in anything. HAC calculates this as a "0".

X = Maybe I exclude the grade for some reason. I would have discussed this with you previously. HAC does not calculate this in your grade.

Late Work Policy:

• I expect you to use class time to complete your assignments. Assignments are due in class the day they are assigned as seen in Google Classroom. Consider this a Time Management life skill.

• There is a one week (7 day) grace period.

• A 20 point penalty will be earned for assignments turned in more than one calendar week (7 days) after the due date. 

• Zero credit will be earned for assignments turned in two weeks (14 days) after the due date. An M in HAC calculates as a ZERO.

• Plan ahead. You will have access to YouTube videos for most assignments. Thus if you know you'll be out (athletics, band, UIL, Robotics, etc), you should plan ahead to get this work completed before your absence. The one week grace period should be sufficient if you miss class.

• I will honor the LISD Secondary Grading Guidelines for Making up Missed Work Due to Absences.

Advertising and Social Media Marketing:

50% Daily Quizzes/Participation

50% Tests/Projects

Tutorial Times

By Appointment

You can reach me at the following:

Email: richard.eckley@leanderisd.org

Email is the best way to reach me. 

Please include student's name and class period to help expedite my response.

It is my goal to respond to emails within 24 hours. My workday is 7:45am - 4:00pm Central Time.