course policy

ACCESSING & TURNING IN WORK

All assignments, challenges, prompts, etc. are available in Infinite Campus. Any information you may need regarding a project, how it will be assessed, and feedback for work already turned in will be found in Infinite Campus. All work will be turned in via Infinite Campus as well.

Both sketchbook pages and projects will be photographed and turned in digitally: so it is necessary to take clear, focused, and well-cropped images. Work that is photographed poorly will not be graded. 

See this guideline: HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH ARTWORK

GRADES:

There are three categories for grades in Art One: 

sketchbook and projects and cooperation.

Your sketchbook (45% of your total grade) is your collection of practical classwork; writing and drawing examples, which are checked in person in class.  All warm-ups and online prompts are included in your sketchbook grade as well. Your sketching, technical development and project plans created in your book prepare you for your studio projects (graded final artwork). Sketchbooks are not graded on a scale, you are given points reflecting effort and completion. Take a look at the sketchbook slideshow here.

Classroom projects (45% of your grade) are the project(s) you submit for grading and exhibit (graded on 100 pt. scale). Although I provide guidance and teach techniques, your work will reflect your own sensibilities and taste. Each studio project will be graded using rubrics customized to each project. The rubric works from four criteria for grading C+C+C+C: concept (development of the idea), creativity (expression of the concept), craft (care and development of technique), and cooperation (see next section) The process of practice, research and development for a project accounts for the quality of your final studio project. Your authentic effort in the process results in a better product.

And finally, cooperation: (10%) is your work ethic in the studio: cooperation with classmates, respecting materials and managing class time. Some ways to loose points: playing with or breaking materials, playing video games, not cleaning up, leaving class without permission, and USING YOUR PHONE IN CLASS.

Our District’s Board Policy 5121 with respect to grading reads as follows:

A teacher shall base a student's grades on impartial, consistent observation of the quality of the student's work and their mastery of course content and district standards. Students shall have the opportunity to demonstrate this mastery through a variety of methods such as classroom participation, homework, tests, and portfolios (BP 5121).

Students may drop a course within the first 3 weeks of the semester without the class or grade appearing on the transcript. If a course is dropped after the third week of a semester, the teacher may give an "N" grade or an "F" grade depending on the quality of the student's work to date and provided that proper notice concerning the possibility of failure has been given to the parents/caregivers. Parents/caregivers may request a teacher- conference to discuss the implications of an "F" grade (AR 5121). 

MATERIALS FOR WORK:

All materials will be provided in the classroom.  

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HOMEWORK
This course is aligned with SRVUSD’s homework policy and regulations (BP 6154 / AR 6154). Please click here for the complete SRVUSD Policy regarding homework. 

SRVUSD’s homework policy and regulations emphasize that students, staff and parents/caregivers should take an active role regarding homework including communication between students and faculty when homework becomes overwhelming and parents/caregivers contacting teachers if their child consistently cannot keep up with the homework. 

Homework can include practicing a skill or process that students can do independently but not fluently, elaborating on information that has been addressed in class to deepen students’ knowledge, providing opportunities for students to explore topics of their own interest, and reading. Of note: 

● No more than 2 hours of homework per course per week and no more than 30 minutes per night per course will be assigned, including weekends. 

● Some portions of projects may be assigned as homework. 

● No homework, including long term projects, will be assigned during school recesses 

● Per Ed. Code, students must be allowed a reasonable amount of time to make up a test if they have an excused absence. 

MAKEUP WORK
Per SRVUSD Board Policy: 

• Students who miss school work because of an excused absence shall be given the opportunity to complete all assignments and tests that can be reasonably provided. As determined by the teacher, the assignments and tests shall be reasonably equivalent to, but not necessarily identical to, the assignments and tests missed during the absence. Students shall receive full credit for work satisfactorily completed within a reasonable period of time (BP 6154).

• No student may have his/her grade reduced or lose academic credit for any excused absence when missed assignments and tests are satisfactorily completed within a reasonable period of time (AR 6154). 

• Students who miss school work because of unexcused absences may be given the opportunity to make up missed work for full or reduced credit. Teachers shall assign such makeup work as necessary to ensure academic progress, not as a punitive measure (BP 6154).

• When students miss school work because of suspensions, the Board expects that teachers shall give students the opportunity to make up missed work. Teachers shall assign such makeup work as necessary to ensure academic progress, not as a punitive measure (BP 6154). 

• If a student misses class without an excuse and does not subsequently turn in homework, take a test, or fulfill another class requirement which he/she missed, the teacher may lower the student's grade for nonperformance (BP 5121). 

TESTING and ACADEMIC CODE
Monte Vista High School regards the academic conduct of our students to be a critical part of their education. Academic INTEGRITY requires students to properly demonstrate their talents through the utilization of suitable formats, proper citation methods, and HONESTY for themselves, their fellow students, and their instructors. We believe it is critical to master this behavior during high school in order to successfully navigate the educational systems and/or work environments our students will encounter once they leave Monte Vista High School. 

*Plagiarism is defined as presenting materials or work prepared by another person/persons as the student’s own work without crediting the source. This includes, but is not limited to failing to expressly acknowledge the research, writing, or work by someone other than the student, claiming authorship as his/her own; presenting as his/her own, or as a new and original idea or product derived from an existing source.”
PROCEDURES & CONSEQUENCES FOR VIOLATING MONTE VISTA’S ACADEMIC CODE

•  Student will receive a zero for the assignment pertaining to the violation 

•  Teacher will contact parents/caregivers AND report the violation to administration to be recorded in the student’s disciplinary file. 

• Repeat offenders may be subject to suspension from class and/or further disciplinary action.