Attendance: Your presence and active participation in class are important to your growth as a learner. Arriving late or leaving early without prior notice will lower your attendance grade.
If you arrive after our start time at 10:30am, you will be marked Late which will negatively affect your attendance points. In addition, arriving late from a break will change your attendance to a Late. A Late is worth 2/3 of attendance for the day. This means that 3 Lates are the same as 1 Absence.
We will have a planned 10-minute break around 11:30am every day. Please try your best to remain in class until our break time. If you need to leave the classroom when we are not on break, please excuse yourself quietly and return in a timely manner.
If you arrive 10 minutes after class starts, you will be marked Absent. Also, if you arrive late from a break, you will be marked late.
Absences: There may be some days where you might need to miss a class for health or other reasons. I encourage you to take the day off if you are feeling sick, anxious, or need a break. You can miss up to 2 classes (no questions asked!) and still achieve the Gold Learning Experience.
Excused absences might be granted by communicating with Katelyn during Week 1 of the semester or soon after the absence. Documentation will be required to excuse your absence (doctor’s note, medical bill, etc.).
If you are absent for any reason (excused or unexcused), you are still responsible for making up all missed work on Canvas.
Please speak to Katelyn if you would like extensions on your work due to an absence.